Last movie you watched and your critique of it

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS4VVUYsK44">Caché</a>. I wanted you to be present.

[Bunny]

I saw When In Rome with my girlfriend the other day. Predictable, but cute. I have a huge crush on Kristen Bell.

[G13]

Gamer. Not as good as I thought it would be. Felt like they were going for a "Hey, check out this trippy movie. We'll confuse them 'til the end..." but I was still confused at the end, mostly because the plot is all over the place. It had some really great action scenes though. If you want to watch an action movie where a guy gets his family back from a terrorist I'd recommend Commando over Gamer.

5/10

[Croyles]

Gamer. Not as good as I thought it would be. Felt like they were going for a "Hey, check out this trippy movie. We'll confuse them 'til the end..." but I was still confused at the end, mostly because the plot is all over the place. It had some really great action scenes though. If you want to watch an action movie where a guy gets his family back from a terrorist I'd recommend Commando over Gamer.

5/10

Id recommend Taken.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Gamer. Not as good as I thought it would be. Felt like they were going for a "Hey, check out this trippy movie. We'll confuse them 'til the end..." but I was still confused at the end, mostly because the plot is all over the place. It had some really great action scenes though. If you want to watch an action movie where a guy gets his family back from a terrorist I'd recommend Commando over Gamer.

5/10

Id recommend Taken.

Taken is good stuff.

[NeoCracker]

From Paris with Love

I must say I went in thinking it would be terrible. Since I decided to see at least one movie a month, and there were no good movies other then Sherlock playing, which I'd already seen, I picked the one I though would be the worst (Other then New Moon), and it was this or Edge of Darkness.

I must say I was surprised, it's actually a rather good film. At first it seems like it's just another run and dun action movie with the saner agent and the crazy one, but they are both rather likable characters, and the plot actually gets a couple good twists in by the end, so the story is solid as well. SOme really nice action scenes too, even if it goes the 'bad guys can't shoot' direction a few times.

Overall, 8/10.

[Croyles]

From Paris with Love

I must say I went in thinking it would be terrible. Since I decided to see at least one movie a month, and there were no good movies other then Sherlock playing, which I'd already seen, I picked the one I though would be the worst (Other then New Moon), and it was this or Edge of Darkness.

I must say I was surprised, it's actually a rather good film. At first it seems like it's just another run and dun action movie with the saner agent and the crazy one, but they are both rather likable characters, and the plot actually gets a couple good twists in by the end, so the story is solid as well. SOme really nice action scenes too, even if it goes the 'bad guys can't shoot' direction a few times.

Overall, 8/10.

Wouldn't surprise me that it was pretty good. Same director as Taken.

[Rye]

An Education

5/10. Probably doesn't even deserve that. It was contrived and lead up to absolutely nothing. The whole time I thought something sinister was going to happen, and nothing did. It was ridiculous.

On the other hand, Carey Mulligan is Audrey Tautou with Audrey Hepburn's spirit breathed in. The resemblance is actually a mix of both actresses, but you can see Hepburn just living in her through the acting. It was an absolutely pleasure hearing her speak and watching her move. Best new actress by miles.

Either way, it didn't fit. The movie should have been made to be better for Mulligan, or they should have gotten an average actress for such a bland movie.

Also props to Dr Octopus' acting - never seen a Dad's role actually be played quite so well.

[Madame Adequate]

I just watched An Education with Rye and my assessment is pretty much the same. They had two absolutely stellar actors - Mulligan and Molina - and a host of passable to rather good ones, and they did absolutely nothing with them at all. We both felt that something very weird or sinister was going on, the atmosphere certainly indicated it, but it was utterly prosaic and banal.

I do hope that Carey Mulligan stars in a lot more though, because she is absolutely delightful and I barely cared that the movie wasn't much cop. As Rye just said to me, we have no idea what it was actually trying to say.

[Rye]

Yeah, I think the problem is, is that it just didn't have a message. At all. I mean, what was that movie trying to say? I honestly don't get it. It could be (SPOILER)STAY IN SCHOOL! or (SPOILER)FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS SCHOOL IS 4 SQUARES just as easily as the other, and both are tenuous at best. I'm not even that critical of movies; I'm generally pretty easily pleased. But that just bothered me!

Also: I wish I had the magical ability to go from looking ten years old to a gorgeous European socialite by putting my hair up and trimming my bangs. Seriously! I dunno how she did it.

[Shiny]

Just watched Coraline last night. Might fine film, I wish they made more children's movies like this cause it really felt like a modern day Grimm's Fairy Tale. The film is eerie and creepy throughout and funny enough I sometimes found the real world of Coraline to be just as disturbing as the fantasy one she visits. Overall, visuals were great, cast was fun, and the music was really good.

I saw this as well and I thought it was creepy too. I only expect that from Henry Selick. I thought the stop-motion animation was fantastic and not choppy in the least. The story was okay for what it was. I didn't read the novel, but it had a decent plot. Some of the characters were a bit too odd looking for my taste. All in all, decent film with a fitting musical score.

6/10

[BG-57]

Condorman.

This may require some explanation. I was watching Spoony's review of Captain America and my childhood memory was jogged to some farce involving a nerdy comic book artist getting mixed up in international espionage and actually trying to become one of his fictional superheros. Except his dumb luck is amazing and he gets a budget to build his super vehicles.

It's light and silly, but it held up better than I thought, except for some of the costumes. One wonders whether the CIA would really fund this nut all for one defecting spy, it seems way too much trouble. That's the main problem with the movie, its too much trouble for any of this to happen.

I was surprised to see Michael Crawford in this, right before Phantom of the Opera, but this role has more in common with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

I wanted his Mach 5 ripoff car.

[Araciel]

I saw the Bourne Identity for the first time finally... Good movie, but it kinda' rips off an idea I had for a book... Although I'm sure the idea has been used before...

Also I watched Antwon Fisher today *tear* when he goes back to his auntie's house.. OMG BAWWWWWW

[NorthernChaosGod]

Sherlock Holmes.

Very rad movie. It was pretty interesting to see Holmes and Watson brawling, but not really a stretch. The chemistry between the two characters was amazing, each of their interactions with each other were great to watch. I think the main cast all did stellar jobs as well.

[Wolf Kanno]

Just saw Sherlock Holmes this past weekend and really enjoyed the movie, I love the banter and whimsical humor of the whole film. Excellent music that really fit well with the film.

Last night I watched one of my favorite films of all time, Grosse Point Blank. I am Martin Blank in my head, and this film has some great dialogue and wickedly dark humor as well as a sweet 80's soundtrack. John Cusack is one of my favorite underrated actors. For those who don't know, GPB is a film about a hitman who goes back to his ten year high school reunion. That's the initial premise but its pretty damn funny and amusing.