Last movie you watched and your critique of it

[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 ending spoilerRear 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.

12 Angry Men ending spoilerThis 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 ending spoilerRear 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.

12 Angry Men ending spoilerThis 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. Loved it!

[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.

smurf yeah.

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.

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.