What movies have you watched and what rating would you give them?

[Pendaric]

Blatantly nicking a thread from FRDB...

Tell us about the films you have watched, the rating you would give them, and anything else you want to say about them.

Last for me was Bolt, the 3D animated film. We went last night.

6/10.

I'll have forgotten all about it a year from now, but it passed on a couple of hours pleasantly enough. And the 3D thing worked very well.

[Christina]

Now that I'm home and have loads of free time and Netflix I've been working my way through Shakespeare plays. So far I've watched Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and The Tempest is up next. What can I say - it's Shakespeare and I've loved each one.

I'm also checking out old movies that I've never seen before. I watched "East of Eden" right after reading it the other night and I was disappointed, but then again I almost always am when I loved the book. To me, Steinbeck is something that you read slowly and savor, not turn into a 2 hour movie. My partner has gotten into building high quality projectors and now we have our own little theater in the living room with a remote controlled screen. It's great.

Recently I've seen "Milk" (great), 'Religulous' (funny) and "W" (kind of boring with nothing new to say).

[Pendaric]

I'm big on Shakespeare.

The BBC did all the Shakespeare plays back in the 70s, and I have the complete box set. I've also bought a number of the films.

Most recently I've been watching Richard III. I have the Olivier one, and I recorded the McKellen version recently which was very good.

I bought the MGM Julius Caeser a couple of weeks ago, with Marlon Brando as Mark Anthony. Julius Caeser is possibly my favourite Shakespeare play.

I've got loads of others as well. A couple of my favourite scenes:

Kenneth Branagh as Henry V doing the Band of Brothers scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z399i_PksfU

Judy Dench as Lady Macbeth doing the sleepwalking scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOkyZWQ2bmQ

[Christina]

I love Judy Dench. I'm not sure if the ones that I've been watching are PBS or BBC but they were done in the early 80s. She's certainly better than the actress in the version that I saw.

[Stout Drinker]

I just watched Stop Loss with Ryan Phillippe. I thought it was a pretty good look at some broken soldiers after serving in Iraq.

I'd give it 7 stars out of 10.

[Joykins]

I just watched Madagascar II. It was kind of funny.

What can I say, I have little kids.

The last movie I watched before that was "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." It also was funny.

Before that it was "Knocked Up." Also funny.

Before that, "Pineapple Express." Violent. But funny.

Oh, I give up, my husband's on a Seth Rogan kick and sucked me into it. So much for I only watch Pride and Prejudice :rolling:

[Christina]

Has anyone seen Moby Dick with Gregory Peck and is it good? It's still raining, all of the cats are snoring in my favorite reading places and I'm thinking of watching it on netflix. It's on my list to read but I already know the basic plot anyway so it won't spoil the ending.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire this past weekend. I adored it, even the (or maybe especially the) obligatory dance number at the end. It wasn't what I was expecting at all, and seeing sunshine without pretending the gloom isn't there really made it work, for me.

[Joykins]

Oh, I did see a serious movie recently. "W". It was thought provoking in a way. 7/10.

[Ray Moscow]

My Super Ex Girlfriend

Kind of funny, but nothing very special. 5/10

[dug_down_deep]

No Country for Old Men

7 of 10. Those Coen brothers have potential. They might achieve some success one of these days.

[Oolon Colluphid]

The last film we watched (and both stayed awake for -- a major problem these days) was another viewing of Larry Fessenden's Wendigo. One of our all-time favourites. You'll only find it on DVD, but it's worth seeking out.

Excellent review (http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/wendigo.htm)

[Oolon Colluphid]

Has anyone seen Moby Dick with Gregory Peck and is it good? It's still raining, all of the cats are snoring in my favorite reading places and I'm thinking of watching it on netflix. It's on my list to read but I already know the basic plot anyway so it won't spoil the ending.
It's regarded as a flawed classic, if I'm remembering my Time Out and Maltin's guides correctly. I've not seen it for decades, but remember it as pretty good if a little wooden in the manner of the period plus being a Literary Adaptation.

[Christina]

I got about 20 minutes into it yesterday and the next thing I knew I woke up and it was over. I'm not sure that it was boring because having 4 cats purring next to you (or worse, snoring) is like a sedative, or maybe it was because I heard Charlton Heston preaching and my brain turned off.

[Goldie]

I don't thinkI've ever laughed so hard as I did at Pinapple Express and Zack and Miri Make a Porno
All Coen brothers movies are good. Most are AWESOME!
I am a big Coen brother and Quentin Tarantino fan.

I cannot stop watching the Grindhouse flicks... I find Planet terrror especially kitchy and very cool and funny.

[Christina]

This should come as a big surprise to anyone that knows me, but I'm watching "The End of the Road: The Final Tour 95" about the Dead's last tour with Jerry Garcia. I haven't been to a show since that year and it's fun seeing so many people I knew or sort of knew. Sight unseen, I bet most of you would give it a 1.

OK, the old hippie jokes can start now :p

[dug_down_deep]

Man Push Cart

If the point of this movie is to make you feel terrible about life, it did so brilliantly. Seriously, it was well done, I guess, but what a completely depressing movie. 6 of 10 stars.

[Christina]

...I bet most of you would give it a 1.

Geez even I gave it a 1. There's no show footage, just endless parking lot scenes and if they went out of their way to find the most spaced out, fanatical and moronic lot rats they couldn't have done a better job. I got halfway through and the cringe factor was so high that I stopped watching. No wonder I stopped going to shows.

[Pendaric]

Just watched the Jason Bourne movies, and was pretty impressed, although they did get a bit samey after a while. Still, recommended and I'll go see the next one when it comes out at the cinema.

[Matty]

Arent they done and dusted? There are only three books (well actual Ludlum ones anyway) , not tha tthe films really follow any of the story of the books after the first bit of the first film. Yeah i enjoyed them all. Good stuff.

Slumdog Millionaire was awesome. 8/10.

Just watched Quantum Of Solace - not bad at all, he is DEFFO the best bond so far, he even pwns SC IMO. 8/10

The little guy has Bolt on DVD and i quite enjoyed it (the pigeons and hamster were great), didnt realise it was a 3d one at the movies. cool.

[Utu]

I cannot stop watching the Grindhouse flicks... I find Planet terrror especially kitchy and very cool and funny.
I liked Death Proof. Especially the end. :yay:

Also, I recently watched The Believer. It's a fictional tale about a Jewish Neo-Nazi and how he reconciles his beliefs. It was pretty good. 7ish out of 10.

I recently saw Lost Highway, also. Cool beginning third of the movie, then it gets kind of boring. I didn't care about the mechanic much. Then the last third gets better again and ends with a giant huh? I like surreal movies. Also, 7ish out of 10.

[dug_down_deep]

A bunch of Netflix views.


Citizen X - An HBO movie about a guy who solved a serial murderer case in the USSR. 6 of 10. Don't get it for the suspense, though. It's mostly a character study type of thing.

There Will be Blood - A movie about a ruthless oil man, and I do mean ruthless. It's like Giant but without the feel-good fistfights. And did I mention ruthless? 8 of 10.

Superman: Doomsday - A good animated Superman flick. 6 of 10.

Gonzo - If you liked Hunter Thompson's work, you'll enjoy this documentary about his life. 7.5 of 10.

[Pendaric]

Arent they done and dusted? There are only three books (well actual Ludlum ones anyway) , not tha tthe films really follow any of the story of the books after the first bit of the first film. Yeah i enjoyed them all. Good stuff.


Apparently there is a new one in production due for release next year.

[Notta]

I saw the 2-D version of "Monsters vs. Aliens" last night. (The 3-D version was sold out.) 7/10

There were a lot of in-jokes about other monster and alien movies that I found funny, and Stephen Colbert plays the President of the United States. The animation was relatively good, and there were a bunch of funny moments where I laughed out loud. Not too good for little kids, as some of the action would be beyond their comprehension.

[Notta]

WALL-E was so good I bought it for myself. I've watched it over 5 times so far. It makes you almost forget it's animated at certain points. The story line is very well done, too. 9/10

[Matty]

Arent they done and dusted? There are only three books (well actual Ludlum ones anyway) , not tha tthe films really follow any of the story of the books after the first bit of the first film. Yeah i enjoyed them all. Good stuff.


Apparently there is a new one in production due for release next year.

cool. wonder where they are going with that one

[Thalia Thinks]

I watched 7 Pounds a couple nights ago.

It made me cry, I liked it on some levels but didn't care for the premise.

7 1/2

[Tangiellis]

Hamlet 2

8. I laughed so hard at one point I was convulsing. The song "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" was funny as hell.

Fast and Furious

9. I love the cars and the action. Could care less about the writing or the plot. It was a great movie theater experience.

Wristcutters.

10. As a depressive myself, I enjoyed it.

Wheel of Time.

10. Fascinating look into Buddhism.

[Sodong]

I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire this past weekend. I adored it, even the (or maybe especially the) obligatory dance number at the end. It wasn't what I was expecting at all, and seeing sunshine without pretending the gloom isn't there really made it work, for me.I saw this a month or so ago and feel the same way about it. I still find myself thinking about parts of it on occasion. 8.5/10

[Thalia Thinks]

Hamlet 2

8. I laughed so hard at one point I was convulsing. The song "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" was funny as hell.


I had that song as my daughter's ring tone on my phone for awhile. She would call me when she knew I was in public, giggling. She would say, "Someone heard it didn't they? Tell me someone heard it." :evil: We are such a rebellious family. And yes, this is rebellious for south Georgia.

[Stout Drinker]

I just saw Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I know it got good reviews but I just didn't like it. I give it 4 out of 10.

[epepke]

I saw The Sure Thing for the first time in a couple of decades yesterday. It's still good. The "sure thing" actress is on one of those housewives shows. I'd give it zero toilets, but mostly for nostalgia.

Turtles can Fly is quite good. One toilet.

Serial is also as good as I remember. One toilet.

No Country for Old Men gets five toilets from me. I keep coming up with new things wrong with it.

[Daynna]

I did like Wall-E, which was a nice surprise.

I HATED the new Bond flick. I fell asleep before it was over. I was never a big Bond fand, though.

Saw Juno, which was better than expected. I would actually recommend it!

Tonight I saw the teen flick, "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist." Not bad, actually. If you like teen flicks. :)

My favorite movie of all time is "Battle Royale." That probably doesn't say anything good about me. 15 year olds battling to the death was just AWESOME!

[Xorply]

Blatantly nicking a thread from FRDB...

*cough, cough*


Twilight 8/10.... surprised how much I actually enjoyed this flick.

-X

[muidiri]

We rented The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day... and I have to give it 3 out of 10. Oh don't get me wrong - the special effects were very cool, and the cast was pretty good too... But the totally fubared the plot. The "modernized" it or some stupid shit. The original version was a much more engaging storyline. I was really disappointed that they totally cut out the warning speech from the end of the movie - that was pretty much the whole damned point of the story!!!! I just get so tired of watching movies that are ONLY special effects. Plot counts too, you know.

[Pendaric]

Blatantly nicking a thread from FRDB...

*cough, cough*


Twilight 8/10.... surprised how much I actually enjoyed this flick.

-X

That's a nasty tickle in your throat there X. Would you like a drink of water or something?

:evil:

[nygreenguy]

We rented The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day... and I have to give it 3 out of 10. Oh don't get me wrong - the special effects were very cool, and the cast was pretty good too... But the totally fubared the plot. The "modernized" it or some stupid shit. The original version was a much more engaging storyline. I was really disappointed that they totally cut out the warning speech from the end of the movie - that was pretty much the whole damned point of the story!!!! I just get so tired of watching movies that are ONLY special effects. Plot counts too, you know.

I disagree. I liked it (yes, I have seen the original).

7.5/10

[Notta]

We rented The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day... and I have to give it 3 out of 10. Oh don't get me wrong - the special effects were very cool, and the cast was pretty good too... But the totally fubared the plot. The "modernized" it or some stupid shit. The original version was a much more engaging storyline. I was really disappointed that they totally cut out the warning speech from the end of the movie - that was pretty much the whole damned point of the story!!!! I just get so tired of watching movies that are ONLY special effects. Plot counts too, you know.

I disagree. I liked it (yes, I have seen the original).

7.5/10Well, Keanu Reeves DOES make a pretty good robot!

I agree with muidiri -- the remake was a poor imitation of the original. And WTF was up with the flying, sentient nanoparticles??

[Pendaric]

I turned my brain off and watched Rambo for a couple of hours.

If you've seen and enjoyed any of the previous ones, you won't be disappointed with this one. Lot's of blood, guts and violence as Rambo defeats the Burmese army singlehandedly.

6/10. It will blur in to a morass of general Ramboesque type movies within a week, but it passed an hour or two on reasonably well.

I hope I look like that when I'm 60 - hell, I'd take looking like that now.

[laughing dog]

Taken - 7/10. Liam Neeson is always worth watching IMO. And it sorta cool watching him play a real badass.

[Alex]

I rented Barry Lyndon recently. Visually, it's a magnificent movie. Kubrick's meticulous attention to the detail of costumes and sets brings the period to life on the screen with great subtlety. And the story of an Irish nobody's acquisition of money and social position as he climbs into the English nobility is fascinating.

The downside is Ryan O'Neal's wooden performance in the title role.

(Forgot to rate the picture : 6/10)

[Goodchild]

Mosters v. Aliens 7.5/10 - Good, fun animated flick. The plot wanders a few times and the whole you-never-really-loved-me thing is kind of hackneyed ... but it's overall fun and the kids will like it

The Ninth Gate 1/10 - Dreck, absolute dreck. You will spend this entire movie on the edge of your seat thinking something cool is just about to happen!! and then ... poof, it's over and you're all WTF?! MAN!! I have never been as let down by a movie that seemed like it was going to be awesome

The Man From Earth 9.5/10 - Half a point off because the part about Jesus will annoy some and seems a bit shoe-horned in, but this is absolutely the best ever movie you'll ever see with exactly two sets: The inside and outside of a cabin. This is a thinking persons movie, not a popcorn flick.

The trailer just doesn't even do it justice, but it's a bit to whet your appetite

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[laughing dog]

The little guy has Bolt on DVD and i quite enjoyed it (the pigeons and hamster were great), didnt realise it was a 3d one at the movies. cool. Watched it. The flick really kicks into high gear when Bolt "bolts". Quite a few laughs in it. I love the "because you are a degenerate creature of darkness" line.

[dug_down_deep]

Goodchild is right about The Man from Earth. Great movie.

Just watched W. Sucked. 3/10

Saw Slumdog Millionaire a couple weeks ago. Not as great as the hype maybe, but still great. 8.5 of 10.

[Christina]

I thought that 'W" sucked also. It had nothing much to say that I didn't already know and it was boring. Has anyone seen 'Frost/Nixon' yet?

[Oolon Colluphid]

Saw Enchanted again yesterday, as I'd bought it for Miss Colluphid. Better than I remembered, and I enjoyed it the first time. Disney taking the piss out of Disney, but not nastily. About a 6/10 as an adult, and about 8.5/10 as a family film.

[Ray Moscow]

X-Men Origins/Wolverine: it was good, except that the story is fairly boring (known to the fans and probably uninteresting to everyone else).

Still, it was 100 times better than X-Men 3.

[Matty]

Moguls - enjoyed it, made me laugh lots. Nicely done. Like a sanitised version of Irvine Welshes Porno combined with some of the funnier lighter bits of Boogie Nights,

Harold and Kumar Escape from Gitmo - Lol. lets just say you might want to smoke one and leave your taste at the door, but its funny. I thought the WQHite Castle on was funnier tbh, but there are still bunch of lols.

[dug_down_deep]

Finally saw Donnie Darko. 8 of 10.

I loved the concept and storyline, and most of the actors did great, but...

<spoiler alert>
what was up with that teacher character (oh, I see...she made the movie), and why were those guys in that cellar to begin with?

[Matty]

:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:


I only just found out that Deckard is for sure a replicant. I thought it was one of those "maybe, maybe not" things but no. In the fuck knows how many times i have seen blade runner i totally missed the clues that he actually really IS.

what a fucking muppet. I didnt even twig with the origami unicorn.

[Oolon Colluphid]

Haven't spotted the clues myself. I'd heard it, though. I think I read that Scott says so on one or other DVD commentary (which I've not yet heard). How did you find out?

[Ray Moscow]

Haven't spotted the clues myself. I'd heard it, though. I think I read that Scott says so on one or other DVD commentary (which I've not yet heard). How did you find out?


Several things:

Photos of childhood, but his lack of an actual life

The very short leash he's on with the authorities

"Have you ever used that thing on yourself, Mr. Decker?"

Decker being so good at finding androids

His empathy with the Sean Young character

And finally: the fact that the Rutger Hauer character didn't kill him.

[Matty]

made the mistake of reading too far in a blog article. and then bashed my head against the desk a zillion times.

Spoilers

the origami unicorn at the end is a direct ref to the other blade runner knowing what Deckard dreams about, like he does with Rachel and the SPider

At the start the number of replicants that are referred to as having escaped the offshore colony is always one more than the number ever personally referred to, the assumption can be that one dies but in reality is referring Deckard

there are a couple of times when the reflection in his eyes is distinctly replicant like, i thought this was an chancy accident to add a "well maybe" but it was apparently for real

hints at Rachel and/or Tyrell knowing he is (have you ever taken....."

his lack of family yet fascination with old pictures etc

Some of those thing were meant to be both tenuous and ambiguous in a "A blade runner needs to be and to act somewhat like his target to be good at his job" kinda way but according to Scott WERE meant as hints as to his true status. Taken in toto it was fucking obvious but subtly done, and I'm usually good at those little tricks.


ETA. yeah What Ray said.

[Goodchild]

I don't know why, but I never really got into Blade Runner as much as I should have. Still a great movie though.

Rather than Deckard being a replicant, I've always been fascinated with the question of whether the events of Total Recall are real or a dream. I've found evidence to strongly suggest that everything after the visit to Rekall are a dream and that Quaid is lobotomized at the end but I like to hope differently.

And to stay on-topic:

Total Recall - 8/10. Even with out-of-date effects and some definite cheese it's still a fun movie to watch that can even make you think a bit.

[Ray Moscow]

Yeah, Total Recall rocks. But I think (like most hero-fantasy movies) that the outcome is just a little too convenient to be "real".

[Goodchild]

But I think (like most hero-fantasy movies) that the outcome is just a little too convenient to be "real".

Which fits perfectly with the concept of the movie, IMO. If it's all a dream sequence then it ends exactly as a secret agent fantasy should end, with that patented "wrapped up with a bow" storybook ending. And like I said, the bulk of the evidence in the movie points to this being the case.

[dug_down_deep]

Hey, don't forget to hide the spoilers, please. I'm not going to watch that movie, so I don't care personally, but others might.

[Oolon Colluphid]

At the start the number of replicants that are referred to as having escaped the offshore colony is always one more than the number ever personally referred to, the assumption can be that one dies but in reality is referring Deckard
Though I've bought it, I haven't had a chance to see it yet, but I gather that in the Final Cut (or whatever it's called), that numerical discrepency is one of the things Scott fixed.

[Matty]

ah really? Gonna have to rewatch it, been a while for me too.

Dug which are you not gonna watch? Hasnt everyone in the world seen Blade Runner already? :)

[dug_down_deep]

Total Recall. Isn't that a Schwarzenburger movie? I skip those.

[Matty]

yeah i see that, though that is , terminator excepted, his better one.
Its based on a Phillip K Dick novel too, right?


ETA AND it has a chick with three tits in it. :)

[dug_down_deep]

Good for triplets, I guess.

[Ray Moscow]

There are at least two very good reasons to watch Total Recall.

Rachel Ticotin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001797/)

Sharon Stone (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000232/)

and their great cat fight, too.

[Goodchild]

Hey, don't forget to hide the spoilers, please. I'm not going to watch that movie, so I don't care personally, but others might.

My bad, totally wasn't even thinking about the possibility of spoiling a 19-year old movie lol

Total Recall. Isn't that a Schwarzenburger movie? I skip those.

Yeah, it's the Governator. But it's good :)

And yes, it's based on the Phillip K. Dick novelette We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale)

[Laton]

Re: Blade Runner:

IIRC from a Ridley Scott commentary on Deckard being a replicant.

Theatrical version: He isn't
Directors cut: He is

[Christina]

I was just starting to watch Frost/Nixon but then I got distracted so I'll probably leave it until morning.

[dug_down_deep]

Watched a documentary that followed the production of a broadway play called Moon Over Buffalo. The movie is called Moon Over Broadway. Really interesting if you like that kind of reality stuff. Carol Burnett was pretty cool in it. 7 of 10.

[Valheru]

Just watched the Jason Bourne movies, and was pretty impressed, although they did get a bit samey after a while. Still, recommended and I'll go see the next one when it comes out at the cinema.

They are good movies, but the freehand camera technique gets to me, though. For me, it doesn't make it more immersive, as intended - it has the opposite effect, because it constantly reminds me that there is a guy standing there somewhere, without a steadicam.

[Goodchild]

Carol Burnett was pretty cool in it.

Speaking of Carol Burnett ...

Noises Off - 8/10: Top-notch cast (Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Denholm Elliot) and a funny as all-get-out story that makes you wish it would just keep going and going and going. This is one of the very few movies that can actually make me laugh out loud every time I watch it.

[Alex]

..... but the freehand camera technique gets to me, though. For me, it doesn't make it more immersive, as intended - it has the opposite effect, because it constantly reminds me that there is a guy standing there somewhere, without a steadicam.

I hate freehand camera and tricky angles. A scene in a movie I watched last night had someone throwing coal on a fire - it was filmed from the point of view of the fire. This sort of camera work destroys the suspension of disbelief.

[Goldie]

I am Legend.
I liked it. I like vampire movies and I thought Will Smith played the part well.

The sickest movie I've ever seen Ma Mere...a french film. Very creepy, especially the end. A good watch if you can handle it.

Keeping Mum is a fun, witty Brittish film.

[Christina]

I just finished watching "Dead Men Walking". I need to go smoke and brood for awhile.

[Valheru]

The Green Mile always has me in a state after I watch it.

[Alex]

I rented The Longest Day - based on the Cornelius Ryan book about D Day. I ought to have known that with a big cast of Hollywood "stars" in cameo roles, it would be rubbish. And it was.

[BigEvil]

I just bought I, Claudius. Haven't seen it in years. Its still as good as I remember.

[dug_down_deep]

Junebug - an independent movie about a dysfunctional southern family meeting their new in-law from the big city. Pretty good but could have been better. 6.5/10

[Goodchild]

Watched Alien V. Predator - Requiem last night. Definitely a few steps down in quality from all the other Alien or Predator movies, but if you like gore over plot, character and filming then it's a tiny gold nugget. Fortunately I bought it at a video store on sale for $4, I would recommend against paying any more for it.

4/10

[willynilly]

The new Star Trek was ok. I'm not hard core but I do watch the old shows. Some stuff was weird but it is a whole new generation right? 8/10

[Preno]

Harold and Maude - an overrated piece of simplistic, heavy-handed hippie propaganda. The movie's message is stated explicitly in one of the Cat Stevens songs it's full of - "if you wanna sing out, sing out; if you wanna be free, be free, because there's a million things to be" - and the director literally keeps beating it into your head every single fucking second of this charade, which soon gets unbelievably obnoxious. Omg they're going to move a tree to the forest because it's choking it the smog of the city, what a brilliant fucking metaphor! Oh awesome, now they're doing sommersaults for no reason other than "woo, let's all be enlightened anti-materialists and live in the moment". Hahaha, now the boy pretends to commit suicide once again and his mother keeps ignoring him. That never gets old and it's very imaginative and funny, because it's not what we would in fact expect to happen, olololol! And let's not forget about the hilarious age incongruity between the main characters! :rolleyes:

Direktøren for det hele (The Boss of it All) - hilarious Danish comedy. The owner of a company pretends to be an employee and hires an actor to play the role of the boss, so that he can blame him for his own unpopular decisions. The premise sounds like a run-of-the-mill generator of cheap laughs, but in fact it's a pretty original comedy with a deliciously absurdist slant (feels more like a play, in fact). Recommended.

High Fidelity - some good laughs, but for the most part it was pretty average.

[Christina]

I remember seeing Harold and Maude as a stoned teenager and thinking it was funny and then I watched it again a few years ago because I thought I might find it funny now for completely different reasons. It was pretty dumb even though crazy old ladies generally appeal to me.

I watched King of Hearts again the other night and I still love it even if it is overhyped.

[Goldie]

I watch a lot of very scarey and gory movies but Mr. Brooks, the movie about a serial killer, is much more creepy than I think is intended.
It was well acted, well done.
In the end...when he yells "JANE!" it gives me a kind of willies that I can't even describe...and I'm not sure exactly why.
The score, IMO is awesome...and it gets rather intense in the end. I'll always recognise it.
Not really a "scary" movie but a very good watch.

[Christina]

I hate scary movies because they give me nightmares and I get all creeped out when I'm home alone. Joe won't even sit with me if I decide to watch one with him because he ends up with gouges in his arm from my nails.

[Anne]

And yes, it's based on the Phillip K. Dick novelette We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale)

Which is waaaaay cooler than the movie.

O.M.G.

:eek:

Ironman wasn't bad.

[Goldie]

I hate scary movies because they give me nightmares and I get all creeped out when I'm home alone. Joe won't even sit with me if I decide to watch one with him because he ends up with gouges in his arm from my nails.

Poor Joe!

Thing is..."Mr. Brooks" isn't scary. It's considered a "thriller" or crime/drama.
I think it is a personal thing. The end is creepy, scary to me.

Funny how different things freak out different people. I love scary movies... and my son loves a gore-fest...so I've pretty much seen them all... good and bad...but, the ones where people move in that creepy /jerky fashion like in "The Ring" and Stir of Echos" gets to me.
The psychological impact of having a horrific dream and not being able to wake makes my skin crawl.
I appreciate a good zombie flick. I especially like the new, faster zombies like in Dawn of the Dead. :D

[Christina]

It's probably not surprising given the other things that I don't like but explosions, gore, anything sadistic or the idea of horrible creatures, crazed villagers, ghosts or other things that I don't believe in jumping out of the woods at me when Joe isn't home are on the list too. I don't think that there's anything wrong with liking those things but it all stresses me out for no good reason.

[dug_down_deep]

The new Star Trek was ok. I'm not hard core but I do watch the old shows. Some stuff was weird but it is a whole new generation right? 8/10
I thought it was crap, and I'm an ST fan. I wouldn't give it more than 4 of 10. :(

[dug_down_deep]

We watched The Staircase, which is a documentary about the trial of author Michael Peterson, who was accused of killing his wife, Kathleen, in 2001. It is an 8 part series, available as 2 DVDs, but it's still basically a movie. Most of the footage covers the defense team's work.

It's excellent. I give it 9 of 10, but that's only because there might be something that could have been better that I'm not thinking of. Otherwise it would have been a 10 of 10.

[nygreenguy]

Both "Night at the Museum" movies. I actually really liked them. Very few movies actual make me lol.

I give both of them 8.5/10

[tjakey]

Mr. Brooks surprised me as well. Who would have thought Kevin Costner could play such a nuanced bad guy? And that little shoulder thing he did after popping that couple? A new definition of creepy.

[willynilly]

The new Star Trek was ok. I'm not hard core but I do watch the old shows. Some stuff was weird but it is a whole new generation right? 8/10
I thought it was crap, and I'm an ST fan. I wouldn't give it more than 4 of 10. :(

I felt that way about Transformers 2.

Frost/ Nixon was really good since I had no real prior knowledge of the events. 8/10

Shopoholic was cute, as Amy Adams movies are. Mostly fluff but fun. 6/10

[Christina]

Right now I'm watching a documentary about a town called "Rabbit Hash" that held a mock mayoral election between a few dogs, a pot bellied pig and a happy-go-lucky guy with brain damage. All votes had to be bought and people could vote as often as they wanted to. It's pretty funny in a WTF kind of way. One of the dogs wins.

[Goodchild]

Just watched Push tonight. Not too bad, not fantastic either. Interesting plot and concept but the movie feels kind of slow sometimes and honestly there's not enough action ... which is what I expected from this movie. Some bits just feel like filler to extend the time but were probably put in to enhance the atmosphere, they just don't work.

A solid 7/10. Definitely worth a rental but I'm not certain yet whether it's one I'd care to buy and rewatch.

[Rilx]

Last sunday Inherit the Wind, based on a trial against a Darwinist teacher in Dayton. Nice song, "The Old Time Religion". 4/5.

Today, To Kill a Mockingbird, 5/5.

[willynilly]

The Castle - It's a cute Australian movie. The clothes and what not are all very
80's but it's funny and cute. 7/10

[Monad]

The new Star Trek was ok. I'm not hard core but I do watch the old shows. Some stuff was weird but it is a whole new generation right? 8/10
I thought it was crap, and I'm an ST fan. I wouldn't give it more than 4 of 10. :(

Wouldn't even give it that and I'm also a big ST fan.

[Ray Moscow]

Quantum of Solace: A good Bond flick. 8/10

WallE: surprisingly good and funny. 7/10

Infamous: (aka, the other Capote film) very good. 8/10

Warlords (a Jet Li historical drama, all in Chinese): not so good, except for a couple of fight scenes. Maybe 4/10.

[tjakey]

Knowing with Nicolas Cage; not terrible but tending to "lame" a little too often.

[Goodchild]

It seems like so many movies coming out nowadays are just kinda ... meh. They might be great action or drama flicks but nothing that really just grabs you and has a little bit of everything. Fortunately there is one exception, the Harry Potter movies. Without question, every one of them has been a good and enjoyable film.

The latest follows in that trend. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the best in the series and had me and my kids riveted throughout even though I knew what was going to happen. I have to give this one a 9.5/10

[willynilly]

It seems like so many movies coming out nowadays are just kinda ... meh. They might be great action or drama flicks but nothing that really just grabs you and has a little bit of everything. Fortunately there is one exception, the Harry Potter movies. Without question, every one of them has been a good and enjoyable film.

The latest follows in that trend. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the best in the series and had me and my kids riveted throughout even though I knew what was going to happen. I have to give this one a 9.5/10

I'm glad, it's my favorite book.

[rlogan]

We're started renting some movies. Watch them on the computer.

Saw "Trinity is Still My Name" last night. Both of us splitting our guts laughing so hard.

So on tap for tonight is the original "Trinity". These are what she calls "nonsense" spaghetti westerns.

I know she will like "The Gods Must be Crazy" too, so I got that. More nonsense

Oh she loves horror.

[Ray Moscow]

I love the Trinity movies.

Speaking of slapstick: Hotel Paradiso is just hilarious, if you like that brand of humour. 8/10 (possibly higher if you like extreme silliness).

[Valheru]

Has anybody ever seen "Once upon a crime"? It's a fantastic whodunnit comedy with a fabulous twist in the tail.

[Monad]

Just seen a movie called "Midnight chronicles". Looked interesting but very poorly directed. Basically it's a straight rip from LOTR - imagines a world where the dark forces won and what is left of humanity has had to pledge allegiance to "The Shadow" except for a handful of renegades and the few elves left. Could have been great and the atmosphere is good but very hard to follow - the film just jumps about from one scene to the next, events are left unexplained, everything is very cryptic. Some nice touches though - there's one scene where a peasant is being beaten to death by a bunch of orcs and one of the main protagonists looks on as if he's about to intervene and save the day (it builds up the scene as if that's about to happen as you'd expect in most movies) - but then he just walks on and leaves them to it. Everyone is ambiguous morally - the main "hero" is himself on the side of dark and there is no clear cut ending or resolution. Pity it's so rambling and unfinished though. 6/10

[dug_down_deep]

Watched two documentaries over the weekend:

Helvetica (http://www.helveticafilm.com/) - About the Helvetica font, mostly about its perceived cultural role, and the division between modernists (who like it) and postmodernists/independents (who don't). Pretty interesting, but not as startlingly unboring as one might have hoped. 6 of 10.

Deliver Us from Evil (http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/index_flash.php) - About a child-molesting Catholic priest, who appears willingly in the film. (He's a creepy sociopath, of course.) Some of the victims of the priest appear as well, and a couple moments with them will make you tear up, if you're prone to that sort of thing. The film hits kind of hard on the people and the system that protected this guy and inflicted him on a lot of innocent people, but I wish they would have been able to get more in the faces of the Catholic hierarchy than they did. Still, an excellent documentary. 8 of 10.

[Ray Moscow]

Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies (Go to White Castle)

Very stupid and very funny. 7/10

[Anne]

Run Fat Boy Run. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425413/)

Waaaaay better than I thought it would be.

Worth a look.

Also, My Favorite Year (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084370/) and Strictly Ballroom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105488/), both desert isle movies.

[Ray Moscow]

Fat Boy was surprisingly good.

[Preno]

Marie Antoinette - boring and annoying. It fails both as a historical portrait and as an entertaining movie. I wonder what the director's intention was, other than showing Marie Antoinette in a sympathetic light, which it fails at pretty miserably. Nothing ever happens in this film, the plot is basically nothing but "woe is me, my husband doesn't find me sexually attractive". Just fucking cut her head off already.

Goya's Ghosts - okay, not great. It has little to do with Goya, though, the central character being a priest-become-revolutionary. I was worried halfway through that it would turn into some sorta stupid morality lesson to the tune of "all regimes are equally wrong" or "zomg opportunism!!", but the ending turned out to be pretty good.

[Goodchild]

Watchmen 10/10

I don't know how this movie will play for those who've never read the book, but it far exceeded my expectations and hopes and instantly became one of my all-time favorite movies. I don't think i've ever seen as faithful an adaptation of a book to film as this, with the one major change making perfect sense and probably being better than the original story in that regard.

It's not a happy story with pristine superheroes that inspire us, instead it tells a story of what effect superheroes would really have on the world around them and what they would really be like ... us, with all our flaws just more powerful.

[rlogan]

I love the Trinity movies.

Speaking of slapstick: Hotel Paradiso is just hilarious, if you like that brand of humour. 8/10 (possibly higher if you like extreme silliness).

Thanks for the tip.

Extreme silliness goes over big here.

[Goodchild]

Dragonball Evolution 7/10

Fans of the Dragonball series might be disappointed because in true anime fashion this movie drastically changes the storyline of the original. Elements of the anime are still present and there's some 'wink/nod' "we changed it, but you know what it really is" going on.

Judged on it's own merits though, without worrying about adherence to canon, this is a really fun film with some cool fight sequences and CGI effects. The acting is a bit lacking at points and some lines are delivered badly, but not so much that you can't just sit back and enjoy the hell out of the movie for what it is.

Go into watching this without expectation of a live-action remake of the anime and you'll find yourself with an enjoyable hour and a half well spent :)

[Ray Moscow]

We watched Agnes of God again. Really good, maybe 8 or 10, if you like creepy religious stories.

[Oolon Colluphid]

Went to the cinema on Tuesday. I've tried to wipe the experience from my mind already.

Saw the new Sandra Bullock vehicle The Proposal. Zero -- yes, zero -- out of ten. Billed as a rom-com, it was neither rom nor com. Utter, unremitting shit, and twenty-four quid (for the three of us) down the drain.

[Thalia Thinks]

We watched Agnes of God again. Really good, maybe 8 or 10, if you like creepy religious stories.

I haven't seen that in a coons age but I remember liking it a lot.

[Ray Moscow]

We watched Agnes of God again. Really good, maybe 8 or 10, if you like creepy religious stories.

I haven't seen that in a coons age but I remember liking it a lot.

We had, too, but maybe 15 years ago.

My wife recently wrote a story based on a personal experience that had some similarities, and so we wanted to see the film again.

[Anne]

oh, that just needs to be explained!

[Christina]

For some reason I still love movies about the creepier aspects of Catholicism and christianity in general. I liked Agnes of God a lot and I even liked those movies about archangels fighting each other. I have to admit to liking Dogma the best, though, and Life of Brian is right up there with it.

[Preno]

L'instict de mort & L'ennemi public No. 1 (Mesrine - Public Enemy #1, part 1 & 2) - a two-part movie about the life of a French bank-robber/gangster, set in the 60s and 70s. The first part was too fractured and elliptic for my tastes, but the second part really picked up imo. The acting was superb in both parts, though (the actor who played Mesrine was awarded a Cesar for his performance). Mesrine is charismatic alright, but fortunately no glorification of gangsters is involved.

If you liked Baader Meinhof Komplex, you'll probably enjoy this one, too - at least the second part. (And now I think it's Italy's turn to make a movie about the Red Brigades.)

[Josie]

For some reason I still love movies about the creepier aspects of Catholicism and christianity in general. I liked Agnes of God a lot and I even liked those movies about archangels fighting each other. I have to admit to liking Dogma the best, though, and Life of Brian is right up there with it.


You have to watch SAVED! It's about a bunch of kids in a private fundy school.

[Christina]

Thanks - I just stuck it in my netflix queue because they don't have it online.

[Goldie]

I've always liked..."The Way of the Gun."
I just saw it again recently and that's why I mention it.


I've got a thing for the movie "Mr. Brooks." I love the score and the end just freaks me out.
I've probably mentioned it before....
Spoiler: Ending scene...w/song Not for the squeamish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVPmytYlG4

[Goldie]

Oh. I saw Wanted and thought it was retarded.

OMG! They do what the "Almighty Loom" tells them to do.
When the bullets kept "meeting" I seriously laughed out loud.
So dumb!

[Laton]

Watched Alien Trespass last night.

Fun but probably only really great if you're a fan of 50's sci-fi films (like me)

[His Noodly Appendage]

Just saw wall-e.

I'd give it an 8. It was awesome. Cute as hell, but not cutesy.

[Christina]

I loved that one. I'm in the middle of watching the version of Les Misérables with Liam Neeson and Uma Therman and I like it a lot. It's taking me forever to get through it because I have a bunch of other things to do but not because it's slow or boring.

[dug_down_deep]

Thumbsucker (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0318761% 2F&ei=dAF3SsnJE4e6MI_vtbEM&usg=AFQjCNHOPc8L8wnBRVNzAWfBQrr2XpW7Ug&sig2=CGYo-0XKjFkT069Oq7lY1w) - An indie film about a teenager who sucks his thumb. It's a drama, not a comedy, so it's nothing like Napoleon Dynamite. Really good, with some questionable directorial decisions, like having not one but two scenes where it's apparently important to have teenage girls take off their shirts (with bras, but still). 8 of 10.

Watchmen (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0409459% 2F&ei=EwJ3St3jEIraNpeOjbEM&usg=AFQjCNGRVyAaS2I-bzxX9axqX22Omy-6HQ&sig2=-aTrVvvUyOYy3EOwfKYTkw) - Yeah, I just now saw this. They did a better than expected job of staying true to the story, but some of it left me cold. And I was disappointed that they didn't work in the comic book kid and the newsstand guy, except for a scene or two that nobody who didn't read the book would even notice. Still good. 7 of 10.

[Goodchild]

Watchmen (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0409459% 2F&ei=EwJ3St3jEIraNpeOjbEM&usg=AFQjCNGRVyAaS2I-bzxX9axqX22Omy-6HQ&sig2=-aTrVvvUyOYy3EOwfKYTkw) - Yeah, I just now saw this. They did a better than expected job of staying true to the story, but some of it left me cold. And I was disappointed that they didn't work in the comic book kid and the newsstand guy, except for a scene or two that nobody who didn't read the book would even notice. Still good. 7 of 10.

With the director's cut coming in at about 2 and a half hours, there just isn't enough time for everything so you gotta make the cuts somewhere. While I personally would have been thrilled with a 3 or 4 hour long movie that included everything, it just wouldn't fly with most people.

And I gotta admit, I kind of like the little nods to the fans of the original. In one scene it's clear that the kid is reading the Black Freighter and that little wink-wink was enough to satisfy me on that count. Plus, from what I understand, there actually is something out there on DVD that does the BF storyline. Yeah, here it is - Tales of the Black Freighter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1295071/)

[muidiri]

I did my annual visit to the theater and saw Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. It was pretty good, but I'm just nerd enough to really enjoy it :).

We also watched Watchmen last weekend - that was pretty fun.

[Ray Moscow]

Persepolis. It's really fun and very clever, even though the subject matter (life in Iran) is pretty grim. 8/10.

[Gaojie]

Saw "Kung fu Hustle", a parody of several films but mostly seemed to be a parody of "The Matrix" produced in China for Chinese audience but has a good following in the DVD market overseas.

Good comedy, I especially tend to enjoy parody so this was appealing to my taste. Critics tend to think the story line is weak, but I thought it was above average in that regard, the protagonist isn't in every scene which is probably what throws people off, but the story is actually told pretty well if you pay attention! I give it a 9 out of 10.

[Goodchild]

Kung Fu Hustle is one of my favorite 'fun' movies! I need to get a copy of it again and rewatch it :)

[Thalia Thinks]

Is Kung Fu Hustle the one with the guy who has a screaming tongue?

[Ray Moscow]

Is Kung Fu Hustle the one with the guy who has a screaming tongue?

That's Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.

Another great spoof film.

[Octavia]

Watchmen 10/10

I don't know how this movie will play for those who've never read the book...

I left about 3/4 of the way through the film, couldn't stand to watch any more of it. Was bored out of my skull. Friend who was with me had same opinion - we went to the pub and spent a happy hour mocking its dreadfulness.

(I concede that the montage at the beginning of the film was genius. The rest I hope never to see again. Ever.)

[dug_down_deep]

Rendition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendition_%28film%29) - Meh. It was okay. The special feature documentary included on the DVD was better. 6 of 10.

eta: Really pretty impressed with Reese Witherspoon in that movie, though. Didn't know she could really act.

[Ray Moscow]

Re Reese Witherspoon: check out Walk the Line

She's a very good actress.

[dug_down_deep]

Oh yeah. I forgot that one. She was pretty good in that one too, I guess.

[laughing dog]

My wife and I watched Happy Go Lucky and it was halfway decent (7 out of 10) - amusing and uplifting.

[Gaojie]

Re Reese Witherspoon: check out Walk the Line

She's a very good actress.

Also check out the spoof of "Walk the Line" titled "Walk Hard". (without Reese Witherspoon afaik) Although it was considered by many critics to be too sophomoric and lewd, I was laughing hard (pun intended) pretty much throughout this flick. I saw it a little over a year ago, I never watched it a second time because, well I was afraid it wouldn't be funny the second time.

[willynilly]

Re Reese Witherspoon: check out Walk the Line

She's a very good actress.

Also check out the spoof of "Walk the Line" titled "Walk Hard". (without Reese Witherspoon afaik) Although it was considered by many critics to be too sophomoric and lewd, I was laughing hard (pun intended) pretty much throughout this flick. I saw it a little over a year ago, I never watched it a second time because, well I was afraid it wouldn't be funny the second time.

I love Jack Black as Paul McCartney.

[Anne]

hurm... let me try to remember...

on vacation, we watched Hidden Fortress, Donnie Darko, Big Trouble in Little China, 9-5, Overboard, Minority Report, Persepolis and Kelly's Heroes.

All awesome movies.

[willynilly]

Saw Harry Potter at the drive-in last night. It didn't quite live up to the book but very good. 8/10

[Anne]

Scary Godmother, the revenge of Jimmy.

Great kids movie. Saw it about 10 times already.

[Pendaric]

Rewatched 'The Godfather' again for the umpteenth time. One of my very favourite movies.

'Someday - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a service for me.'

[munnki]

Just got my hands on the new Tarantino movie 'Inglourious Basterds' - thought it was utter rubbish... pretentious, to boot...

[willynilly]

If you liked Little Miss Sunshine you'll like Sunshine Cleaners. 7/10

[munnki]

Just watched The Taking of Pelham 123 (the new one)... utter shite... not that I'm surprised... thankfully it was free... no donations to scientology here...

[Oolon Colluphid]

We've finally watched the David Lean film The Passionate Friends that my wife had been given for Xmas. Not at all bad, as that sort of /thing goes. 7/10

Also, as we've been on hols:

Clint's Gran Torino. Loved it. It has the potential to get into my (elastic-sided) Top Ten. 10/10

Trans-Siberian (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800241/) was pretty good, about 7.5/10. Quite gripping, and less run-of-the-mill than a lot of such thrillers.

[Sodong]

I saw District 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSgLOvH_MMk) recently. It makes a very short list of movies I'd watch more than once. Brilliant, but deeply disturbing.

[Goldie]

We watched Changeling. Its a true story dealing with the horrors a mother went through thanks to the corrupt LAPD back in the 20's and 30's.
Unbelieveable!
Very good, we thought.

[dug_down_deep]

Coraline. I give it 6 of 10, and probably won't be bothered to watch it again unless someone else puts it on. The animation was technically and artistically brilliant, but the story was weak after about halfway through.

Mild spoiler:
Turned into a video game - go to the garden temple, defeat the boss, go to the theater temple, etc.

[Goldie]

Coraline sounded a bit scary for kids. Is it?

[dug_down_deep]

It's creepy, but I think most kids would just be entertained by it. Nothing worse than Tim Burton's other animated movies.

[Goldie]

Oddly.... Bumpy loves "Jaws" (begged me to let her watch it. I covered her eyes through the goriest parts) and "King Kong" but is freaked out by "The Nightmare Before Christmas" I think it's scary faces that bother her and I heard that Coraline is creepy in that same way.

[dug_down_deep]

Yeah definitely in that way.

[Anne]

jeez, Goldie. We have to get our young ones together.

When the boy saw jaws the first time, he wasn't scared at all. Nah. In fact, he loved it. He related to the hero.

The shark.

For about a week, he'd say 'shark!' and bite us, and for over a year, you'd ask him to 'make shark noises' and he'd say 'da dum da dum da dumdadumdadum...'

:D

He didn't have as much fun with King Kong.

[Goldie]

jeez, Goldie. We have to get our young ones together.

When the boy saw jaws the first time, he wasn't scared at all. Nah. In fact, he loved it. He related to the hero.

The shark.

For about a week, he'd say 'shark!' and bite us, and for over a year, you'd ask him to 'make shark noises' and he'd say 'da dum da dum da dumdadumdadum...'

:D

He didn't have as much fun with King Kong.

Ha ha ha ha ha:rolling:

Well...she just got into it and has watched it about 6 times now. She DOES get scared...especially when the shark jumps up without the music. This happens when the guy is throwing chum overboard.
So we said, "Now do you see why we like scary movies? It's like riding a rollercoaster." and she said... This is just too cute....
"But, my tummy doesn't go all flat like on a rollercoaster, it goes all WRINKLEY."

Bumpy has loved the new King Kong since she was 4 yrs old. I think she loves the big ape. (He IS kinda cute.)

[munnki]

Team America been mentioned on here?... I think it's one of the best political/social satires made in years...

I'll get fruit flung at me for this...but I also think Southpark is brilliant social satire... I hated it at first and was a late convert... but once I spent some time with it and realized what Parker/Stone were doing... that was me converted...

[Goldie]

Team America been mentioned on here?... I think it's one of the best political/social satires made in years...

I'll get fruit flung at me for this...but I also think Southpark is brilliant social satire... I hated it at first and was a late convert... but once I spent some time with it and realized what Parker/Stone were doing... that was me converted...

+1 :D

[Anne]

House of 1000 Corpses.

I had read it was crap. I heard it was crap. I expected it to be crap. But hey, Rob Zombie. <shrug>

Put it in last night expecting to fast forward through most of it, as it was gonna be crap.

My goodness--- it was a real fine b-grade horror. I enjoyed it. Wow.

Not gory, not OTT until the end, almost realistic, has a cute blond chick as a bad guy,

http://www.terrorhotties.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sherizombie.jpg

and so not based on Gein (like I've heard). I mean, wearing the skin of one of your victims is not "based on Gein". It's so Manson family... <shudder> Some scenes were lifted straight from the Manson story...

eta: Not just that, but they reference the Family at the start.

I mean, this?

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[Goldie]

My son is into Rob Zombie / White Zombie and has all of his flicks. That woman is his wife.

[Anne]

she also is the dreamy chick who starred in living dead girl...

http://thumbs.fliqz.com/fbf95fa629804673abd7881071e52e35.jpg

[Goldie]

I SO wanted to be Living Dead Girl for Halloween a few years back. :)

[Anne]

Goldie, I like the way you think.

:D

I have a new group of kids this year... what to be...

[Goodchild]

Team America been mentioned on here?... I think it's one of the best political/social satires made in years...

I'll get fruit flung at me for this...but I also think Southpark is brilliant social satire... I hated it at first and was a late convert... but once I spent some time with it and realized what Parker/Stone were doing... that was me converted...

Team America was a great film from start to finish, but in a post-Bush era it loses just a bit of it's punch. Still at least an 8/10 though. And puppet sex!

South Park is possibly my favorite tv show right now. Once you get what's going on with the show you can't help but enjoy it. One of the pluses for the show also is that it has a very very short turnaround time from concept to finished product which is why they're able to hit recent topics within days of their occurence.

[Worldtraveller]

Has anyone else seen District 9? I loved it. It was a lot darker than I was expecting. Parts of it were very predictable, and the umm..sciencey parts were not so good, but for social commentary, it was pretty powerful.

[munnki]

Has anyone else seen District 9? I loved it. It was a lot darker than I was expecting. Parts of it were very predictable, and the umm..sciencey parts were not so good, but for social commentary, it was pretty powerful.

yuppers... got my hands on it a few weeks back... not bad... quite dark and subversive... interesting that it was set in SA...

[willynilly]

Has anyone else seen District 9? I loved it. It was a lot darker than I was expecting. Parts of it were very predictable, and the umm..sciencey parts were not so good, but for social commentary, it was pretty powerful.

How did it compare to Alien Nation, the movie not the tv show?

[Worldtraveller]

Has anyone else seen District 9? I loved it. It was a lot darker than I was expecting. Parts of it were very predictable, and the umm..sciencey parts were not so good, but for social commentary, it was pretty powerful.

How did it compare to Alien Nation, the movie not the tv show?
It was comparable, better in a lot of ways. Alien Nation assumed the aliens would integrate into US (or world, but only the US was portrayed) society. District 9 is probably more accurate about that aspect in several ways.

[Matty]

Watched the Incredibles for the zillionth time, and now i get to act it too as out family Haloween costumes showed up.

The wee guy was running round the street at full pelt in his Dash outfit last night, and we agreed that for my dress up i will lose the beard (Hey its Movember the next day anyway) but i aint cutting off the hair.

And yeah, Team Ame4rica and South Park are awesome. Even if you never watch another SP in your life, you MUST watch the Warcraft, Scientology and Guitar Hero ones.
Genius.

[munnki]

I'm just re-watching one of my favourite DeNiro movies... Midnite Run... anyone else like it?

[Ray Moscow]

I'm just re-watching one of my favourite DeNiro movies... Midnite Run... anyone else like it?

Yes, from what I remember of it when it first came out, it was pretty good.

[Anne]

My brother made me watch it repeatedly as a kid...

[willynilly]

I'm just re-watching one of my favourite DeNiro movies... Midnite Run... anyone else like it?

It a great flick. Really, really funny.

[Anne]

ok, first, we saw Frida.

It was beautiful. On so many levels. I adored it.

Both Frida and House of 1000 used the medium in different and exciting ways, and I was happy to see that film is moving somewhere.

But Frida--- it seems accurate, was well acted, well written, beautifully filmed. I adored it.

Second, we saw Pan's Labyrinth. I'd like to thank everyone here for telling us not to allow the boy to see it.

I wish I hadn't.

I know this isn't the popular opinion, but I found it jerky, confusing, poorly written. It was a lovely movie visually, but ounce for ounce, I found myself thinking of how much better City of Lost Children was--- both dark, both violent, but Pan's was just too...

I have watched it now. I feel like I went to a classy restaurant for dinner and ate a Whopper(tm). Completely unsatisfied. And, just to let people know, the violence, gore and body count in Pan's topped 1000 corpses.

One part that made me stop being connected to the movie? When Mercedes did not kill the Captain. What the fuck? There is no way she wouldn't have in that set up. I would have hated her at that point, if the writing had been better, but instead, I just felt that everything from that point on in the movie was merely manipulation of the characters, not a real story.

[Christina]

I just saw it too and all of the sadistic stuff with the captain was really disturbing to me and I found myself looking away during much of the movie. I didn't like it very much.

[Anne]

And it didn't make sense. It struck me the same way 'Chocolat' did--- not a fantasy, not a reality, either poorly done, or a bad joke on the people who paid to see it.

Luckily we didn't.

[munnki]

Watched Half-Nelson last night... all about teaching and the complexity of relationships... wonderful film... anybody seen it..

[Ray Moscow]

I found Pan's Labyrinth really sad. I couldn't believe that her fantasy life was anything but fantasy, and her real life sucked terribly.

[Anne]

Her real life seemed ok to me--- nothing bad happened to her directly until her mom died. Her disconnect was pretty awful, and that hurt her mom.

I seriously expected Mercedes to be the lost princess, though, and the faun to have made a mistake ;)

[willynilly]

We went and saw Extract yesterday. It was really funny and I love Jason Bateman in it. 9/10

[BigEvil]

I have never been a Jason Bateman fan, but he was excellent in Arrested Development and Juno. He appears to have developed a skill at recognizing good material. Haven't seen Extract yet, but I have been looking forward to it.

[munnki]

My wife hasn't seen The Exorcist... so Imma remedy that oversight tonight... she loves slasher/vio flicks... it's the power of Christ that compels me...

[Goldie]

Gotta disagree with y'all on Pan's Labyrinth. I found it excellent in every way and watched in numerous times. Life IS dark. I thought it was perfect that the little girl; who lived in darkness had such dark fantasies.

To each his/ her own.

We just watched "The Secret Life of Bees" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCil2oSNYY) ...but don't take my word for it...watch the trailer.

[Matty]

Kung Fu Panda,

Top fucking notch. Really. I Loved it.

[Goldie]

But... I love Kung FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
Yes! I dig that movie. :)

[B Cereus]

Wild Hogs. Yes, it was stupid, but it could have been even worse! 4/10

[dug_down_deep]

They should quote your review on the DVD package. :D

[munnki]

A bunch of Netflix views.


Citizen X - An HBO movie about a guy who solved a serial murderer case in the USSR. 6 of 10. Don't get it for the suspense, though. It's mostly a character study type of thing.

There Will be Blood - A movie about a ruthless oil man, and I do mean ruthless. It's like Giant but without the feel-good fistfights. And did I mention ruthless? 8 of 10.

Superman: Doomsday - A good animated Superman flick. 6 of 10.

Gonzo - If you liked Hunter Thompson's work, you'll enjoy this documentary about his life. 7.5 of 10.

I loved There Will Be Blood - Day Lewis has to be one of the best actors of his generation. The closing scene 'I drink your milkshake' is an incredible piece of work...

[Goldie]

I loved "There Will Be Blood" just as I love all of Daniel Day Lewis' performances. He is spectacular! I thought he was incredible in Gangs of New York.

[Goodchild]

Kung Fu Panda,

Top fucking notch. Really. I Loved it.

That was indeed a great movie :) It had more than enough chop socky to satisfy and a great story as well. I definitely recommend it as a good family flick.

[Ray Moscow]

Doubt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/)

Pretty good, with some real depth and surprises. I'd say 8/10.

I'm not sure I buy the storyline as believable, but since it's fiction that's not the point.

[Matty]

Ong Bak,

brutal but fun. The dubbing was hilarious but the muey thai was kickass.

[Goodchild]

The Pink Panther 2 7/10

Funny in exactly the formulaic way you expect it to be. The story goes down basically the same as the first movie, but it's good for some chuckles.

[Octavia]

Went to see The Secret of Moonacre. More cheese than a dairy factory. On a good day it might scrape 4/10.

[Catamite]

Ong Bak,

brutal but fun. The dubbing was hilarious but the muey thai was kickass.
Ong Bak is fucking phenomenal. Ong Bak II less so but still great.
http://www.tonyjaa.org/images/gifs/photo024pb.gif
Chocolate is amazing as well. Yanin Vismistananda is astounding.

[Matty]

heh i gave a clearly audible, "woah, no fucking way" at that point. Bang. Stay down bitch.

I saw Tom Yum Goong aka the protector a while back and it was fun too
havent seen OB2 yet but its on the list.

[Ray Moscow]

The thing is: you don't expose your groin that way in a real fight.
(If you have testicles and want to keep them undamaged, that is.)

Yes, it's illegal to strike/kick the balls in kickboxing, but rules make for bad habits. In an actual fight, any experienced fighter is looking for bonehead moves like that and will take advantage.

Still, for movies it's fun stuff to watch.

[Goodchild]

Just got back from seeing Zombieland. Totally great flick! Fun, funny, gruesome at times but a cool story that gets to the important stuff (ie zombie killing). Surprisingly, the main characters are developed well and you really care for them before the end of the movie.

Oh, and the surprise cameo by a noted celebrity is awesomely hilarious!

8.5/10

[dug_down_deep]

The Kite Runner

It was very formulaic, but still pretty good. Kind of like The Karate Kid or something, but with an Afghanistan setting. If you don't mind Hollywood formula too much, you'll like the movie. 7 of 10

[Anne]

Mirrormask and Almost Famous.

Both good, upbeat, feel good bildungsromans. Only Mirrormask has a girl as the protagonist.

Mirrormask strikes me as being great for kids.

[SallyAnne]

I've watched a few over the recent months...

Atonement (wah, that was so sad:()

Rosemary's Baby (creepy)

Taken (not bad)

Star Trek (fantastic!)

[SallyAnne]

Oh yeah, I quite enjoyed Valkirie too, it didn't suck with Tom Cruise's American accent and all those English actors pretending to be Germans, LOL. Great film!

[SallyAnne]

I'm big on Shakespeare.

The BBC did all the Shakespeare plays back in the 70s, and I have the complete box set. I've also bought a number of the films.




Oh man! I loved Comedy of Errors with the RSC, Judi Denche's husband plays one of the twins. It was fantastic! I much prefer watching a Shakespeare play than reading it...

[SallyAnne]

Just watched the Jason Bourne movies, and was pretty impressed, although they did get a bit samey after a while. Still, recommended and I'll go see the next one when it comes out at the cinema.



I liked the original with whatshisname...Richard Chamberlain, it was a bit slow in the beginning but when it picks up pace in the second half, was really great....

[SallyAnne]

Rewatched 'The Godfather' again for the umpteenth time. One of my very favourite movies.




Same here.

[SallyAnne]

I loved There Will Be Blood - Day Lewis has to be one of the best actors of his generation.



There Will Be Blood is a strangely intoxicating film. It's very engrossing, I couldn't stop watching it, always waiting to see what's gonna happen so felt a bit anti-climax at the end, but still, very good and yeah DDL is a great actor.

[SallyAnne]

I just remembered The Bank Job, I thought that was a great film. 8/10

[Laton]

Just watched Up, loved it. Story and animation were top notch.

Squirrel! :D

[dug_down_deep]

Star Trek was horrible. And I'm a trek fan.

[Ray Moscow]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans -- it was OK, but basically just backstory to the earlier films. Maybe 6 out of 10, if you like this sort of movie (as I do).

The Day the Earth Stood Still (remake): not as good as the original. Maybe 6/10.

[Preno]

Day of the Wacko / Dzień świra - a Polish comedy/satire about a neurotic teacher of Polish, which manages to be both genuinely funny and geniunely depressing. Highly recommended.

JCVD - Jean-Claude van Damme plays himself as a failed actor and parent who gets involved in a back robbery. Amusing, although not in a laugh-out-loud way, but repetitive at times. Could have used more focus on the central character and less on the robbers that no-one cares about, anyway. If nothing else, it's worth watching for JCVD's monologue in which he recapitulates his life.

[willynilly]

Just saw Paranormal Activity in the theater. Watched it online Sunday night. The theater version was much better. The scary parts are really scary. I loved that part. The dialog and acting are not real great. There are three alternate endings in EW magazine and I like them all better than the one they went with though it was pretty scary. If you saw it with a group you will enjoy it more. 7/10

[Christina]

I just watched that old movie The Three Faces of Eve. (I say just but it took me 2 days to sit still that long.) It was kind of painful for me to watch but at least the ending was happy and not dismal like most movies about mentally ill people.

[Sidhe747]

Whiskey Galore. Very funny. 9/10

Ice Cold in Alex.

9/10

And the last one was Fight club or some of it anyway.

10/10

[Monad]

Just saw Paranormal Activity in the theater. Watched it online Sunday night. The theater version was much better. The scary parts are really scary. I loved that part. The dialog and acting are not real great. There are three alternate endings in EW magazine and I like them all better than the one they went with though it was pretty scary. If you saw it with a group you will enjoy it more. 7/10

I saw that last night - not that scary but well done for concentrating on the psychological aspects of fear rather than the usual heavy handed gore-fests that pass for horror these days. also prob 7/10

on the other hand

The Hairdressers husband 11/10

[Monad]

I found Pan's Labyrinth really sad. I couldn't believe that her fantasy life was anything but fantasy, and her real life sucked terribly.

Love that film

[Anne]

Twilight and Secretary.

Two love stories.

One was terrible on every level, the other beautiful.

Guess which was which. ;)

[Arctish]

Fantastic Mr. Fox was fantastic! The characters were great, the story was fun, the dialog was snappy, and the animation was a delight.

[Monad]

Fantastic Mr. Fox was fantastic! The characters were great, the story was fun, the dialog was snappy, and the animation was a delight.

Haven't seen it myself but my daughter, who was brought up on Dahl, said it was disappointing as too much had been changed (she also felt it had been to "Americanised").

[Arctish]

Fantastic Mr. Fox was fantastic! The characters were great, the story was fun, the dialog was snappy, and the animation was a delight.

Haven't seen it myself but my daughter, who was brought up on Dahl, said it was disappointing as too much had been changed (she also felt it had been to "Americanised").

Well, it does begin with Mr. Fox exercising to the song Davey Crockett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nOF4cq6qNc). That's about as Americanised as you can get!

[Daynna]

Finally saw Paranormal Activity last night. Thought it was horrible. :)

Saw The Hangover tonight. It was actually pretty funny.

I've had recent ankle surgery so have been on the couch for hours on end this past week. I've seen soooo many movies that just happened to be on the TV. One was The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which made me cry like a baby. Another was Lars and the Real Girl which was creepy and funny. Mostly creepy. Entertaining, though.

Sorry for the late night ramblings. Do you know how hard it is to carry a cookie and an open beer down basement stairs while on crutches? See what I'll do for internet? ;)

[Goodchild]

Just rewatched Addams Family Values tonight after fishing it out of the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. After 17 years the movie is still remarkably enjoyable and Raul Julia's talents are greatly missed.

8/10

[Ray Moscow]

Sherlock Holmes. Lots of fun. 9/10 (unless you expected a lot of depth, in which case this isn't for you)

[Christina]

Avatar - I'd give it a 9 out of 10 for the visual imagery alone.

[Stout Drinker]

Invictus -- 5/10. A bit slow moving and a rather cliched feel good type story.

[Octavia]

Saw Avatar - the visuals were stunning but the story was terrible - cliche on a stick. I sw every single plot development long before it arrived. One guy down in front was so bored he fell asleep and began snoring! All that money spent on special effects, and they couldn't have spared a bit on a decent scriptwriter?

6/10.

[Trittydi]

Mirrormask and Almost Famous.

Both good, upbeat, feel good bildungsromans. Only Mirrormask has a girl as the protagonist.

Mirrormask strikes me as being great for kids.

MirrorMask is a great favorite with fans of Neil Gaiman. These could be anywhere from late teens and up.
*

[Trittydi]

Saw Avatar - the visuals were stunning but the story was terrible - cliche on a stick. I sw every single plot development long before it arrived. One guy down in front was so bored he fell asleep and began snoring! All that money spent on special effects, and they couldn't have spared a bit on a decent scriptwriter?

6/10.

Sounds unfortunate. A lot of buildup - for a dud? I'm hearing a lot of people are disappointed with it.
*

[Trittydi]

Saw Sherlock Holmes with Downy Jr. -- it was wonderful. Well done, fast paced and funny. For sheer entertainment I'd give it four and a half out of five stars.
*

[Ray Moscow]

Saw Avatar - the visuals were stunning but the story was terrible - cliche on a stick. I sw every single plot development long before it arrived. One guy down in front was so bored he fell asleep and began snoring! All that money spent on special effects, and they couldn't have spared a bit on a decent scriptwriter?

6/10.


I have the same complaint about a lot of big-budget films: hundreds of millions cost, but they can't pay a few thousand to get a decent screenplay?

[dug_down_deep]

I was trying to remember what I watched last, then realized that was probably a commentary on the quality of the movie.

Oh yeah, it was Inkheart. Meh. The Neverending Story remains unchallenged.

[Anne]

aw, I thought Inkheart was cute. Especially the stable.

Not great, but a good family flick if you have little ones.

[Sodong]

Saw Sherlock Holmes with Downy Jr. -- it was wonderful. Well done, fast paced and funny. For sheer entertainment I'd give it four and a half out of five stars.
*I saw this a couple of days ago and found it quite entertaining.

[dug_down_deep]

9
6 of 10. Plot was pretty sketchy - it seemed like they had a lot of ideas about animating action scenes and skimped on the story.

Paranormal Activity
7 of 10. Pretty scary until it got stupid.

Gorillas in the Mist
5 of 10. It seemed like this movie was good when I first watched it. My wife is reading the Fossey biography, and she says they screwed the facts up big time. Which isn't necessarily a movie-killer, but it feels like they're smearing things together even when you don't know the facts.

In Bruges
9 of 10. Loved it. Even if Bruges is a shithole.

[Matty]

District 9.
Liked it a lot. For the realism if nothing else. 4.5/5

Death at a funeral.
Great fun. Light and witty, funny as fuck in some places.
4.5/5

Stargate.

Seen it before but this was on blue ray (we got a free copy with the player) .
Good film in some ways, quite a bit of fun, but i still to this day do not know who first thought casting Kurt Russel as a tough guy was an apt move. Tango and Cash maybe? Anyway i am not convinced.

other than that its alright. 3/5

[Anne]

wtf? Oh Matty... :dunno:

I thought you were dead. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/)

(not his first, but ...)

[Christina]

Last night I watched a kind of silly but cute movie called The Answer Man. It's about a guy that wrote a fabulously successful series of self-help books that he knows are all bullshit and contrary to popular opinion he's a grouchy, whining SOB. It's essentially a light indie romantic comedy but it has some great lines.

I just started to watch a documentary called Skid Row but turned it off after 5 minutes. It's supposed to be some expose on what it's really like to be homeless in LA so some rap star goes 'underground' to experience it first hand as if he's going to have any kind of authentic experience as he hauls his film crew around. It was so stupid that it was painful to watch.

[Matty]

wtf? Oh Matty... :dunno:

I thought you were dead. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/)

(not his first, but ...)

heh, i forgot about that PoS.
I think hes an alright comedy actor, but tough guy, nah.


It's supposed to be some expose on what it's really like to be homeless in LA so some rap star goes 'underground' to experience it first hand as if he's going to have any kind of authentic experience as he hauls his film crew around. It was so stupid that it was painful to watch.Like when Cameron Diaz and her dizzy mates flew a camera crew all round the world to highlight environmental issues. Umm, miss the point much.

its alright though, they bought a clean air credit. :rolleyes:

[Anne]

uh... did you miss the fact that Escape was a comedy?

[Matty]

possibly, i was a kid when i saw it but i remember thinking it was fucking cheesy.

he was supposed to be a serious tough guy in Stargate.

[Anne]

That could be. About Stargate. But Escape was supposed to be cheesy. Just like Big Trouble in Little China (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/). Russell does a fine job being a poor woman's Harrison Ford. And he really works the cheese.

Man, he's just wonderful... <sigh>

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

[Pendaric]

Just watched Gladiator again, and enjoyed it tremendously. It won all the Oscars for a reason. 9/10.

[Cath B]

Deleted as I posted in wrong thread :o

[Goodchild]

Re-watched Galaxy Quest last night and it just never stops being an enjoyable movie. A stellar cast with a brilliant plot.

9/10

[Rie]

I watched with awe the excellence of an AUSTRALIAN movie called "Romulus, My Father" and wondered how many of our films make it to larger numbers of viewers.
This film stars several actors who, like Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and others have 'made it' in Hollywood.
I have studied film in a Diploma I took in Theatre Arts and am in touch to make the tea on the set of yet another movie made here by an American company as our landscape and buildings lend themselves so well to film
Hope I get the job!

[Octavia]

The Lovely Bones - 9/10.

[Ray Moscow]

Zombieland: pretty funny. 7/10

[Ray Moscow]

Avatar, in 3D. OK, it was just "Dances With Wolves" retold, but I liked it anyway. 8/10

[Anne]

da Vinci Code.

omg.

wooden acting, horrible plot, terrible.

2/10

Casino Royale (new one)
Really liked it until the weird romance bit close to the end. Without that, it would have been much MUCH better. IMO.