Last movie?

[S Carver Orne]

What is the last movie you saw?

I think the last one I watched was Bolt with my wife.

[Shady]

Transformers, last week.

I watch movies all the time though between the Riko player with Netflix and Amazon, and the Xbox set up with Hulu (although that's more for TV shows), there's always something to watch.

[Carnage]

Forrest Gump at 5AM two days ago.

[Luger]

ummmm.... Across The Universe, with my girlyfriend.

[Tonus]

TAKEN, with Liam Neeson. A very funny movie, though unintentionally so.

[Little Bug]

The hubby is correct, the last movie we watched was BOLT.

[Shady]

TAKEN, with Liam Neeson. A very funny movie, though unintentionally so.

I actually want to see that, for that reason.

[Illidan]

Yesterday on DvD I saw "Doomsday" a British action film starting Rhona Mitra, and Bob Hoskins.

[S Carver Orne]

I saw Doomsday, it was pretty good.

Watched The Number 23 the other day. And then I started to see it everywhere....

[Grunthos]

Saw "UP" with the missus last weekend. Very good film, beautiful 3D animation, touching story, quite enjoyable.

There were a couple disturbing subtextual messages included for indoctinating the kiddes, but Hollywood (even Pixar) just can't help themselves in that regard, it seems.

[Agent Cay]

UP was okay, but I will always love Wall-E as my favorite Pixar movie. No exceptions, not even for Toy Story.

[Luger]

Saw "UP" with the missus last weekend. Very good film, beautiful 3D animation, touching story, quite enjoyable.

There were a couple disturbing subtextual messages included for indoctinating the kiddes, but Hollywood (even Pixar) just can't help themselves in that regard, it seems.

Dude, same here :D

[S Carver Orne]

I just watched Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Horrible, awful, no-good, very bad movie. On Netflix, I gave this movie two stars, which means I did not like it.

[Little Bug]

Watched The Number 23 the other day.

I don't think I told you this, but at church after we watched that movie 2 or 3 people randomly said 23.

[Ythogtha]

The Unborn

[davidlolol]

Dara O'Briain's live DVD. Does it count?

[Hakoon1]

Last one I saw at the Cinema was X-Men Origins.

[S Carver Orne]

Doesn't have to be a movie seen at the theater if you don't want. I watch most movies on tv or via Netflix myself.

Saw Push yesterday. It was so meh, but it had potential. That they ruined.

Protip: Seeing the future means seeing what happens, or might happen in the future. Not what is happening right now because they decided on it before or will or whatever.

[Luger]

Just picked up Dr. Strangelove today. Gonna watch that tonight.

[Tonus]

Saturday I spent the day at my sister's place and we watched:

The Day The Earth Stood Still-- meh. Nice special effects, but a lot of films have that going for them these days. It's a thriller that doesn't thrill, a suspense flick with little suspense. Good casting, though. Especially Keanu Reeves as the alien who doesn't ever display any emotion. It's the perfect role for him.

The Mist-- I expressed my disappointment elsewhere. Decent casting, a great job of capturing the locations the way King described them in the original story. If they'd stuck to the story it would've been awesome, but the few areas where they deviated from it, they ruined it.

Paul Blart, Mall Cop-- Decent, mostly because they kept the 'serious' stuff to a minimum (unlike most of Jim Carrey's movies, which always wind up stopping the hilarity for a tender moment, and it simply never works). The laughs come in fits and starts, though.

[MafiaGuy7]

Oh, jeez, uh... I don't even know. I don't even watch TV, let alone movies.

[Skath]

I saw Dead Alive last night.

It was one of the grossest/funniest movies I've ever seen. Instantly one of my favorites.

[superfan1]

I just saw Blindness. Great movie in my opinion.

[S Carver Orne]

I saw Dead Alive last night.

It was one of the grossest/funniest movies I've ever seen. Instantly one of my favorites.

Great movie :thumbup:

[Skath]

Great movie :thumbup:

Father McGruder quickly became my favorite character ever.

[S Carver Orne]

The mortician's assistant is Peter Jackson. The director. The same guy who directed 8 Legged Freaks, Lord of the Rings, and King Kong.

[Skath]

The mortician's assistant is Peter Jackson. The director. The same guy who directed 8 Legged Freaks, Lord of the Rings, and King Kong.

I noticed that in the credits.

[Grunthos]

The Day The Earth Stood Still-- meh. Nice special effects, but a lot of films have that going for them these days. It's a thriller that doesn't thrill, a suspense flick with little suspense. Good casting, though. Especially Keanu Reeves as the alien who doesn't ever display any emotion. It's the perfect role for him.

The original version with Michael Rennie was a MUCH bettter movie.

[hodge podge]

La Nuit Américaine, or the English title A Day for Night. Really a stupendous movie from Francis Truffaut.

[JägerMeister]

I believe the last movie I saw was Grave of the Fireflies. Great movie, very tragic though. Animation is okay but I give it credit, was made in 1988.

[Ythogtha]

The original version with Michael Rennie was a MUCH bettter movie.

Agreed. Same with War of the Worlds.

Dino-Riders. It's from the 80's if anyone remembers. My mom found it for my son and he's watched it every day for two weeks.

[maggotface]

i just saw bruno last night.

parts of it were really funny.

other parts were WAY too gay for me.

like the beginning.

and the test screening of his show.

and the meat spin...

...the...meat...spin...

[Ythogtha]

Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix

I've seen it a hundred times before, but the wife is gearing up to see The Half Blood Prince tomorrow, so we watched it again.

[S Carver Orne]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Gandalf was a fucking badass. :yes:

[Ythogtha]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Gandalf was a fucking badass. :yes:

Okay, I know you, so you're forgiven.

Some funny shit on YouTube while I'm running software patches.

[Agent Cay]

I saw the Knowing, with Nicholas Cage. The one about the note from the time capsule with all the numbers.

I don't know if I liked it or not yet.... it was okay, but kind of disappointing
that the protagonist in the end can do absolutely jack and everybody dies.

[Little Bug]

Same has my hubby!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Not really a spoiler to me, but some might consider it to be so...there you are.

Funny part, any time Crabbe and Goyle were supposed to be shown with Malfoy they've changed the characters or cut the scene. Goes to show that messing with drugs gets you no where.

http://www.celebstoner.com/200904081894/news/drug-bust-news/harry-potter-pothead-busted.html

They say he appears in it, but I didn't see him, I only saw Goyle.

[Straw]

Same has my hubby!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Not really a spoiler to me, but some might consider it to be so...there you are.

Funny part, any time Crabbe and Goyle were supposed to be shown with Malfoy they've changed the characters or cut the scene. Goes to show that messing with drugs gets you no where.

http://www.celebstoner.com/200904081894/news/drug-bust-news/harry-potter-pothead-busted.html

They say he appears in it, but I didn't see him, I only saw Goyle.

My mom was supposed to print me midnight tickets while I was at football. I get back home, "Do you still want me to print those tickets?"
Sold out. >.>

[Little Bug]

Well, it will be worth seeing when you do see it. The only reason we went to the midnight showing is because it was the rest of my birthday present, otherwise we would have just waited and gone today.

[Luger]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Pretty good, not really a fan...but now I want to read to last book.

[Ythogtha]

Same has my hubby!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Not really a spoiler to me, but some might consider it to be so...there you are.

Funny part, any time Crabbe and Goyle were supposed to be shown with Malfoy they've changed the characters or cut the scene. Goes to show that messing with drugs gets you no where.

http://www.celebstoner.com/200904081894/news/drug-bust-news/harry-potter-pothead-busted.html

They say he appears in it, but I didn't see him, I only saw Goyle.

Really? He was on the train and the camera didn't cut away quick or anything. Not a big part, but he was there.

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Good movie. Of course, I like all the Potter movies. And now the long wait till 2011.

[Purity]

Last movie I watched was uh.. Black Hawk Down, it was on TV the other day.

[superfan1]

Last movie I saw was Ghost town. It's funny at times, but overall it wasn't that great.

[Luger]

30 days of night

[S Carver Orne]

Event Horizon. On blu-ray. Fucking amazing.

[Little Bug]

Kill Bill Vol. 1 tonight, for the first time.


Really? He was on the train and the camera didn't cut away quick or anything. Not a big part, but he was there.

Nope, they had Goyle...not Crabbe.

And now the long wait till 2011.
You don't remind me it's going to be that long....

Oh yeah...got a game for me and your wife to play next time we are over that way. HP Trivia!

[Sprinkels]

JCVD


I liked it a lot, but the "action star having to use his expertise in a real life situation" plot seemed a little awkward. The soliloquy near the end of the film was fantastic though.

[S Carver Orne]

Kill Bill, Vol 1. I've seen it before, but my wife hadn't. So I Netflix'd it on Blur-ray for her.

[S Carver Orne]

I watched half of A Scanner Darkly. I stopped watching. I decided I wasn't high enough to be able to continue.

[DDjerk]

Ummm. The last real movie I watched was Harry Potter and the half blood prince. I enjoyed it. I watch lame scifi movies a lot on the syfy channel. Rock monster is pretty high up on my list of awful movies.

[S Carver Orne]

Rock monster is pretty high up on my list of awful movies.

ROFL I can just hear the B52s singing that gem.

[Ythogtha]

ROFL I can just hear the B52s singing that gem.

:lol: Rock Monster! Whaaaa! Rock Monster! Whaaaa!

[Sprinkels]

Dead Alive, my friend didn't believe me when I told him that Peter Jackson used to direct splatstick movies.

I think I'm going to burn a hole in my copy of the DVD by watching it so much

[S Carver Orne]

Your friend never heard of Eight-Legged Freaks?

[Sprinkels]

I had no idea Jackson was part of that, that used to be one of my favorites. The one with David Arquette, right?

[Shady]

ROFL I can just hear the B52s singing that gem.

:lol: Rock Monster! Whaaaa! Rock Monster! Whaaaa!

I can't believe I am about to admit this, but the name of the song is "Rock Lobster" not rock monster.

As for A Scanner Darkly, that movie was freaking brilliant. I wish they would make a sequel, but that would kill the original idea. Beautifully done, very original idea of a hashed and rehashed subject.

Plus, Robert Downey Jr. is awesome in anything, even half animated. Thanks for reminding me of that movie again, Miller. I want to see it again.

[S Carver Orne]

I can't believe I am about to admit this, but the name of the song is "Rock Lobster" not rock monster.

I know, but you've got to admit that song is the first thing that comes to mind when you see Rock Monster.

Thanks for reminding me of that movie again, Miller. I want to see it again.

No problem. Unfortunate I can't sit through it, but hey, not everyone likes the same stuff. ;)

[Sprinkels]

The Room. Directed by, Produced by, Written by and Starring Tommy Wiseau.

It was just so bad. I heard some cities are doing midnight showings in theatres now.

[Tonus]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (in ear-splitting IMAX)

It's the quintessential Michael Bay film. A plot with enough holes to make it forgettable, and enough start-to-finish action to make it fun to watch. I just wish that the transformers themselves weren't so detailed and complex. You can barely understand what's going on when the action is moving fast, as it is throughout the movie.

[Skath]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog.

Just bought the DVD. Loving it.

[DDjerk]

Another weekend past, another late Saturday full of SciFi originals (bad acting 101). This weekends lineup was as follows.
Some movie about a big squid ( i dont know the title)
Some movie about mutant sharks attacking during a tsunami in california (cant remember the title but it was incredible
The triangle ( terrible movie about the Bermuda triangle.

[Luger]

Watchmen

[Shady]

Watchmen

Watched it last night on the Roku from Amazon. I really enjoyed it.

[Little Bug]

Predator...on Blu-ray.

Must say, the blu-ray was much better than the old VHS my dad has of it.

[Tonus]

Predator...on Blu-ray.

Must say, the blu-ray was much better than the old VHS my dad has of it.
It didn't seem as if they remastered it, though. Which is kind of a bummer. I love that movie.

[Little Bug]

It was still better than the VHS my dad has because the VHS is was bought right after the movie came out...

[Grunthos]

Re-watched Dr. Strangelove last night. It seemed eerily appropriate.

[MafiaGuy7]

Okay, I've got one now. I watched Double Jeopardy. The acting in the beginning was pretty bad (especially by the lead character), but it got better once she went to prison. It was pretty good.

[S Carver Orne]

Wanted. Great movie!

[DDjerk]

Wanted. Great movie!

I agree. I enjoyed it enough to buy it.

[Ythogtha]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

[Grunthos]

Most of the way thru Watchmen. Interesting. Pity they couldn't have found a more charismatic actor for Night Owl; the guy playing Rorshach is right on the money, though.

[Luger]

Most of the way thru Watchmen. Interesting. Pity they couldn't have found a more charismatic actor for Night Owl; the guy playing Rorshach is right on the money, though.

Well in the graphic novel he was depressed, and moderately boring IMO.

[S Carver Orne]

The Chronicles of Riddick. My wife never saw it and we recently watched Pitch Black, so I had to rent it. Great movie.

[DDjerk]

Watched Kung Pow again last night and found out some amazing news from IMDB. Apparently Kung Pow 2 is in production and will be released in 2010. I'm so excited as Kung Pow is within my top 5 of funny movies.

[S Carver Orne]

Watched Kung Pow again last night and found out some amazing news from IMDB. Apparently Kung Pow 2 is in production and will be released in 2010. I'm so excited as Kung Pow is within my top 5 of funny movies.

Kick ass!

[DDjerk]

Fast and Furious. A lot better than I thought it would be.

[Illidan]

I watched Predator yesterday, such a bad ass movie.

[Ythogtha]

Underworld: Evolution

[DDjerk]

Started watching Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny on comedy central and turned it off because it was edited. I should have the dvd fully downloaded by the time I get home tonight.

[Luger]

Donnie Darko, pretty good.

[S Carver Orne]

Donnie Darko fucked me up. Fucked me up bad.

Just watched 300 again, since the wife hadn't seen it before. It was awesome on Blu-ray. :yes:

[maggotface]

i decided to watch end of evangelion agian

i regret it. again.

those who saw it know i dont regret watching it because it was bad, it wasn't. it was amazing

but those who watched it know... it's fucked up, to put it lightly

OH FUCKING GOD STOP IT! GET OUT OF MY HEAD (http://www.evacommentary.org/episode-25/25_C136_col-disc.jpg)

[DDjerk]

Last nights lineup on scifi went as follows.

Infestation - Incredibly awful
Caved in: Prehistoric Terror - Equally as awful

Man I love watching 2 a.m. scifi originals

[S Carver Orne]

Watched Predator 2. Great movie. Can't praise it enough.

Started to watch the recently release remake of Friday the 13th. I couldn't even finish it, that is how bad it was. Do not under any circumstance watch this piece of drek. Awful, awful, kill it with fire.

[Ythogtha]

Watched Watchmen, I had seen it at the theater, but rented it again. Also watched Twilight with the wife. Vampires, not my thing. My wife read the books and wanted to see how different the movie was. Also watched Hitch. I liked it. We also watched the old Dragonslayer. She's never seen it. I drew the line at Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. She watched it and I worked on stuff for our rpg campaign.

[Luger]

Funny People

[JägerMeister]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Yeah some things were left out, but this movie was a lot better than Yates' attempt on Order of the Phoenix. I'm just hoping since the Deathly Hallows is being split into two movies that they nearly cover everything.

[Sprinkels]

Funny People. The first two hours were great, but I thought the last 30 minutes or so was rushed, and they added way too many unnecessary plot lines.

[DDjerk]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Yeah some things were left out, but this movie was a lot better than Yates' attempt on Order of the Phoenix. I'm just hoping since the Deathly Hallows is being split into two movies that they nearly cover everything.

Completely agree

[Luger]

Funny People. The first two hours were great, but I thought the last 30 minutes or so was rushed, and they added way too many unnecessary plot lines.

I agree, too much of it was forced and unnecessary.

[S Carver Orne]

Outlander (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462465/)

Such a great movie. Simply awesome. Five stars. Must see.

[Sprinkels]

Heavy Metal

My dad decided we needed to watch it the other night. It was simply amazing.

[Nepharski]

12 Angry Men.

Probably my second favorite black and white film, and one of the few I can watch over and over again without getting tired of it.

[Tonus]

Heavy Metal

My dad decided we needed to watch it the other night. It was simply amazing.
If you haven't watched the sequel, don't. It's as bad as the first one is good.

[Sprinkels]

12 Angry Men.

Probably my second favorite black and white film, and one of the few I can watch over and over again without getting tired of it.
We watched that in my speech class when we went over group conflicts. Showing that movie in class made my teacher easily one of my favorite people.

If you haven't watched the sequel, don't. It's as bad as the first one is good.
I heard it was extremely disappointing, so I haven't searched for it yet. As bad as it may be, I'll probably still watch it just to say I have before.

[S Carver Orne]

Islam: What the West Needs to Know

Great educational piece. Very thought-provoking.

[Nepharski]

Tombstone.

Half the reason I watch this movie is Doc Holliday. The rest is its being a solid Western.

[Tonus]

The Day After Tomorrow - decent disaster flick from the effects perspective. Writing-wise... ugh. It's difficult to work up any sympathy for the characters. They're bland and unremarkable people. The logic makes you cringe. Wait, these people are able to track storms and weather patterns in real time and beam information and satellite images back and forth with amazing speed and efficiency... BUT NO ONE NOTICES THE FUCKING TIDAL WAVE HEADING TOWARDS NEW YORK CITY???? This kind of egregious lapse in logic occurs throughout the entire film. Why should I trust the lead character's predictions on the weather, when he isn't even able to recognize the stuff that's actually happening? Sigh...

[DDjerk]

Resident Evil: Degeneration - I enjoyed it. It felt a lot more like one of the games than the live action movies (this is cg of course). I hope they continue to make these with original story lines like they did.

[S Carver Orne]

The Fast and the Furious

Great movie, haven't seen it in a long time.

[S Carver Orne]

2 Fast 2 Furious

Meh. Not as good as the first, obviously. And you're very aware you're watching a movie with the mediocre acting at more than a few points. But all in all a somewhat enjoyable film. Think, what if they made and updated Smokey and the Bandit that had nothing to do with trucking and just involved imports running from cops? And then throw in a couple of muscle cars. Then have a hispanic crime lord in Miami. Wait, what?

[Agent Cay]

I recently saw Memento for the first time. God DAMN it was awesome.

[S Carver Orne]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Bleh. Someone went "What do kids like in racing" and someone said "What's different yet appealing that we can explore?" and then some asshole went "What about drift cars? Everyone loves Japanese imports" Then some dicklick made a movie about it and tagged The Fast and the Furious on it. Then one more dingleshit said "We should have a quick cameo from Vin Diesel at the end. And they did it. Then I watched it. Then I went "Bleh" and wrote this mini-review.

At any rate, it's the worst movie out of the series. Unless you have a hard on for Japanese culture, or maybe a little one for drift races, just skip this and watch the first one again. THAT was a good movie.

[Luger]

District 9. Really good.

[S Carver Orne]

Fast and Furious

Not bad.

[Grunthos]

The Time Traveler's Wife. With the exception of one totally gratutious and unnecessary cheap-shot anti-republican dialog line, it was an exceptionally good movie. Would fit well on the shelf with Benjamin Button, and Somewhere in Time.

[DDjerk]

Fast and Furious

Not bad.


Yeah I enjoyed this one more than the 2nd and 3rd. Slightly less than the first.

Just watched 300 again last night and tonight I wil be finishing Benjamin Button (aka Forrest Gump).

[Luger]

Band Slam, terrible.

[Skath]

Inglorious Basterds. Loved it.

[S Carver Orne]

Batman

As in the Michael Keaton, directed by Tim Burton Batman. Good flick.

[Valderack]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, but it doesn't even deserve to be called a movie. No plot as I could remember, bad acting, but Sienna Miller in all her hawt glory.

Prior to that, District 9. Amazing movie.

[DDjerk]

Valkyrie - Tom cruise in a movie about an attempt to kill Hitler and sieze control of the government. It was actually very enjoyable. The only thing I didn't enjoy about it was the fact that if you know some history than you know they didn't suceed.

[Little Bug]

Well, of course it was actually Batman last night with the hubby. But before that it was National Lampoons Vacation for the first time ever, good movie when you are crazy tired.

If you can't tell I was VERY sheltered when it came to watching movies growing up.

[Grunthos]

Went to see District 9 last night.

Good Christ, what a horrible excuse for a movie that was... I had to think all the way back to The Lawnmower Man to think of a more horrendous piece of high-dollar crap.

So bad, I nearly walked out.

Stupid script, terrible characterizations, every hackneyed stereotype in the book from the idiot coward bureaucratic flunkie who prattles on about forms and gleefully kills intelligent beings' young (but becomes a hero later), to the murderous paramilitary man, to the rapacious sociopathic industrialist, to the scientists who will do ANYthing in the name of a paycheck, to the ignorant-voodoo-practicing-savages-with-heavy-artillery Nigerians, to the dumb, slavish, violent, scavenging 'Wogs' (oh, sorry, 'prawns')... All done up in an Afrikanns accent so thick that you can barely make out the idiotic dialog... except of couse while the main character spends the vast bulk of the movie hollering, pleading, and screaming "fuck, fuck, fuck" endlessly.

The entire film is shot in a camera style that attempts to be "documentary" but instead alternates between the totally cheesy "amateur documentary" mode, to the faux news-coverage mode, to the ooooh-god-everythings-shaking-make-it-stop mode... None of which works at all on a 40' screen.

Note to filmmakers everywhere: We, your public, do NOT CARE to know what the story looks like to A CAMERAMAN... we want to be able to actually PERCEIVE the GODDAMNED action as if WE were looking at it or involved in it - - NOT AS IF WE WERE FILMING IT! Enough with the insipid 'camera-eye-view, home-movie flaws' school of what is so laughably called 'filmmaking' these days!!!

The entire film is simply loaded with such pathetic politically-correct assertions as "anywhere there are weapons, there is crime..." /puke

Basically, excise anything remotely good out of Robocop meets Starship Troopers, with a smattering of Black Hawk Down tossed in, stir it all together with a totally-bullshit Verhoevenesque 'documentary' style that was killed dead before Cloverfield, then throw away anything good or sense-making that accidentally leaked in.

The only things preventing the movie from being a complete zero, were 1) the special effects were well-done (yet more proof that SFX cannot carry a film alone) and 2) most imaginative use of a pig in a supporting role.

Luger, time to stop going to the movies stoned, sir... as that movie blew jagged chunks.

I want my $20 back.

[Luger]

Went to see District 9 last night.

Good Christ, what a horrible excuse for a movie that was... I had to think all the way back to The Lawnmower Man to think of a more horrendous piece of high-dollar crap.

So bad, I nearly walked out.

Stupid script, terrible characterizations, every hackneyed stereotype in the book from the idiot coward bureaucratic flunkie who prattles on about forms and gleefully kills intelligent beings' young (but becomes a hero later), to the murderous paramilitary man, to the rapacious sociopathic industrialist, to the scientists who will do ANYthing in the name of a paycheck, to the ignorant-voodoo-practicing-savages-with-heavy-artillery Nigerians, to the dumb, slavish, violent, scavenging 'Wogs' (oh, sorry, 'prawns')... All done up in an Afrikanns accent so thick that you can barely make out the idiotic dialog... except of couse while the main character spends the vast bulk of the movie hollering, pleading, and screaming "fuck, fuck, fuck" endlessly.

The entire film is shot in a camera style that attempts to be "documentary" but instead alternates between the totally cheesy "amateur documentary" mode, to the faux news-coverage mode, to the ooooh-god-everythings-shaking-make-it-stop mode... None of which works at all on a 40' screen.

Note to filmmakers everywhere: We, your public, do NOT CARE to know what the story looks like to A CAMERAMAN... we want to be able to actually PERCEIVE the GODDAMNED action as if WE were looking at it or involved in it - - NOT AS IF WE WERE FILMING IT! Enough with the insipid 'camera-eye-view, home-movie flaws' school of what is so laughably called 'filmmaking' these days!!!

The entire film is simply loaded with such pathetic politically-correct assertions as "anywhere there are weapons, there is crime..." /puke

Basically, excise anything remotely good out of Robocop meets Starship Troopers, with a smattering of Black Hawk Down tossed in, stir it all together with a totally-bullshit Verhoevenesque 'documentary' style that was killed dead before Cloverfield, then throw away anything good or sense-making that accidentally leaked in.

The only things preventing the movie from being a complete zero, were 1) the special effects were well-done (yet more proof that SFX cannot carry a film alone) and 2) most imaginative use of a pig in a supporting role.

Lugar, time to stop going to the movies stoned, sir... as that movie blew jagged chunks.

I want my $20 back.

Dude, if I was gonna see anything stoned.. it would have been band slam.

[Valderack]

Grunthos, I... I...

:cry:

[Grunthos]

Dude, if I was gonna see anything stoned.. it would have been band slam.

I was trying to leave you an out; I just can't imagine anyone actually liking that mess. Cripes, I think "Americathon" might have been better... :sad:

Sorry, but it's just plain truth; Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett did the same plot better 20-some years ago.

[S Carver Orne]

Coraline. It was fucking disturbing, but still good.

[Tonus]

G. I. Joe - decent action, the standard formula plot. It's enjoyable if you just pay attention to the effects work and action (both handled pretty well, with one exception) and ignore the plot and story. There was one plot thread that seemed to have a typical hole in it, but that they explained rather well, but other than that it was a typical action flick.

Aside from a number of plot holes, there are at least two occasions where the good guys figure out what the bad guys are doing via the following method:

Good Guy A: Hey! I bet this is how they're doing [A]!
Good Guy B: Hmmm, you think so?
Good Gal C: Yeah, that must be it! Let's act quickly!
[Good Guys/Gals rush off to implement their new plan]

The positive side to this is that you know that if they tried to make this more plausible, they'd screw it up even more and you'd have to sit through a lot more bad dialogue.

Also, the martial arts fights suffered from the constant use of tight close-ups, which made for lots of flashing fists and flowing cloth (and loud noises) but not much recognizable action. Considering that you had at least two ninjas and pretty much everyone fought as if they'd trained in the Matrix, it's a gyp.

On the plus side, they didn't even try to play it off like the cartoons, where all of the shooting and bombing and destruction didn't even bruise anyone. People died in this movie, sometimes in big messy droves. That's what happens when you're shooting and stabbing and bombing each other, and I'm glad they didn't give the action short shrift on that end.



Also, and this is a problem with a lot of these "EVIL ORGANIZATION" movies... why the hell does a group that has enough money to build a military base that's the size of a small country UNDER THE NORTH POLE commit what are effectively either petty crimes or terror attacks? The mafia effectively ran large cities like Chicago and New York for decades on a lot less! Do you think that if Carlo Gambino was worth trillions of dollars, he'd be hiring cartoon characters and telling them to blow up the Eiffel Tower? Of course not.

G. I. Joe, the Sequel should deal with COBRA's attempts at making money and destroying the world in much more realistic ways. Cap and Trade, anyone?

[Luger]

Ummmm, Halloween.. kinda.

[Illidan]

Ummmm, Halloween.. kinda.

I saw the remake of Halloween 2 a few days ago, yay me.

Yesterday I saw Inglourious Basterds, best Tarantino movie of all time.

[Tonus]

Just saw Whiteout. Standard murder mystery that digs deep into the Hollywood bag of formula scripts and plot devices. Catch it on cable, IMO.

[Skath]

I just got back from 9.

It was ok. Not super great, but not bad either.

[Luger]

I just got back from 9.

It was ok. Not super great, but not bad either.

Seeing it tomorrow

[Valderack]

Inglorious Basterds. Phenomenal. Better than District 9 imo.

[Luger]

Seeing it tomorrow

Yeah, that. I liked it.

[Beverage]

I just recently finished "Steal This Film II," a really great documentary if that's your cup of tea.

[NervousWreck]

The One. It was a sorry attempt at real scifi but at least an attempt which is gratifying.

[Tonus]

Reservoir Dogs - not as good as I'd been led to believe. I'd probably have liked it more if I hadn't already seen Tarantino's much better efforts at this kind of out-of-order ensemble storytelling in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

[DDjerk]

Mega Shark vs the Giant Octopus - Oh man... talk about incredible (in the awful scifi sense). Lets just say if you want to see a shark jump out of the water and take down a plane, 747 size, then here's the movie for you.

[Tonus]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - pretty fun movie, it's interesting that when the script writers stick with the silly comic book ideas, the movies work out better than when they try to apply real-world reasoning to them.

[S Carver Orne]

Mega Shark vs the Giant Octopus - Oh man... talk about incredible (in the awful scifi sense). Lets just say if you want to see a shark jump out of the water and take down a plane, 747 size, then here's the movie for you.

I watched that yesterday via Netflix. Ugh. Awful.

[DDjerk]

I watched that yesterday via Netflix. Ugh. Awful.

Your mean amazing. I was buzzed/drunk though when I watched it so it was much more entertaining.

[JägerMeister]

Watched Enemy of the State last night. At first I really wasn't liking it but had an amazing climax and ending.

[DDjerk]

Dragonball: evolution - Not that great, but I love dbz stuff so I enjoyed it.
Adventureland - Coming of age tale with some comedy thrown in. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

[Nepharski]

Akira.

You don't watch Akira. You experience Akira.

[sdhonda]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[Dr. L]

Akira.

You don't watch Akira. You experience Akira.

I remember that movie, from when I got invited to a friend's cookout. I mainly remember making a reference to Smokey the Bear at some point, but it definitely was an intriguing watch.


The last movie I saw was My Boyfriend's Back, a 90's comedy film about a boy who comes back from the dead to take his would-be date to the prom. His parents weren't the least surprised about him coming back, and even offered to pick up people on the way home for him to eat.


I found it on youtube, it was surprisingly funny.

[DDjerk]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Great movie. I enjoyed it very much
I Love You Man - Not so much, I didn't find it very funny at all even though I like Paul Rudd (sp?)

[Grunthos]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Fun, happy, and in beautious 3D. Not a lot of plot depth, but hey, it's just for laughs. I laughed a lot, as did the wife.

Funniest character: Steve.
Best moment: Jello
Best Voice charactrization: Mr. T, as the hyperactive ninjit town cop

[Aaron]

Forrest Gump on Youtube.

[Princess Toadstool]

Rush Hour 3

[Dr. L]

Hook

[S Carver Orne]

Going to name the last two, because I meant to comment on Trick 'r Treat but then I saw Star Trek before I got the chance.

Trick 'r Treat - This gem was completed over two years ago but didn't see release until now, in theater or home viewing, because the studio wouldn't release it and just shelved it. Go watch it. It is worth it.

ggDNhd5FC2U

Star Trek - Better than I thought it would be. I thought it would be Dawson's Creek in outer space. Turns out it's a worthy successor to the film series.

New Spock is a emo mama's boy with the jungle fever. :lol:

[Tonus]

Star Trek - Better than I thought it would be.
That was my impression. Very well written (from a Star Trek standpoint- it took many of the same liberties) and an entertaining film from start to finish.

[davidlolol]

Lucky Number Slevin, watched about 10 minutes ago thinking "Oh, never seen that before" then halfway through realised FFUUUU I watched it a few months back :L

Good film tho, recommended.

[Luger]

Orphan

I liked it, good movie. The end became kinda stupid, but good overall.

[Aaron]

Avatar.

Instead of typing it all over again, I'll copy what I wrote on UGOP.

I just came back from seeing it. I don't know why people give it so much crap. It was fucking awesome. Best movie I've seen in a while. Any movie with Michelle Rodriguez is going to be decent. I'd say you've got a blend of The Matrix, Pocahontas, and last of the Mohicans. Of course, with CGI. 10/10. Nothing critical here. Oh yeah, I saw it in 3D also.

[S Carver Orne]

Just watched two, so I'll comment on them both.

Gamer - Not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Worth a rent. It also made me want to play on Playstation Home really bad.

The Hangover - Also better than I had anticipated. It has some funny parts. If you're looking for a decent comedy to watch, pop 'er in.

[Little Bug]

Gamer - Not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Worth a rent. It also made me want to play on Playstation Home really bad.

The Hangover - Also better than I had anticipated. It has some funny parts. If you're looking for a decent comedy to watch, pop 'er in.

Diddo

[Dr. L]

Fight Club.


Didn't see what the hubbub was about. Nice self-abuse scenes though, as well as the appearance of Helena Bonham Carter.

[Agent Cay]

Avatar.

Instead of typing it all over again, I'll copy what I wrote on UGOP.
Why does NO one acknowledge that Avatar has plot holes in it like a literary flour sifter?

Whatever, not going to bring this up again. Last one I saw was the Hangover, which put my mother and sister in stitches but was just okay for me.

[Tonus]

Fight Club is a fun movie with some good lines.

If you approach Avatar as anything but mental junk food, you'll be horribly disappointed.

I tend to expect very little of certain films and types of films. Action and horror films pushed realism and plot development aside decades ago. Big films like Avatar tend to be more about eye candy and political messages than about telling a good story.

I was less disappointed with the plot holes in Avatar than I was with how strictly it stuck to formula. That made it so predictable that you probably knew how it would end after about 20 minutes or so. On the other hand, it's so beautifully rendered that I enjoyed it simply from that perspective.

[Little Bug]

Saw The Men Who Stare at Goats today. Confused the crap out of me, then I wasn't feeling well when we were watching it.

[Reserv*ir]

How to Train Your Dragon
I saw more potential for humor than they put into it (it was pretty obvious what could be done here and there, especially with Vikings and a protagonist named Hiccup)
The kids near me got bored very quickly with the quiet emotional parts (I was surprised they weren't asleep, the movie started at 9:15 that night), though they did keep them relatively short.
Didn't feel all that memorable, no one-liners that you'd carry out of the theater (like, say, SQUIRREL! from Up).
It had all the right pieces for a good movie (and the end is very heartwarming despite what happens), and great potential in the characters, but beside Hiccup, the dragon, and the girl, the surrounding cast is just not given enough time. I'd almost go out and say their advertisements during the Olympics were funnier than the actual move.
That is, this pretty much may not have been 'cartoon'-y enough for me or something..
Anyways, for those who like 3-D, this one looks good for that aspect (though I can't watch 3D myself)
All in all, it's a good film, but it could easily have been better.

[Dr. L]

Inglorious Basterds.


I think I've learned my lesson on not going too far out of my way to watch Quentin Tarantino's films. It had some funny parts, and it had an excellent villain, but the way it was set up seemed to use the trope 'Darkness Induced Apathy', where it's hard to really follow any side along because of various dark reasons. It was a war-related re-imagination movie, yeah, but there were little things that bothered persnickety assholes like myself. A good movie for people who can just sit and enjoy films. A bad movie for anyone who likes Strudel and/or tends to nitpick. Certainly not a comedy.

[S Carver Orne]

The Man From Earth. A lot crappier than I had hoped for.

[Azure]

The Rifftrax (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Rifftrax) version of New Moon.

Since these are the guys from MST3K, they can make anything good enough to watch, but I'll be damned if it wasn't one of the worst episodes I've seen. The fact that the dialogue is peppered with extremely long pauses and stutters means that there's only so many times you can say "...line?" before it isn't funny anymore. They seem to be aware of this and try not to wear the joke out, but there's often just nothing happening on the screen, so they either have to reuse the material or let us endure it in silence.

[Little Bug]

Two movies today:

first, "Armored" felt like it was missing a REALLY big piece of the story line.

and second, "The Fountain" weird movie, would have been harder to follow if I hadn't had a couple of glasses of wine before watching. Might have even walked away from it.

[Agent Cay]

Just saw "Where God Left His Shoes". Very depressing.

[Valderack]

Rewatched The Matrix this afternoon. Such a great movie, haven't seen it in years.

[Little Bug]

Dance of the Dead. Starting now.

[Little Bug]

Surrogates...odd movie.

[S Carver Orne]

Surrogates...odd movie.

I liked it.

[S Carver Orne]

2012 - "We made money with War of the Worlds, so let's make a film like that. But with more special effects!"

Signs - Saw it before, but wanted to watch it again. As with most of M. Night Shamalamadingdong's movies, I was confused, then enthralled. Then I had to pry my wife off of me and return the blood to her knuckles.

Hellbound - Chuck Norris kicks the devil's ass. Film at 11.

[Little Bug]

Hey...I wasn't that scared. More startled a few times that anything else.

[Valderack]

KICK-ASS

[Illidan]

Iron Man 2

Good film, I enjoyed it although the first one is a little better, IMO

Should you stay after the movie ends, make sure you stick around and see additional footage after the credits are over.

THOR!!!!!!!

[Valderack]

Iron Man 2

Good film, I enjoyed it although the first one is a little better, IMO

Should you stay after the movie ends, make sure you stick around and see additional footage after the credits are over.

THOR!!!!!!!

Damn it, me and my friends left before we could see it.

First one def has more action.

[Edmaster]

Get Him to the Greek.

Saw it last week for free at a pre-screening. Easily the funniest movie in a long while.

[Little Bug]

Serenity for the second time.

[S Carver Orne]

Serenity for the first time.

[Tonus]

Iron Man 2-- good film. Not great, but it was funny and very entertaining. The action scenes were very nicely done and the cast does an above-average job overall (Downey is excellent again as Tony Stark, Cheadle handles Rhodey better than the previous guy, Paltrow is very good). Sam Rockwell seems miscast as Justin Hammer, or perhaps the character is played too loosely. He is supposed to be the head of a large defense contractor, but is played as a bumbling buffoon for laughs. The movie is certainly funny and the comedic touch is very well done, but that one role didn't quite fit.

Definitely worth the price of admission, even in New York.

[Dr. L]

The Green Mile

That was easily one of the best movies I've ever seen. I'd like to read the book as well.

[S Carver Orne]

Dead Meat. Irish B-movie. F*cking weird. :blink:

[Little Bug]

I have no clue when BCK watched Dead Meat, glad I wasn't here for it though.

Just watched the new Justice League movie, what is it...Justice League: Battle of Two Earths. I spent half the movie asking who people were.

[Dr. L]

Beowulf

Wow, that guy was a regular badass.

[Luger]

Beowulf

Wow, that guy was a regular badass.

Same, I just watched it yesterday.

[Dr. L]

Same, I just watched it yesterday.

He dealt with Grendel the German way for sure.




And I just saw Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero


I've been waiting since I was nine years old to see that one, I always missed it when I wanted to see it for one reason or another, mostly due to a long time of forgetting the old toons. Truly one of the best Batman films I've seen, a perfect sendoff to my favorite Batman villain.

[Luger]

He dealt with Grendel the German way for sure.




And I just saw Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero


I've been waiting since I was nine years old to see that one, I always missed it when I wanted to see it for one reason or another, mostly due to a long time of forgetting the old toons. Truly one of the best Batman films I've seen, a perfect sendoff to my favorite Batman villain.

Oh my god, I got that on vhs when I was like 5. I watched it obsessively.

[Shady]

I just watched The Machinist the other day. Christian Bale was inhumanly skinny in this flick, and it was weird.

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/wong/balejuice1.jpg

The plot twist and ending are somewhat satisfying, but the story seems to really take its time getting there even though everything leading up to the "reveal" is important.

I still haven't decided if I liked it or not.

[Grunthos]

I picked up "A Bridge Too Far" while at Costco today. hadn't seen it in a very long time. Solid flick, amazing cast. Long movie, too.

[KB.]

The Wolfman. Solid movie, no real love story that they tried to shoehorn into a horror movie and run out of time before they fleshed it out, so that was good. The movie had some gore but not an overabundance. Hopkins did a great job in his role and Benicio is perfect to play the role of hairy beast. He didn't even need make-up. The fight scene at the end was way too cliche but that is to be expected with CGI. I also watched The Assassination of Jesse James and am fairly impressed with it as well.

[S Carver Orne]

Inglorious Basterds. Better than I thought it was going to be. And in true Tarantino style, heavy on the dialogue.

[Grunthos]

Rewatched "John Carpenter's Vampires" the other day, since the wife was out of town. Forgot how much fun that flick can be.

[Edmaster]

Saw Iron Man 2 a few days ago. I was able to put my logic in the backseat and just enjoy it. Very entertaining.

[S Carver Orne]

Rewatched "John Carpenter's Vampires" the other day, since the wife was out of town. Forgot how much fun that flick can be.

Good movie. :)


Watched Avatar yesterday. 4/5. Neat scifi movie, but a little preachy on the environmentalism.

[PetesWilly]

I went to the movies a few days ago and my choices were: Marmaduke (Which I'm guessing is based off the Sunday morning comic) = No, Prince of Persia (At first it sounded cool until I noticed it was made by Disney)= Another no, Iron man 2 (Already saw it)= No however it was a good movie, Sex in the city 2= stab me with a spork please, and the new Shrek movie...

I saw Shrek which was surprisingly enjoyable the 3-D made it better even though I had to wear both my eye glasses and the 3-D glasses to watch it :P

[S Carver Orne]

Wyatt Earp

Long, but good.

[Grunthos]

Cinema Paradiso

Quite a good movie, in the euro sense of not really being about anything but still being very interesting to watch.

[Reserv*ir]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Why was this a PG movie? This really doesn't have much to go for as a family film. Kids would likely tire of it halfway (though they move the plot amazingly fast for the first 2/3's). I suppose part of the humor was just how they kept it as a PG film. The use of "cuss" was one of the more hilarious bits of the film.

Anyhoo... Animation was very neat, and then it appeared some scenes were very real (like one of the houses the children sneak into). Very clever play with the 'natural instincts.'

Looking deeper into the film, there's a great deal of reality (especially the theme Clooney pipes in) in the unrealistic setting, which is an awe-worthy paradox in itself.

Great film. A bit odd at times, but maybe some things flew over my head (like the "trademark").

[PetesWilly]

Just watched "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" on TV last night.... Pure genius.

[Illidan]

I just saw The A Team in theater.

Damn good film.

[KB.]

Just finished watching The Red Baron, the 2008 version, on Netflix streaming. Fantastic movie. The cinematography was beautiful. The acting was well done in my opinion and ut showed a different side to the Germans than we usually see. Of course that is easier to do with WWI. Absolutely worth watching.

[S Carver Orne]

Daybreakers

Earth's population is up against a vicious plague that's transforming everyone into vampires and draining the world of an increasingly precious resource: blood. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) and "Elvis" Cormac (Willem Dafoe) must decide what happens next. As the human race count nears zero, will vampires feast on the few men and women who remain, or could science hold the key to a less destructive solution? Sam Neill and Claudia Karvan co-star.

Great movie. I would recommend it.

[Dr. L]

Horror of Dracula

Originally just Dracula in the UK, we made it scarier. It had a good bit of narm charm in it, but it was beautiful to watch nonetheless. I also got to see Peter Crushing's acting at its finest, and Christopher Lee to boot. A beautiful classic. Back when vampires had manly haircuts and cool capes.

[Dr. L]

Now I watched Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Also starring Christopher Lee as Dracula. Considering the flatness of the other characters, I'm starting to want Dracula to win at this point. Only Peter Cushing has the right to battle with Christopher Lee.

[Reserv*ir]

The Last Airbender

Makes me think 'this is what I missed when I skipped out on that Dragonball Z film last year'...
People who even loosely followed the show will know how badly they messed up with the characters (I don't feel like it was the acting that was so terrible as it was what they were directed to act like). Every line apparently needed to move the story forward. Emotion was rare and then very noticeably forced...
What was amazingly sad was how they mispronounced 'Avatar,' 'Aang,' and 'Sokka' (except for 3 times when they actually pronounced Avatar right)
The 3D here proved to be quite lazy (most of the 3D trailers before it outshined it in that aspect). Very little bending utilized the 3D.
The action scenes were often awkward and slow.
The worst part of this was the character development. It wasn't there.
The best I can hope for this is that it at least beats out Eclipse for the box office (but of course, they had a day's head start)

[Dr. L]

Tomorrow Never Dies


A Pierce Brosnan Bond film I never saw before, but I finally managed to catch it. It wasn't nearly as bad as I had been led to believe. Lots of good Bond one liners, and the villain was a large ham, practically a card-carrying toon villain. It wasn't as good as Goldeneye, but I certainly enjoyed it.

[S Carver Orne]

The Crazies

Surprisingly, a pretty great movie all in all. I would recommend it.

[Grunthos]

Cat Ballou

IMHO, the only Jane Fonda movie worth watching. Lee Marvin as the washed out drunk gunfighter Kid Shaleen created that iconic character class. The DVD version looks amazing, too - - beautiful clear print.

[Grunthos]

McClintock

John Wayne. Maureen O'Hara. Spanking. Need I say more?

[Dr. L]

Taken

Never get tired of that one.

[Little Bug]

McClintock is an awesome movie G!!!

The hubby and I just finished watching the BBC America version of Hamlet couple of days ago. Much better watching it with him than with the idiots I went to school with...also, much better version. :)

[Tonus]

Despicable Me

I had no real expectations for this movie, having seen very few promotional materials (which did not give much of an idea as to what it was about). It's a children's movie, but it's one of the funniest films I've seen in recent memory, in that you will start laughing at the beginning and won't stop until the final credits roll (and you'll want to stay for the credits).

Don't see it in 3-D unless you like wasting money or get some perverse thrill out of having those awkward glasses on your face, as the 3-D version gets nothing out of it. But you'll want to go and see this movie. Very fun and very worth the price of a ticket.

[Grunthos]

Despicable Me


Good to hear, T... I was considering this one for this weekend.

[S Carver Orne]

The hubby and I just finished watching the BBC America version of Hamlet couple of days ago. Much better watching it with him than with the idiots I went to school with...also, much better version. :)

Not BBC America. BBC. Royal Shakespeare Company's production... http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Hamlet/70133105?trkid=190393

Was good. Starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart.

[Edmaster]

Predators.

Decent mindless action movie. If you liked the original Predator then this will be pretty good to you, IMO. Good for the summer.

[Illidan]

Inception

Mediocre ending, but the rest of the movie is excellent. I recommend watching it.

[Grunthos]

Despicable Me

Every bit as good as Tonus said... laughed til I had tears in my eyes. First movie in a long, long time that the wife came out of it saying, "Let's see it again!"

[Tonus]

Inglorious Basterds

The gripping ~15 minute opening and the exciting ~15 minute finale simply cannot make up for the ~120 minutes of stale and boring movie that is sandwiched in between and seems to drag on forever. Tarantino fired a lot of blanks this time around. The great timing and interesting dialogue of Pulp Fiction are nowhere to be found. The sense of anticipation in Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs is missing. Every character is really just a caricature, and each one is expendable. When a pivotal character was killed, I didn't feel anything because I simply didn't care.

I wonder if Tarantino has fallen so in love with his storytelling style that he has forgotten that it doesn't work without some substance behind it.

[KB.]

That and Four Rooms are pretty much the only two of his movies I cared anything for. Others have good parts but I feel about them they way you do about Basterds.

I just recently watched The Way We Get By on Netflix free streaming and really enjoyed it. I'm overly sentimental anyway and it surely played on that aspect of my personality.

[Edmaster]

Saw Salt a few days ago. A decent movie if you're willing to turn off your brain through the ridiculous action scenes and a rather typical (but enjoyable) Sum-of-All-Fears-style storyline. The fact that it's Angelina Jolie doing most of the action makes up for a lot.

[S Carver Orne]

Just finished watching The Silence of the Hams. While I normally wouldn't advocate P2P file sharing, I have been looking for a copy of this movie for over 15 years. Netflix doesn't have it since it's only available on DVD in Norway, and the occasional VHS copy I could find on the likes of Ebay are of questionable quality and very pricey. But I did find it on Demonoid. I am very, very happy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111190/

[Dr. L]

Antz


...A children's movie? <<

Fricking awesome. American children are badass.

[Grunthos]

Inception

Four thumbs up.

[Edmaster]

Inception

Four thumbs up.

Second. (just saw it)

[S Carver Orne]

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

http://www.poultrygeistmovie.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462485

[Tonus]

Salt

Bland, predictable spy thriller. So predictable that I'm not even sure I'd qualify it as a thriller, but whatever. The worst part about a movie like this is that you could incorporate a real plot twist that not only would be better than the predictable ones you get here, but it would be far more believable as well. There is also the poor script-writing, which allows for a number of blatantly noticeable details that not only stand out as being unrealistic, but which did not need to be included in order to make for a compelling movie (and it's easily argued that changing them would make for a much better film).

Simple, non-spoiler example: federal agents entering an apartment to apprehend a suspect use several flashbang grenades, which have the effect of blowing out nearly every window in the apartment. Aside from the fact that this type of action directly endangered civilians, it becomes clear that no one in the surrounding area seemed to be alarmed by it! Those same civilians whose safety was disregarded seemed utterly oblivious to what would have appeared to be a bomb that blew up a nearby apartment! There are a number of such instances early in the film that completely ruin the immersion.

[Illidan]

The Other Guys

A very entertaining action-comedy film.

Will Ferrell is indeed a great actor.

[Tonus]

Will Ferrell is indeed a great actor.
You're being facetious, right? :ohmy:

I saw The Wolfman last night. Good homage to the classic. Not a great film, but it should have the same effect for young kids today that the original had for me as a child. The old gimmick where a suspenseful silence is broken by a sudden (and really loud) noise is used a few times too often, but otherwise it does a decent job of providing chills and suspense. The second transformation of the main character has a chance to become a milestone in horror cinema, IMO.

[S Carver Orne]

The Hot Tub Time Machine

We actually tried to watch this on several different occasions over the last few weeks, but various move-related interruptions always prevented us from finishing it. So we watched it in multiple installments. Pretty funny movie, way better than the previews made it look. Cuz the previews made it look, you know, dumb.

[Grunthos]

"Angel and the Bad Man" Th' Duke, circa 1947.

Interesting... came off almost as an advert for "the Society of Friends." Definitely not your typical JW movie. Very early cinematograpic standards.

[Dr. L]

Despicable Me

Every bit as good as Tonus said... laughed til I had tears in my eyes. First movie in a long, long time that the wife came out of it saying, "Let's see it again!"

This.

[Edmaster]

Just got back from The Expendables. Awesome action movie. Lots of great scenes, and a decent summer flick.

Also, 500th post.

[Grunthos]

Re-watch: "There's Something MORE About Mary (Extended DVD version)."

Needed some mindless humor. Cameron Diaz was a stone fox in that movie, & it was the only Ben Stiller movie that I actually could tolerate him in.

[Illidan]

Piranha 3D

Mediocre characters (except Christopher Lloyd), silly story, half naked babes, blood, and lots of gore.

Movie was a hit and miss.

If you want to see it just for the violence and hot girls, then you will not be disappointed.

[Dr. L]

Sharktopus. Half-way through now. I think I got the gist of it.

Edit: Yeah.

[Tonus]

Drag Me To Hell - Generally disappointing horror film that wastes a terrific ending by forcing you to sit through 90 minutes of bad plotting and direction. The attempts at horror are so over-the-top that they fail to have any impact. There are so many badly-done attempts at gross-out moments that you start to wonder if the director wanted to direct a comedy instead. There is no subtlety at all, anything that is supposed to serve as a hint or as subtext is waved in your face until you're ready to shout "I GET IT ALREADY!"

The last 30 seconds would have been a classic in horror film history of only they'd put a decent horror film in front of it.

[S Carver Orne]

Survival of the Dead - Like any of the other more recent George A. Romero films not of the original Night of the Living Dead trilogy (e.g. Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, et al) this movie was Meh at best. Continuing the trend of "learning" zombies, this is also yet another return to the social allegory that Romero used in his other films. Think Hatfields and the McCoys with an afterthought of some zombies, and you're on the right track. I was extremely disappointed with a few scenes that were just stupid, transparent attempts to please today's low-brow audiences. Over-the-top ways to kill a zombie or a "BAMF" moment just made me ill. I said I would never watch another Romero NotLD series film after Diary of the Living Dead, but this one, from the trailers, looked like it had some promise of redeeming the series.

It didn't.

[Tonus]

The Losers - well well, someone decided to re-make the A-Team with a new cast. Whoops! Turns out that this isn't it. Not that they didn't try; the plot is predictable and strictly adheres to the typical action film formula, featuring a team of good-hearted soldiers who are framed by a powerful evil mastermind and, and... yeah.

I happen to like Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Chris Evans, but they're just not given anything to work with, and Jason Patric creates an incredibly bland psychotic genius. Skip it.

[Illidan]

Resident Evil: Afterlife Just saw it an hour ago, not a bad film, had some enjoyable moments.

I definitely didn't like the cliffhanger ending.

[Tonus]

Watched two movies yesterday:

Date Night: fairly bland "skit movie". There aren't many actors who can carry what I call a "skit movie" (ie, a script that is basically a series of skits with a theme, as opposed to a cohesive plot). Jim Carrey is one of the best I've seen at it. Steve Carell and Tina Fey are not bad at it, but the laughs just aren't there. It's a moderately funny movie, and I don't want to give up two hours of my life for "moderately funny."

In fact, the hardest that I laughed during the whole movie was during the credits, when they showed some blooper footage. I kid you not.

Righteous Kill: the plot-twist in this one is fairly clever, but doesn't make up for such sloppy plotting. Look, if you want to make a cop drama, at least try to make it somewhat believable and consistent with how real life laws work, and the restrictions and limitations that real law enforcement must deal with. The writing and plotting is lazy and it shows.

I can't wait for Despicable Me to come out on video. I guess I'll just watch Iron Man 2 again in the meantime...

[S Carver Orne]

Machete

How can a film with stars like Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Tom Savini, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan go wrong? It can't. It was beyond awesome. ★★★★★

[Illidan]

Red

The new Bruce Willis action/comedy film, pretty damn good. There were some parts I noticed I kind of wished they could have ironed it out to make it better, but the movie is still good.

[Tonus]

Watched two movies today:

Paranormal Activity: surprisingly effective horror/thriller using a concept similar to that of The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, where the film is built entirely around portions of home movie-style footage. The level of horror is ramped up almost perfectly; the movie is never boring and yet some of the later 'footage' can still catch you off guard and deliver terrifying moments.

I'm apprehensive about the recently-released sequel. It's hard to follow up such a well-paced movie of this type, because the audience will know just how far the previous film went. If you don't amp up the horror even more, it might not have the same impact. But if you go beyond the first one, you risk making the movie too campy. We'll see.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Yes, the 1975 film featuring Jack Nicholson and a slew of well-known artists in their (much) younger years. Seeing Christopher Lloyd and Danny Devito looking so young was a treat. Scatman Crothers, on the other hand, apparently was already 99 years old back in '75.

Anyway, a good film that skips the predictable and easy ending for a less predictable and more heart-rending one. A touching film about a not-so-perfect man's battle to inspire a group of people who had given up on life thanks in part to their oppressor-- a cold and soul-crushing nurse with a serious power fixation. Recommended.

[Da Big W]

Saw Kick Ass on saturday night, its still really good

[Dragonwarrior]

I watched Paranormal Activity not long ago, I was shocked at how bad it was compared to the hype it had when it was released, I mean it was ok...but the comments some people made when it was first released made it sound like scariest and best horror/scary film ever made.

Last movie I watched was "Carriers"...It was an Ok film, nothing special, I really dont have much to say about it, I got bored near the end and can't even remember how it finished... 1.5/5

[Tonus]

I missed the hype, so it had no effect. I'd known about the film for some time and simply didn't make an effort to see it, so my expectations weren't high. Good movie, though.

The only horror film that lived up to expectations (and exceeded them) was The Exorcist. Not the sort of film that you can watch alone or in a darkened room, IMO.

[SubtleHurricane]

Watched Harry Potter 1 3 and 5. The even numbered ones happened to be damaged by my girlfriends little brothers.

[Dr. L]

Monty Python's Life of Brian.


All I can say is... "XD"

A smilie I only use for the funniest things.

[CyberKing]

True Grit was pretty good.

[JägerMeister]

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

[ABC]

Tron: Legacy

Edit: Scratch that, it was The Other Guys... or The Squid and the Whale. I've been watching too many movies/shows over break so I'm having trouble remembering. Tron is definitely the most recent movie that I've seen in theaters.

[Purity]

Uhh, probably Inception was the last movie I saw. My sister got it on Blu-Ray for Christmas.. insane movie.

[Luger]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the world

[Dr. L]

Splice

Not quite a horror movie, but very strange nonetheless. I'm trying to figure out what the hell that girl is supposed to be. A lion fish or a Tentacruel?

[ABC]

Splice

Not quite a horror movie, but very strange nonetheless. I'm trying to figure out what the hell that girl is supposed to be. A lion fish or a Tentacruel?

When I read something about that movie involving the weird creature and rape I decided it might be a little bit too odd for me.

I just got done re-watching Groundhog Day.

[JägerMeister]

Inception.

I don't see why so many people thought it was confusing or hard to follow, I followed it perfectly. Amazing movie though, I highly recommend it.