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eeriepadave

Caught Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows tonight. It was pretty good. I liked the first one. Heard this one got mixed reviews so wasn't sure what to expect, but i enjoyed it a lot. One thing it is kinda long (about 2 1/2 hours or so). Some really cool scenes (like in the woods and some of the fight scenes) were done really well.

SatansFuton

Rented "Fright Night" (2011)

Even though I thought the cast was good, I had a feeling I wouldn't like it as much as the original (one of my favorites growing up) but it was pretty good. Had the good mixture of horror/comedy the original had, the story was close enough to the original that it deserved to be called "Fright Night", but original enough that it didn't feel like a rehash of the same old thing. Colin Farrel (who I'm not that big on) was actually really good, so was the kid from Star Trek (his name escapes me, but he played Chekov and was the star of this) as was the kid from SuperBad, whose name also escapes me. They went a completely different route from Peter Vincent making him a Vegas stage magician who is kind of a cross between Criss Angel and Russell Brand (played by some guy I've never heard of, but apparently played Dr. Who) and was very funny.

All in all a pretty good watch, and probably the best remake I can remember watching. And I never once felt like they were shitting all over my childhood, which is something I normally feel when watching a remake.

catefrances

SatansFuton wrote:

Rented "Fright Night" (2011)

Even though I thought the cast was good, I had a feeling I wouldn't like it as much as the original (one of my favorites growing up) but it was pretty good. Had the good mixture of horror/comedy the original had, the story was close enough to the original that it deserved to be called "Fright Night", but original enough that it didn't feel like a rehash of the same old thing. Colin Farrel (who I'm not that big on) was actually really good, so was the kid from Star Trek (his name escapes me, but he played Chekov and was the star of this) as was the kid from SuperBad, whose name also escapes me. They went a completely different route from Peter Vincent making him a Vegas stage magician who is kind of a cross between Criss Angel and Russell Brand (played by some guy I've never heard of, but apparently played Dr. Who) and was very funny.

All in all a pretty good watch, and probably the best remake I can remember watching. And I never once felt like they were shitting all over my childhood, which is something I normally feel when watching a remake.

david tennant.


farrell has his moments, (cassandras dream wasnt one of them). plus hes totally dark enough to play a vampire.. or actually even be one for all i know.

SatansFuton

catefrances wrote:

farrell has his moments, (cassandras dream wasnt one of them). plus hes totally dark enough to play a vampire.. or actually even be one for all i know.

I have seen very little of his stuff really. Actually its just that string of 3 movies he did in '02. Hart's War, Minority Report and Phone Booth. And I saw him when he was on Scrubs. I just saw that he's about to be in another 80's remake, he is playing the lead role in the "Total Recall" remake, taking Arnie's role.

catefrances

SatansFuton wrote:

catefrances wrote:

farrell has his moments, (cassandras dream wasnt one of them). plus hes totally dark enough to play a vampire.. or actually even be one for all i know.

I have seen very little of his stuff really. Actually its just that string of 3 movies he did in '02. Hart's War, Minority Report and Phone Booth. And I saw him when he was on Scrubs. I just saw that he's about to be in another 80's remake, he is playing the lead role in the "Total Recall" remake, taking Arnie's role.

oh yeah??? kate beckinsales gonna be in that isnt she?? i know her husband is directing... or producing... or something. i cant think of 2 more gorgeous people to lose myself with for a couple of hours.... even in a remake of a movie i wasnt too fussed with. cant wait til she kicks him in the nuts* and says..thats for making me come to mars . classic.

* yeah yeah i know it was the face but...

JonnyPistachio

Elf with Will Ferrel.
This flick kills me. I love it.
He calls himself a "cotton-headed ninny muffin" in the first five minutes.

pjsteelerfan

SatansFuton wrote:

Rented "Fright Night" (2011)

Even though I thought the cast was good, I had a feeling I wouldn't like it as much as the original (one of my favorites growing up) but it was pretty good. Had the good mixture of horror/comedy the original had, the story was close enough to the original that it deserved to be called "Fright Night", but original enough that it didn't feel like a rehash of the same old thing. Colin Farrel (who I'm not that big on) was actually really good, so was the kid from Star Trek (his name escapes me, but he played Chekov and was the star of this) as was the kid from SuperBad, whose name also escapes me. They went a completely different route from Peter Vincent making him a Vegas stage magician who is kind of a cross between Criss Angel and Russell Brand (played by some guy I've never heard of, but apparently played Dr. Who) and was very funny.

All in all a pretty good watch, and probably the best remake I can remember watching. And I never once felt like they were shitting all over my childhood, which is something I normally feel when watching a remake.

I saw it this weekend too and I agree. Turned out to be better than I thought it would be.

Newch91

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Elf with Will Ferrel.
This flick kills me. I love it.
He calls himself a "cotton-headed ninny muffin" in the first five minutes.

I love Elf! I crack up when he arrives in NYC and the guy is waving for a taxi and Will is waving and saying "hi" to the guy.

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" this morning to start my day. I love that movie.

Cradles Broken Glass

We watched Red State last weekend. I liked the "twist" at the end. I also watched the "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West VA" last night....wow. I cannot believe there is really people out there like that.

JonnyPistachio

Newch91 wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Elf with Will Ferrel.
This flick kills me. I love it.
He calls himself a "cotton-headed ninny muffin" in the first five minutes.

I love Elf! I crack up when he arrives in NYC and the guy is waving for a taxi and Will is waving and saying "hi" to the guy.

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" this morning to start my day. I love that movie.

Love that scene too -- That pretty much kicks off the whacky humor of Will Ferrel dealing with the city.
Then there's the 'worlds best coffee'! haha, "you did it!"

Newch91

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Elf with Will Ferrel.
This flick kills me. I love it.
He calls himself a "cotton-headed ninny muffin" in the first five minutes.

I love Elf! I crack up when he arrives in NYC and the guy is waving for a taxi and Will is waving and saying "hi" to the guy.

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" this morning to start my day. I love that movie.

Love that scene too -- That pretty much kicks off the whacky humor of Will Ferrel dealing with the city.
Then there's the 'worlds best coffee'! haha, "you did it!"

The whole city scene when he gets there always cracks me up.

polaris_x

Hugo

This film was nothing like I anticipated. What I thought was going to be another story of against-all-odds-kid-with-big-heart rises above kind of movie turned out to be something else altogether. A homage to film making in the vane of Cinema Paradiso both using a young boy as the protagonist. I would say the boy's performance in Hugo was mixed and I think that is partly due to the writing. However, Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen are great in this as well as the girl who played Isabelle (if i'm not mistaken - she looked like the girl in Kick Ass). Despite some moments of indifference on my part - this movie packed a shit load of sentimentality and in the end it was pretty wonderful experience. The cinematography is fantastic.

******

Newch91

polaris_x wrote:

Hugo

This film was nothing like I anticipated. What I thought was going to be another story of against-all-odds-kid-with-big-heart rises above kind of movie turned out to be something else altogether. A homage to film making in the vane of Cinema Paradiso both using a young boy as the protagonist. I would say the boy's performance in Hugo was mixed and I think that is partly due to the writing. However, Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen are great in this as well as the girl who played Isabelle (if i'm not mistaken - she looked like the girl in Kick Ass). Despite some moments of indifference on my part - this movie packed a shit load of sentimentality and in the end it was pretty wonderful experience. The cinematography is fantastic.

******

This is one I'm looking forward to.

eeriepadave

Newch91 wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

Hugo

This film was nothing like I anticipated. What I thought was going to be another story of against-all-odds-kid-with-big-heart rises above kind of movie turned out to be something else altogether. A homage to film making in the vane of Cinema Paradiso both using a young boy as the protagonist. I would say the boy's performance in Hugo was mixed and I think that is partly due to the writing. However, Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen are great in this as well as the girl who played Isabelle (if i'm not mistaken - she looked like the girl in Kick Ass). Despite some moments of indifference on my part - this movie packed a shit load of sentimentality and in the end it was pretty wonderful experience. The cinematography is fantastic.

******

This is one I'm looking forward to.

def. check it out. it was great. I think i posted a review of it a few pages ago.

I want to check out Mission Impossible 4 and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

SatansFuton

eeriepadave wrote:

I want to check out Mission Impossible 4

I've only seen the first one. I think I saw the very end of the second one like 10 years ago when I was getting ready to watch the movie coming on after it on the same channel, but all I remember is Tom Cruise on a beach and he kicks a pistol up out of the sand and shoots somebody. It's weird I haven't seen the others because I loved the first one. Even though I have bad memories of seeing the first one in the theater. I was in high school and I was going to see it on a double date with my friend and his girlfriend, but before we left I got in an argument with my girlfriend and we broke up. So I was the third wheel at the theater, watching it all pissed off about breaking up while my buddy and his girlfriend made out next to me throughout the entire movie. Ah high school.

polaris_x

The Descendants http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_descendants_2011/

*************
A warm and funny story built on a tragic event. We've seen this before and so originality is not necessarily there however, there aren't many movies that don't have influences these days. Well acted, especially Shailene Woodley, who plays the eldest daughter. Her chemistry with Clooney is spectacular. Another very good film involving George Clooney and also for the year. Although box office has been shit mainly because the big hollywood movies have sucked - there have been quite a few good smaller films released this year and I would put it in my top 10 for the year.

catefrances

polaris_x wrote:

Hugo

This film was nothing like I anticipated. What I thought was going to be another story of against-all-odds-kid-with-big-heart rises above kind of movie turned out to be something else altogether. A homage to film making in the vane of Cinema Paradiso both using a young boy as the protagonist. I would say the boy's performance in Hugo was mixed and I think that is partly due to the writing. However, Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen are great in this as well as the girl who played Isabelle (if i'm not mistaken - she looked like the girl in Kick Ass). Despite some moments of indifference on my part - this movie packed a shit load of sentimentality and in the end it was pretty wonderful experience. The cinematography is fantastic.

******

youre not mistaken. it is chloe grace moretz. she a good little actress. ive seen her in 500 days of summer, diary of a wimpy kid(where she sits under the bleachers and reads ginsberg) and in let me in which is a not so bad remake of the swedish film let the right one in. apparently shes gonna be in dark shadows.. cant wait for that one.

eeriepadave

Caught the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo today. Theater was pretty packed for a noon showing. Movie itself ws decent. I enjoyed it, didn't realize there was gonna be that much nudity/sex scenes though. It was over 2 1/2 hours but really didn't feel like it. Probably one of those movies if i saw it again i would get a better feel for it. Reznor/Atticus did a great job in the score too. Not sure how it differed from the book or the Swedish movie. I should start reading it and or see the other version.

Friend just texted me and said they were planning on seeing MI4 tonight.

Newch91

eeriepadave wrote:

Caught the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo today. Theater was pretty packed for a noon showing. Movie itself ws decent. I enjoyed it, didn't realize there was gonna be that much nudity/sex scenes though. It was over 2 1/2 hours but really didn't feel like it. Probably one of those movies if i saw it again i would get a better feel for it. Reznor/Atticus did a great job in the score too. Not sure how it differed from the book or the Swedish movie. I should start reading it and or see the other version.

Friend just texted me and said they were planning on seeing MI4 tonight.

Reznor did the score for another Fincher movie?

eeriepadave

Newch91 wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Caught the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo today. Theater was pretty packed for a noon showing. Movie itself ws decent. I enjoyed it, didn't realize there was gonna be that much nudity/sex scenes though. It was over 2 1/2 hours but really didn't feel like it. Probably one of those movies if i saw it again i would get a better feel for it. Reznor/Atticus did a great job in the score too. Not sure how it differed from the book or the Swedish movie. I should start reading it and or see the other version.

Friend just texted me and said they were planning on seeing MI4 tonight.

Reznor did the score for another Fincher movie?

yes, The Social Network.