Movie Threads?

stargirl69

conman wrote:

stargirl69 wrote:

Note: Not a first date kind of movie :?

noted

i kinda figured that after watching the original

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stargirl69 wrote:

Note: Not a first date kind of movie :?

depends on the chick

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oh yeah...also watched Sherlock Holmes. meh...typically hollywood part 2 movie. it was ok...nothing great.

dragon girl dominated the post movie drive conversation

xavier mcdaniel

Watched two movies on TV the other day, the 1991 movie King of New York with Christopher Walken and the movie "Company Men" on showtime.

Newch91

Watched the original "Psycho" from 1960 that was sitting on the DVR for a few days...HOLY SHIT, what a great movie that was! First time I watched it. Possibly Hitchcock's best. Will write more on my thoughts about it in the morning.

eeriepadave

Last night I was at a buddy's place to ring in the new year witha few other friends. Decided to watch a movie. Tried Crank 2, but his blu-ray player wasn't working. So then we decided on a movie that debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in Toronto in Sept. This movie isn't even released in the US yet. It's called Rampart starring Woody Harrelson. By the time the movie started it was 1:30 AM I knew i was gonna fall asleep during it which i kinda did. Dozed off a few times, but caught most of it. It was ok. Woody plays a cop in the Rampart section of LA. He's kinda an asshole in the movie (sexist, male chauvinist, racist, etc ...) He gets caught on camera beating up a potential suspect. He was good in it, but the plot wasn't too great and the ending was kinda week (which i missed ) Here's the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGHPD3IYnd0&ob=av3e

Eraserhead

Watched The Class (2008 French film). Expecting alot from this, as it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, but it was your typical school film. Teacher teaching a tough group of kids, kids don't want to participate, tough kid goes off the rails, gets expelled. Pretty much your inner-city school film by numbers.

electronblue

I just got back from seeing "We Bought A Zoo"...WOW!! what a cOoL movie! ~

stargirl69

electronblue wrote:

I just got back from seeing "We Bought A Zoo"...WOW!! what a cOoL movie! ~

Ooooooh I so want to see this but it doesn't seem to have a release date for here yet

pjamaholic

eeriepadave wrote:

EmBleve wrote:

anybody heard/seen anything about 'War Horse'? My mom wants me to take her to go see it but it's not very appealing to me for some reason.. :?

heard it got decent reviews, haven't seen it and probably won't. Yeah doesn't seem like my cup of tea.

Yes I saw it. Got mixed reviews, if you like weepy movies then go see it, if you're not into sentiment, then dont. It's a good movie to see if you like animals, and Spielberg, one of my favourite directors did a good job imo.

musicismylife78

polaris_x wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

well, i havent seen the film yet, but make a point to catch any of the films screened at sundance. i find elizabeth olsen facinating. she seems to be the polar opposite of her sisters, and seems to feel films are art rather than vehicles for fame and stardom. the wait for sundance films to make it to my hometown is always agonizingly long. sundance was in febuary and i was hyped up for seeing Martha. Its now obviously mid november. i think alot of people, rightly or wrongly view the olsen twins as attention seeking fame hungry stars. its interesting and piqued my interest, that elizabeth, seems to not want the spotlight, and seems driven by scripts and movies and characters that are interesting, and challenging, as opposed to some blockbuster film. as i said i havent seen the film yet, so who knows.

John hawkes was brilliant in last years sundance hit Winters Bone, which by the way was unbelievably underrated and i hear this year he is just as creepy as the cult leader guy.

i disagree that its easier to play a victim. im sure if you were to say to charlize, "you had it easy playing eileen wuornos in monster" you'd get her angry and she's understandably walk away. plus, to suggest she played a victim in that role is a cloudy issue. after all wuornos was a convicted serial killer who was executed. i always viewed her as a victim myself, but tons of people didnt. i found the monster performance masterful myself.

1. i didn't know she was related to those twins ... haha
2. john hawkes is awesome ... his scenes had the most anxiety ...
3. well ... how many times have we commended charlize theron's performance since? ... i think the audience already empathizes ... i tend to view the performance as it relates to the overall film ...

anyhoo - let me know your thoughts after you see it ...

so i finally saw it, martha marcy may marlene. ive waited to see it for 11 months. the whole cast was great. i was indeed inpressed with elizabeth olsen and could see her getting an oscar nod, and john hawkes getting one for, would he be supporting actor in this. he is so great now at playing creepy charcters. maybe it was because i saw myself and my beliefs and ideals in elizabeth olsens character, ive done the commune life, i have views on life and possessions and jobs that mirror hers, so maybe its personal for me, but not universal. but i thought this was a brilliantly done thriller. we have so few of those nowadays.

musicismylife78

so finally saw hugo. i had read the book beforehand, and was worried it might spoil it for me, as i sort of get the feeling for most people, the movie is their only exposure to this story. But, saw it in 3d and it was pretty damn amazing. scorsese shows us why he's such a revered filmmaker by reinventing the wheel in 3d. so many cool scenes that looked stunning in 3d. the ashes falling from the handkerchief. the papers and drawings flying around the room. the ariel shots of paris at night. the black and white movies in 3d. world war II in 3d. the explosions/sparkler scenes. the opening shots going through the train station. hugo's dream about the train tracks. the underwater lobster fish scene. the painting scene. pretty damn impressive

catefrances

saw zombieland last night. zombies really are the most unattractive creatures arent they? they have no redeeming qualities AT ALL.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

watched Hostage with Bruce Willis (and even J Peterman's accountant-the guy who wanted to see the Sable Hat). not bad until it turned all "Crow" ish later on near the end.

no wonder it was in the free section of my video on demand.

Digital Twilight

Very little on at the cinema at the minute but 'The artist' is out this Friday and it has been getting some very positive reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7pfLlsUQM

catefrances

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

watched Hostage with Bruce Willis (and even J Peterman's accountant-the guy who wanted to see the Sable Hat). not bad until it turned all "Crow" ish later on near the end.

no wonder it was in the free section of my video on demand.
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ugh i cant watch this film cause i read the book and i am fairly certain theyllve screwed it up... somehow... just like they fucked with red dragon twice.. TWICE... and they didnt get it right.

intodeep

Okay i caught some movies FINALLY!!

The Artist- This was a very wel done movie. I appreciated it and enjoyed it, but i did not think it was the greatest thing since slice bread. I did not find it as entertaining as i would have liked but i did find it very well directed/shot. I'd give it a solid B

Shame- Well this was cool, and the actign was very good but I did not love it. I did not think the ending was bad, but i felt it is a device i've seen too often (don't want to spill the beans to ruin it). C+

Young Adult- Full disclosure I have loved everything Jason Reitman has done. I liked this film too, but it did not blow me away. I thought it did not pull it together as well as it could have in the end. Very enjoyable though. I'd go B+

I rented-
Water for Elephants- I did not think this was a bad movie it actually was better than i thought it would be. Nothing really special here but also nothing poorly done either. Its a good average movie C

Horrible Bossess- I laughed a lot at this. I like dark humor and this had some good things going for it. I liked it and for a comedy I thought it was good. Id give it a C+

I want to see Dangerous Method, Girl w/ Dragon Tattoo, Sherlock Holmes and i'm on the fence about mission impossible.

Also want to rent Drive (when it comes out) and Tree of Life

I got way behind on my movies this year :(

stargirl69

I plan to see some films while on holiday

The Artist
The Iron Lady
J Edgar
Shame
Dreams of a Life
Margaret
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (again)

Newch91

Had "Man on the Moon" sitting in the DVR since Saturday. Watched it today and loved it. Jim Carrey was great as Andy Kaufman. The movie got me interested in Andy.

Cradles Broken Glass

We watched The Best Little Whore House in Texas the other night, I thought it was a good laugh. We also watched Your Highness and Horrible Bosses. Next up is Crazy Stupid Love. I'm a huge Steve Carrell fan so I cannot wait!