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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    I am very behind on the movies. I checked "Premonition" with Sandra Bullock out of the library and I'm almost through it. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/premonition/

    last weekend I watched Sex and Death 101 with Simon Baker. I also watched "the love letter" (free from the library.) I love these free movies, except I bought the SB movie and now I don't know what to do with it (very dumb movie.) The love letter was similar to "somewhere in time."
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Who saw THE INFORMANT? Rotten Tomatoes says it's really good.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    this weekend, I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

    what a sad movie. I liked it though, all except for the healing scene.
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    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    The Men Who Stare at Goats got a lot of very small details right. Fortunately, it didn't devote too much time to men actually staring at goats, as one can go to a petting zoo and do that for free on one's own time. Instead, the story advances subtly forward with some good laughs interspersed. In a few years time this may be a cult classic (if only for Jeff Bridges).

    Don't see this if you genuinely think anything by Michael Bay, anything with the words "Fast" or "Furious" in the title, or movies based on 80's toy franchises offer significant contribution to the world of film.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    I want to see the Men Who Stare at Goats..just saw Boondick Saints 2..fun movie in the same vein as the first movie..though the first one is far better
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    It's been a barren cinema time for us. Most recently we saw The Soloist which was excellent despite having a blubbing wife next to me. District 9 and The Hurt Locker were good.

    Looking forward to seeing;
    Harry Brown
    The Men Who Stare At Goats
    A Serious Man
    Avatar
    Sherlock Holmes
    The Informant!
  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    nuffingman wrote:
    Avatar...Sherlock Holmes


    I'm kind of torn on these two. Part of me wants to see them. Then the other part of me that is sure the disappointment troll is lurking in the dark corners of the theater reminds me that I don't care about "spectacle premieres" or 19th century detectives... Who am I kidding. I'm probably going to see both anyway.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    petrocs wrote:
    I want to see the Men Who Stare at Goats..just saw Boondick Saints 2..fun movie in the same vein as the first movie..though the first one is far better
    Just saw this last night and i agree.

    some horrible acting, plot holes, and a subpar ending.

    All that said i still enjoyed it.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    i want to know, wtf is up with movies this season? :evil:
    usually the autumn is *the* season for my fave flicks...and this year...... :|
    sure, there's a serious man....but, what else?
    seems like the disaster and holiday movies are now coming out in the fall instead of thanksgiving and later.....and all the usual good fall flicks, well, they're just not out there.


    and yes, i haven't even made it out to see a serious man b/c it's not playing at our local fave place - that we have passes to use up. it's looking like the men who stare at goats will be the choice this sunday. hope it's good, great line-up of actors, but yes....there hasn't been a flick out in a while that i am truly excited to see. we were interested in couples retreat, the previews looked funny/promising, but as too often happens with films of that nature...must've gone over the top and bland at the same time, horrid reviews. *sighs* i will say, an education looks good...but otherwise, i am just not seeing the line-up of fall films that normally are out about this time, enticing me to the theatre...
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I saw "A christmas Carol" and it was good. Amazing animation. if you see it, see it in 3D.

    I have a bootleg copy of "Paranormal Activity" that my wife and I have been watching in bed the last two nights. It's been fun and my wife is scared. She asked me to turn it off both nights because she was freaked out.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    The White Ribbon - amazing film! Go see it!!
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    I just saw that movie "Once." I really, really didn't expect it to be as good as it was. In fact, I didn't have any expectations because I'd only heard about it once before. <-- No pun intended.

    That scene where the two principle characters are in the music shop playing one of the Guy's songs for the first time is absolutely brilliant.

    I have to say that it has one of the strongest soundtracks I've heard in a long time as well.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    soulsinging wrote:
    I've been on a movie binge this week and had a surprising amount of success with my choices.

    Before Sunrise/Before Sunset- Had never seen either of them, so I watched them both back to back. Parts of it were kind of over-the-top hipster and full of angst. But overall I thought it was very good and very touching without being insincere.

    I'm a fan of Richard Linklater's movies. Have you seen 'Waking Life'?
  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    nuffingman wrote:
    It's been a barren cinema time for us. Most recently we saw The Soloist which was excellent despite having a blubbing wife next to me. District 9 and The Hurt Locker were good.

    Looking forward to seeing;
    Harry Brown
    The Men Who Stare At Goats
    A Serious Man
    Avatar
    Sherlock Holmes
    The Informant!

    Not sure about Sherlock Holmes - saw the trailor and it looked like they'd really sexed it up, kind of have a very fixed idea of what he should be like. Maybe I need to challenge that.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Claireack wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    It's been a barren cinema time for us. Most recently we saw The Soloist which was excellent despite having a blubbing wife next to me. District 9 and The Hurt Locker were good.

    Looking forward to seeing;
    Harry Brown
    The Men Who Stare At Goats
    A Serious Man
    Avatar
    Sherlock Holmes
    The Informant!

    Not sure about Sherlock Holmes - saw the trailor and it looked like they'd really sexed it up, kind of have a very fixed idea of what he should be like. Maybe I need to challenge that.

    Avatar and Sherlock Holmes look awful.

    Robert Downey Jr. is the most overrated actor ever. Jude Law is awful too.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,195
    rrivers wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    It's been a barren cinema time for us. Most recently we saw The Soloist which was excellent despite having a blubbing wife next to me. District 9 and The Hurt Locker were good.

    Looking forward to seeing;
    Harry Brown
    The Men Who Stare At Goats
    A Serious Man
    Avatar
    Sherlock Holmes
    The Informant!

    Not sure about Sherlock Holmes - saw the trailor and it looked like they'd really sexed it up, kind of have a very fixed idea of what he should be like. Maybe I need to challenge that.

    Avatar and Sherlock Holmes look awful.

    Robert Downey Jr. is the most overrated actor ever. Jude Law is awful too.

    I thought the trailers to Avatar and Sherlock Holmes looked pretty good. No movies are really catching my eye as of yet that I really want to see. Last one I saw was Where The Wild Things Are. It was pretty good.
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    FYI, Adventureland = boring. Unfortunately.

    Not overly funny given the cast they had.

    If you want awkward (which this movie had) and funny, just watch a re-run of Freaks & Geeks.

    They both have Bill Haverchuck, btw.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    Has anyone seen Paranormal Activity? Is it worth the media hype? Horror movies don't generally scare me at all, but ghost stories... that's something else.
    Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow
  • embrace
    embrace Posts: 849
    Men Who Stare at Goats IMO was good. Definately some good belly chuckles.

    Dry humor - prob not a good choice for the masses if you can't find a way to chuckle about the ME situation or if you don't have a good general understanding about the goings on.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    embrace wrote:
    Men Who Stare at Goats IMO was good. Definately some good belly chuckles.

    Dry humor - prob not a good choice for the masses if you can't find a way to chuckle about the ME situation or if you don't have a good general understanding about the goings on.


    funny, i was just going to post about this flick...and say, don't waste your $$$. hahaha.
    there were a few laughs,. but yes....a few. not enough to warrant a good rating imo. and so it goes...




    btw - i love dry humor, but yea....
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