List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV...

[Aikouka]

He's Just Not That Into You - 6/10 - not bad but half the story is worthless the parts with Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Anniston, Jennifer Connely and Scarlett Johannsen. If it completely focused on Gigi's story than I think this movie could be a solid 8.

She is also hotter than all the other girls combined IMO but that isnt why I don't like their parts. Gigi's story is the only one that is somewhat original.

What I thought they needed to do was actually merge all of the stories together eventually... it was just a bunch of jumbled stories where I couldn't bring myself to really care about. But the one guy got to fondle Scarlet Johannsen... I would totally keep messing up that scene so we'd have to redo it :biggrin:.

Zack & Miri Make A Porno - 6/10: I've been hearing Kevin Smith bitch for what seems like years now about how he got screwed with this film. How the Weinsteins left him high and dry (this actually seems a tad more plausible now considering another film I watched last night) and how he thought this should have been his huge hit. Well, the problem with all of that is this movie felt, for the most part, like Clerks 3, just with fewer of the long dialogue exchanges and monologues that typically litter those films, which means there is no way this would be the massive hit Smith expected, no matter what the Weinsteins did. Anyway, the movie was ok and I did laugh out loud in one or two spots, but over all I'd rather just watch Clerks and/or Clerks 2.

It's a romcom and

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it just got a bit tedious at the end when Seth Rogen's character just completely wussed out

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[BurnItDwn]

Das Boot 9/10 - The best submarine movie I've ever seen. Accurate and well-acted. The feeling of tension, claustrophobia, and not being able to see the enemy is incredible. The director does an astounding job of taking the viewer along for the ride with the crew of the German U-boat during WWII.

Das Boot is indeed awesome! It's kinda unfortunate that Petersen hasn't created another film this good since then. I mean, Outbreak, Enemy Mine, and In the Line of fire were pretty good films, but nothing that truly stands out like Das Boot....

 

[KeithTalent]

Ghosts Of Mars - 5.5/10: Pretty crappy sci-fi, horror, thriller from John Carpenter. The cast is very odd and wow, I knew Jason Statham was a crappy actor, but he is absolutely horrendous in this. When he is the standout of crappiness with Ice Cube and Natasha Henstridge on the set that is quite an accomplishment. Now with all of that said, I have to say I actually did not hate this movie, sure it's campy and B-Movie like, but I kind of had fun with it. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty bad, but it kept my attention and I laughed at the campiness of it all.

Flow: For The Love Of Water - 7/10: A very one-sided (kind of has to be I guess) documentary about the state of water supply throughout the world. It goes all around different parts of the world and shows the plight of people in poorer communities and the difficulties they face trying to find clean water to drink and how many companies are coming into these areas to privatize water supply, which, according to this film, excludes many poor people from water completely. This is very left-leaning, even imploring people to sign a petition to make clean water a right at the end of the film, but it still presents some pretty compelling stuff. One of those docs that makes me want to investigate more, so I've started looking for books on the subject.

KT

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

The Cove - 8/10 - Pretty gripping documentary about the dolphin slaughter happening in Japan and one group's efforts to expose them. I've always kind of pooh-poohed the whole "Save the Whales" movement, but there is undoubtedly some real abuse going on over there and this film kept me interested in the cause despite my preconceptions.

 

[MetalMat]

Me and my girl watched the Goonies, All about Steve (what a horrible movie), my super exgirlfriend and The Boondock Saints recently.

All about Steve - 1/10

I dont know how I got stuck watching this, my girl said I would like it cause its not a straight up chick flick. Lol, wrong wrong wrong. I knew nothing about the movie, never even heard of it so I went in fresh. Sandra Bullock is very annoying in the movie, the plot stinks and it was overall boring and just dumb. I would rather watch reruns of the Rosie O'donnel show while getting 5 tetanus shots and listening to the umbrella song on repeat.

 

[sandorski]

Me and my girl watched the Goonies, All about Steve (what a horrible movie), my super exgirlfriend and The Boondock Saints recently.

All about Steve - 1/10

I dont know how I got stuck watching this, my girl said I would like it cause its not a straight up chick flick. Lol, wrong wrong wrong. I knew nothing about the movie, never even heard of it so I went in fresh. Sandra Bullock is very annoying in the movie, the plot stinks and it was overall boring and just dumb. I would rather watch reruns of the Rosie O'donnel show while getting 5 tetanus shots and listening to the umbrella song on repeat.

Protip: Chicks don't know what a Chick Flick is. They just know that they really really like them.

 

[Locut0s]

Cache - 8.5/10 - At it's heart this is a film about selfishness and guilt. It forces the viewer to ask themselves question about guilt and morality. Under what circumstances should one feel guilty for an action that has negative consequences on someone else's life. Should one still feel guilty if one was not wholly to blame, or perhaps not even mature enough yet to know what the consequences of ones actions. Perhaps one should never feel guilt, perhaps the guilt should overwhelm them. In any case far more questions are raised by Cache than are answered. This is not a film for people who do not enjoy ambiguity in their art, for it abounds here. At the simplest level this is a thriller that keeps one continually guessing. Is character A or B to blame? Will something horrible happen to the family at the centre of this all? There is a sort of sinister undercurrent that suffuses many scenes and one almost feels that this could turn into a horror movie at any point. But like so much else in the film the director simply leaves one with a feeling that something is about to happen then withdraws at the last moment. As a result we have a fascinating film in which not a lot actually happens in terms of incidence and is much more about the undercurrents than about the surface.

NOTE: For those who have seen "The White Ribbon" this is by the same director!

 

[KeithTalent]

Night of the Creeps - 7/10: Classic 80's style, campy horror film, with lots of silly situations, awesome one-liners, and hilariously stereotypical characters (starring Rusty from European Vacation!!). The story pretty much follows two dorky college freshmen in normal college 80's college comedy situations, but with the added wrinkle that weird things start happening due to an alien, slug-like organism infecting people's minds and turning them into pseudo-zombies. There are some weird parts that are incongruous and make no sense, but the Detective in this is awesome and the movie overall is loads of fun.

House Of Fury (Jing Mo Gaa Ting) - 2.5/10: I honestly am not sure how this ended up on my list, but it was stupid. It's about a Father that used to be in some secret ninja organization or something and is now dealing with raising his two teenage kids on his own. Of course someone from his past comes back to confront him and danger arises! I guess this would be ok if you were a kid, but I'm not and thought it was dumb. This movie felt like how I would expect that new Jackie Chan film to be, which is to say terrible.

KT

 

[KeithTalent]

Cache - 8.5/10 *snip*

Glad you liked it! I've watched this three times now and it is quickly becoming one of my favourite films from last decade.

I seem to catch something new and have a different conclusion everytime I watch it. :hmm:

KT

 

[Aquila76]

Let the Right One In - 9.5/10
This was by far the best movie I've seen in a long time, and a reminder that you don't need a multi-million dollar budget to make a good film. I've always been a sucker for college and school-themed movies (not High School Musical types; more like the Skulls, The Breakfast Club, etc.) and that coupled with the vampire aspect really drew me in. I enjoyed the multiple layers like

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Oskar's bully issue, Lei's blood-thirst and how it gets her father (?) in trouble, Oskar & Lei's reluctant relationship, the neighbors' reaction to Jocke's death

and the way they all played out. I also had to give it an extra 1/2 point for being Swedish (I'm 1/4 Svenske).

I've got Surrogates and Zombieland coming next (both rather stark departures from this movie, I know); I'll post those up soon.

 

[pcslookout]

Cache - 8.5/10 - At it's heart this is a film about selfishness and guilt. It forces the viewer to ask themselves question about guilt and morality. Under what circumstances should one feel guilty for an action that has negative consequences on someone else's life. Should one still feel guilty if one was not wholly to blame, or perhaps not even mature enough yet to know what the consequences of ones actions. Perhaps one should never feel guilt, perhaps the guilt should overwhelm them. In any case far more questions are raised by Cache than are answered. This is not a film for people who do not enjoy ambiguity in their art, for it abounds here. At the simplest level this is a thriller that keeps one continually guessing. Is character A or B to blame? Will something horrible happen to the family at the centre of this all? There is a sort of sinister undercurrent that suffuses many scenes and one almost feels that this could turn into a horror movie at any point. But like so much else in the film the director simply leaves one with a feeling that something is about to happen then withdraws at the last moment. As a result we have a fascinating film in which not a lot actually happens in terms of incidence and is much more about the undercurrents than about the surface.

NOTE: For those who have seen "The White Ribbon" this is by the same director!

Cache is a awesome French film! The French always know how to deliver! So did you expect that shocking scene to happen when it did? I know you know what I am talking about. Just don't want to spoil it for others. Didn't expect it the first time I watched it.

 

[pcslookout]

Let the Right One In - 9.5/10
This was by far the best movie I've seen in a long time, and a reminder that you don't need a multi-million dollar budget to make a good film. I've always been a sucker for college and school-themed movies (not High School Musical types; more like the Skulls, The Breakfast Club, etc.) and that coupled with the vampire aspect really drew me in. I enjoyed the multiple layers like

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Oskar's bully issue, Lei's blood-thirst and how it gets her father (?) in trouble, Oskar & Lei's reluctant relationship, the neighbors' reaction to Jocke's death

and the way they all played out. I also had to give it an extra 1/2 point for being Swedish (I'm 1/4 Svenske).

I've got Surrogates and Zombieland coming next (both rather stark departures from this movie, I know); I'll post those up soon.

Glad more people are catching the disease! It took me over 2 months to stop thinking about this film.

 

[Locut0s]

Cache is a awesome French film! The French always know how to deliver! So did you expect that shocking scene to happen when it did? I know you know what I am talking about. Just don't want to spoil it for others. Didn't expect it the first time I watched it.

Yes and no. As soon as he said "I wanted you to be here" I knew something like it might happen. However the scene is so well done that it still shocks you. Also like I said there is this undercurrent of tension throughout the film so you are always expecting something to happen. The fact that not much does is part of it's brilliance.

 

[BrownShoes]

Night of the Creeps - 7/10: KT

Thrill me!!

 

[MustISO]

Watched "9" last night. Wasn't a bad movie, kinda short and not quite what I was expecting but it's worth the rental.

 

[Aharami]

Moon - 8/10
I really enjoyed this movie. The movie is on the slow side, but IMO it is a very well made movie - not the typical sci-fi. I really liked the score and thought it enhanced the movie. Clint Mansell always delivers when it comes to the soundtrack.

 

[KeithTalent]

Thrill me!!

Haha, love that! I think I'm going to pick this one up once I can find the Blu around here. :hmm:

KT

 

[BurnItDwn]

Through a Glass Darkly 1961 - 7.5/10
Maybe I'm just not smart enough to fully appreciate what this film has to offer, but to me, it was good, but not great. I'll be checking out a bunch more Bergman films though, so maybe once I am more acquainted with his body of work then this film might seem better to me.

 

[irishScott]

The Hurt Locker: 10/10

The Apocalypse Now of Iraq. Not even remotely realistic, but IMO this was never intended as an ultra-realism war movie ala Black Hawk Down and company. It's not about the war, the battles, or even real bomb squads. It's about the characters and how they react. Gotta look below the surface on this one. In any case, acting is top notch.

 

[KeithTalent]

The Hurt Locker: 10/10

The Apocalypse Now of Iraq. Not even remotely realistic, but IMO this was never intended as an ultra-realism war movie ala Black Hawk Down and company. It's not about the war, the battles, or even real bomb squads. It's about the characters and how they react. Gotta look below the surface on this one. In any case, acting is top notch.

I thought it felt as, or even more, realistic than Black Hawk (I'm no expert of course, this is just how I felt). Maybe it had to do with the lack of recognizable faces in Hurt Locker, but this film felt much less shiny and Hollywood-like than Black Hawk overall. I really enjoyed Black Hawk, but this is just how I felt about the two films with regards to realism.

KT

 

[slayer202]

Watched the first part of generation kill last night. Not going to rate it yet. Interested to see where it goes.

 

[irishScott]

I thought it felt as, or even more, realistic than Black Hawk (I'm no expert of course, this is just how I felt). Maybe it had to do with the lack of recognizable faces in Hurt Locker, but this film felt much less shiny and Hollywood-like than Black Hawk overall. I really enjoyed Black Hawk, but this is just how I felt about the two films with regards to realism.

KT

My point exactly. The characters are extremely realistic, but from what I've heard from veterans the technical military details (ie: one guy going to the top of a building where a known gunman was just seen, the bomb squad just going out of the green zone on it's own unescorted, etc) are absolute bullshit. Granted Black Hawk Down has similar moments (marking the targets with the IR strobe to give Eversman a moment, where in reality what the troops did was mark their lines with multiple strobes, and anything outside of that was fair game for the choppers) but by and large it was designed to be true to the events and the reality of combat, at the expense of some character development. Hurt Locker takes the opposite approach.

 

[shortylickens]

Star Trek II - BluRay: 7/10

Each and every frame of the theatrical release has been beautifully restored, no speckles or any other junk, and the color is awesome.
BUT, it is the theatrical release, whereas on DVD I have the extended cut. Dunno why they would go out of their way to fix up the film for bluray and then cut out the extra scenes we already had on DVD. So overall its a disappointment. Was hoping to finally have a super duper collectors edition for all times, and we got this instead. Luckily I got it from Netflix so I dont care. Didnt cost me much at all.


Ronin's bluray on the other hand, looked fan fucking tastic.

That is all.

 

[KeithTalent]

Dummy - 6.5/10: Adrian Brody stars as a 29 year old oddball who still lives with his parents and sister, who's only dream is to become a ventriloquist. I am generally a sucker for these small films with a bunch of quirky characters and I did like most of the characters here, particulary Brody and Vera Farmiga (not so sure about Milla Jovovoich as Brrody's foul-mouthed best friend) but the story was lacking a little something. Could have been much more fun.

The Last Station - 7.5/10: The story centres around Leo Tolstoy's final days and his struggle to balance his personal life with his wife and his desire to essentially give everything away and live without possessions (I'm giving a pretty simplified, vague synopsis here). We experience most of this through the eyes of Tolstoy's new secretary (amazing job by James McAvoy) who has his own struggles with love and his allegiance to the "Tolstoyan" way. Quite a fascinating story and there are some excellent performances here. The one thing that struck me as odd were the accents, since everyone was speaking with a British accent, so there were several times where I forgot I was supposed to be in Russia and it diminished the immersiveness abit. Small gripe though, very good otherwise.

Crazy Heart - 8.5/10: Funny thing about this movie is it is pretty straightforward, with really no surprises whatsoever, but I loved it nonetheless. Bridges is just awesome as Bad Blake and I swear I could have watched him here for three hours without batting an eye. Everything he did, whether it was sitting around drinking, or playing the guitar and singing, I was transfixed. Really outstanding stuff. Everyone else was good too (

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had no idea Colin Farrell was in this and he did well

) aside from Robert Duvall who was just odd and kind of pulled me out of things. Very good film.

Cronos - 6.5/10: I've always wanted to see this and was happy when I noticed they were showing it as part of the Mexican Cinema Festival at a local theatre. Guillermo Del Toro's early horror film about an antique shop owner who stumbles upon an ancient device that offers the user prolonged life and of course sinister things ensue! There is some great humour and there is no doubt this was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek horror film, but the horror element was really lacking for me. It was fun, but it needed more scares.

KT

 

[Via]

Went to a Gladiator gathering the other night...

Gladiator: 10/10

One of the most emotionally overwhelming movies of all time.

If Gladiator doesn't affect you in one way or the other you need to get out more, or get a soul.

Love it, or hate it. But don't be unmoved.

PS - still the only movie I've seen in a theater that got spontaneous applause - in rural IL, no less. Not your typical elite movie festival crowd.