So, similar to the thread over in Music, but since most people don't surf the web while watching a movie, slightly modified. Basically, you post the last movie you saw, give it some sort of rating (letter grade, stars, X/Y, whatever), and preferably some sort of review of it to expound on it.
I'll start: Last I saw was Training Day, with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. I was really impressed. Washington truly deserves all the praise he's gotten for this movie (he got an Oscar nom for it I think, maybe even won), it's great to see him step out of his usual role of the good guy. This is the first movie I've seen Hawke in, and he actually made me want to see more of his work, very impressive. Highly recommended, A-
It was pretty gruesome, awesome makeup effects. Story reminiscent of the old Tales from the Crypt stories. Husband and wife get into car crash, husband survives but wife is gruesomely burned and needs a skin transplant to live. Husband plans on pulling the plug except he finds out that each time she clinically died at the hospital (and subsequently got revived), her spirit vengefully attacked someone who crossed her, prompting him to take drastic actions in order for her to live, as if she dies her spirit will be free to come after him at any time.
Horrible acting by Bella but the animation on the wolves is A+. I think there's too much drama but I guess that's how it is in the book. I was just hoping to be a little more action packed.
I just watched "The Tournament". It was surprisingly good even though it had some issues with its premise. A nice slew of action scenes and fast pacing made it easy on the eyes. Acting was nothing top-notch but wasn't bad considering it was pretty much all non-name actors.
I just finished watching Synecdoche, New York again. I find myself watching it more frequently than most, coming back to it as I get down. It's a very, very depressing movie that seems to have something for everyone; whether a parent, a lover, an artist, or just plain afraid of dying, it touches on something you'll connect with. Powerful movie, extremely well acted - nine actors listed on its poster - that solidified my high opinions of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener, wonderful aging make-up throughout, a simple soundtrack that meshes very well, and a few brilliant scenes. If the goal of art is to evoke emotion, I've yet to see anything as successful.
Of course, if deep, artsy, surreal or depressing are things you avoid, you'll probably want to stay away.
I saw Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day last night
It was very much like the original and was worth the wait for any fan of the first movie. However, you probably need to be a fan of the first to fully enjoy the film. The only thing really disliked was the obviously fake southern belle accent used by Dafoe's replacement. The ending was unexpected and left plenty of opening for another movie. Hopefully it doesn't take another decade this time. Overall, a great movie for fans of gratuitous violence. B+
or dinosaur pirates!!! big hulking dinos with eye patches and peglegs and troll the ocean on their ships made of smaller dinosaur bones in search or treasures. I would sooo go for that. or better yet, slave dinosaurs that serve the pirates like some sick dinotopia world where people own the dinos.
Just saw The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Not bad but nothing spectacular. Travolta does his best to portray an angry, do-what-it-takes bad buy but it really comes off as whiny and alienates the audience. Washington pretty much phones it in which is funny since he's on basically a PA system for 90% of the movie.
It's a perfectly fine movie if you want something that doesn't take a whole lot of mental effort but desire something with more finesse than Transformers. Rent or Pass.
I watched The Zombie Diaries last night. It was a nice movie. It actually stirred some emotion within me. It wasn't fear, though. It was anger. The part that made me angry was
the bit where it became clear Goke and his curly companion are as dangerous as the zombies
. It makes me angry to know that some people really will be like that in a disaster scenario. Maybe they can't hack it, or willfullly do those things now that all bets are off, but yeah, that's what angered me.
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Last night my wife and I watched Pumpkinhead. We were on a horror flick kick during Halloween and now our Netflix queue is still topped with scary/cheesy/gory fun flicks and we just keeping going through them.
Pumpkinhead is goofy and pretty bad, but it's actually kind of fun to watch. It's actually a good concept, but the movie suffers from terrible lighting, poor acting, and boring, poorly staged deaths, but it's a horror flick that I wouldn't mind seeing remade (Sam Raimi would make it super fun, but it'd actually be too much like Drag Me To Hell).
Next up we have to watch The Omen, the original, not the remake.
I saw The Phantom of the Opera last night (the 2004 one). I remember seeing it back when it came out when it came out and being really unimpressed, but I had gone into it being told by everyone that it was the greatest movie ever, so that probably set up unrealistic expectations.
Watching it again with fresh eyes, I can say that I did enjoy it, but alot of the things I didn't like about it the first time hold true. Gerard Butler (the Phantom) isn't the greatest singer, but he did a fine job acting. Conversely, Emmy Rossum (Christine) has a wonderful voice, but was a bit boring to watch. Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Ellison (Raoul and Meg, respectively) were the real standouts, with the rest of the cast being quite solid as well. Not a real fan of musicals, but I liked this. B
The last movie I watched is The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly. For the longest time, this was just one of those "classics" that I didn't feel like watching, but I finally did and I was pleased to find an awesome movie that didn't feel dated. Instant favorite.
Watched Terminator Salvation. Better than the third Terminator movie but not amazing. It starts off really strong with an interesting if not quite unique vision of the future and some impressive visual effects and stunt work. I thoroughly enjoyed the first third of the movie.
Unfortunately the last third just devolves into standard action movie fare and leaves the interesting idea of what it means to be human behind. At points it felt like editing left some larger than normal gaps.
My large congratulations to the effects team for the eerie 1984 Arnold face on someone else's body. Creepy but cool.
Unfortunately the copy I watched was strictly a rental copy so no deleted footage or special features of any kind. Depending on the extra content of the retail release this movie is a Buy or Rent.
Just watched Brothers over the weekend. It was really intense and the acting was actually good. The end was left open to interpretation but otherwise I liked it!
Last night we watched The Muppet Christmas Carol for the first time this holiday season. Say what you will, that is one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies. I'd like to see the new Jim Carrey/Zemeckis one. My boss saw it in 3D and just can't stop raving about it. I'll eventually have to see New Moon simply because my wife is addicted to the books. I found Twilight to be incredibly dull, but then again, I'm definitely not in the target demographic.
Just got finished watching "Little Children." What a great, great movie. I wanted to watch it because of Patrick Stewart and JEH being in it, since I loved them in Watchmen, and because I had heard it was nominated and won tons of awards.
It really was a great, albeit dark and saddening movie.
"If I do go to heaven, I'll smack god across the face and tell him to get me a grilled-cheeses sandwhich and then say 'Yea what now god!? Say some'in! I dare you!' "
The last film I watched was "The Machine Girl". It's an over the top japanese gore-fest which actually is really good. It's not the greatest movie ever but very entertaining and the first 10 minutes had me rolling on the floor.
I bought it on th e Bay for 6 shipped and it's worth every penny. I had seen it before from netflix but wanted to own it. Right after I watched it and went on netflix and saw it had been available on instant. Oh well. Still great.
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I watched GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra recently through my on demand service. After hearing a lot of criticism toward the movie, I can say that I do not agree with it so much. I felt the movie was good, 3.75~4/5 stars at best. I enjoyed some of the characterizations they made, having read the comics and watched the tv series. Dennis Quad as Hawk was damn good, and Ecclestion as the eventual Destro was good as well (though I have a small bias as I am a huge Doctor Who fan). And you can't go wrong with Rachel Nichols and Sienna Miller, both SMOKING hot in the movie.
21 unless you just want to watch a movie about cards. I wouldn't even bother with this one. The acting is unrealistic and the plot is pathetic. It's pretty much about a guy trying to dazzle the dean of Harvard with his life story. Which apparently wasn't good enough until he started gambling. Anyway, it's not something I wanna see again.
Just last night I saw Black Dynamite, and it was hilarious. It's a blaxsploitation spoof of the old 70's movies like Shaft and Dolemite. It stars and is co-written by Michael Jai White (of Spawn fame), and he plays his charatcer to a tee!
Quite entertaining!
I'll start: Last I saw was Training Day, with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. I was really impressed. Washington truly deserves all the praise he's gotten for this movie (he got an Oscar nom for it I think, maybe even won), it's great to see him step out of his usual role of the good guy. This is the first movie I've seen Hawke in, and he actually made me want to see more of his work, very impressive. Highly recommended, A-
Last I technically saw was "Right to Die"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871197/
It was pretty gruesome, awesome makeup effects. Story reminiscent of the old Tales from the Crypt stories. Husband and wife get into car crash, husband survives but wife is gruesomely burned and needs a skin transplant to live. Husband plans on pulling the plug except he finds out that each time she clinically died at the hospital (and subsequently got revived), her spirit vengefully attacked someone who crossed her, prompting him to take drastic actions in order for her to live, as if she dies her spirit will be free to come after him at any time.
Was not as good as Homecoming though.
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Horrible acting by Bella but the animation on the wolves is A+. I think there's too much drama but I guess that's how it is in the book. I was just hoping to be a little more action packed.
3.5/5 stars
Of course, if deep, artsy, surreal or depressing are things you avoid, you'll probably want to stay away.
It was very much like the original and was worth the wait for any fan of the first movie. However, you probably need to be a fan of the first to fully enjoy the film. The only thing really disliked was the obviously fake southern belle accent used by Dafoe's replacement. The ending was unexpected and left plenty of opening for another movie. Hopefully it doesn't take another decade this time. Overall, a great movie for fans of gratuitous violence. B+
It's a perfectly fine movie if you want something that doesn't take a whole lot of mental effort but desire something with more finesse than Transformers. Rent or Pass.
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Pumpkinhead is goofy and pretty bad, but it's actually kind of fun to watch. It's actually a good concept, but the movie suffers from terrible lighting, poor acting, and boring, poorly staged deaths, but it's a horror flick that I wouldn't mind seeing remade (Sam Raimi would make it super fun, but it'd actually be too much like Drag Me To Hell).
Next up we have to watch The Omen, the original, not the remake.
Watching it again with fresh eyes, I can say that I did enjoy it, but alot of the things I didn't like about it the first time hold true. Gerard Butler (the Phantom) isn't the greatest singer, but he did a fine job acting. Conversely, Emmy Rossum (Christine) has a wonderful voice, but was a bit boring to watch. Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Ellison (Raoul and Meg, respectively) were the real standouts, with the rest of the cast being quite solid as well. Not a real fan of musicals, but I liked this. B
Unfortunately the last third just devolves into standard action movie fare and leaves the interesting idea of what it means to be human behind. At points it felt like editing left some larger than normal gaps.
My large congratulations to the effects team for the eerie 1984 Arnold face on someone else's body. Creepy but cool.
Unfortunately the copy I watched was strictly a rental copy so no deleted footage or special features of any kind. Depending on the extra content of the retail release this movie is a Buy or Rent.
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It really was a great, albeit dark and saddening movie.
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I bought it on th e Bay for 6 shipped and it's worth every penny. I had seen it before from netflix but wanted to own it. Right after I watched it and went on netflix and saw it had been available on instant. Oh well. Still great.
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God damn that was an incredible movie. Clint Eastwood was absolutely amazing in it.
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Quite entertaining!