Movie version of "what song are you listening to". :)

I recently saw Waking Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/) and found it underwhelming and disjointed.

Tommorrow I'll probably watch The Hidden Fortress from Akira Kurosawa. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808/) :)

What have you seen lately?

I don't go to the movies much, but I watch a lot of films on DVD.
Last film I saw was The Descent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/).
Before that, Romero's Martin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077914/)
And before that, Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046478/) (if you like Kurosawa you should like Mizoguchi.

I recently saw Thank You For Smoking.

Submerged (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416243/), Steven Seagal. Meh.
The Marksman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457090/), Wesley Snipes. Not bad for a direct to video movie. Wasn't Blade, but it was okay.F-14's aren't bombers!
Kill Bill (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/), Uma Thurman. From the previews I expected more swordplay. I'm also not too fond of non-linear movies. But it was good enough that I'd like to see the sequal sometime.

Did you hear the films this time Turner? or just read them? ;)

Had a movie Marathon at the weekend with the GF -
Streetcar Named Desire (didn't like it but the girlfriend's a huge Leigh fan so.... meh)
Kingdom of Heaven (seen it before and like it)
Reservoir Dogs (GF hadn't seen it... will never watch it again)
Manhattan (GF hadn't seen a single Woody Allen film, I was shocked)
The Transporter (good old fashion fun)

At the cinema the last film I went to see was Crank. Again, good old Fashion fun, little plot, all action, perfect.

Did you hear the films this time Turner? or just read them? ;)
Actually, The Marksman doesn't have captions, so I heard that one. :(
Had a movie Marathon at the weekend with the GF -
Reservoir Dogs (GF hadn't seen it... will never watch it again)
Didn't like that movie. Didn't see what the hype was everyone made over it.
The Transporter (good old fashion fun)

At the cinema the last film I went to see was Crank. Again, good old Fashion fun, little plot, all action, perfect.
I love Jason Statham. :thumbsup: Looking forward to seeing Crank.

I recommend it Turner. I'm a big fan of him too. I like the fact that since the 80's, there really hasn't been much of a 'Man film'. You used to see them all the time, Cobra with Stallone, Commando with Arnie, AWOL with Van Damme. Films with little plot, and lots of killing and explosions. They sort of died out but now Statham has found a little niche for himself and, ok it may not win Oscars. it's the perfect type of film to own on DVD and shove on when you come home from a hard days work (or after a night of drinking heh)

Latest film on DVD I saw was "The Hills Have Eyes", not too bad.

The last film I saw in the Cinema (Or Movie Theater for the Yanks) was Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest, it didn't have a firm ending, they just make more excuses for sequals. Before that I saw Poseidon in the Cinema, now that was a total waste of money.

I'm going to see My Neightbor Totoro (Naapurini Totoro, Tonari no Totoro) in the Cinema on 16.9 in Japanese with Finnish subtitles, at the Helsinki International Film Festival. I already have the movie on a Hong Kong DVD (Japanese with English subs), and as a Ghibli fanatic, I know that I'm going to see a great movie, it'll however be a totally different experience seeing it on the big screen. :D

I recommend it Turner. I'm a big fan of him too. I like the fact that since the 80's, there really hasn't been much of a 'Man film'. You used to see them all the time, Cobra with Stallone, Commando with Arnie, AWOL with Van Damme. Films with little plot, and lots of killing and explosions. They sort of died out but now Statham has found a little niche for himself and, ok it may not win Oscars. it's the perfect type of film to own on DVD and shove on when you come home from a hard days work (or after a night of drinking heh)
Well, my boys and I are anxiously awaiting seeing it. The Protector, as well. I used to really like the Seagal and Van Damme movies, and the crap they're releasing now...:rolleyes:

Snakes on a Plane last night.

That's a rollercoaster ride.

I'm trying to remember other movies I've seen recently, and none come to mind. Well, one... Grilled (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409043/), with Ray Romano and Kevin James. People, this isn't a comedy. There's nothing funny about this movie. I was disappointed in it. Although the last half of the movie is okay, the first half is rather boring.

See it if you must, but don't expect anything from it.

Thats rather suprising considering the cast.

Are they still making the King of Queens.

I also saw Severence a fortnight back. I recommend it to anyone who likes Shaun of the Dead (and as for you Americans, I'm not sure if it's out where you are yet but when it is go have a look)

Wow. I just don't see many movies.
We watched The Castle (an awesome Austrailian film) a couple weeks ago.

I expect to be renting Silent Hill within the next month or so.

What 'Movie(s)' Have You Recently Seen?

Cinema:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. :thumbsup:

DVD:

Carnivale, season 1. :thumbsup:
Gegen Die Wand :thumbsup:
Resident Evil: Apocalypse :shake:

Wow. I just don't see many movies.
We watched The Castle (an awesome Austrailian film) a couple weeks ago.

I expect to be renting Silent Hill within the next month or so.
What did you think of "The Castle"?

Thats rather suprising considering the cast.

Are they still making the King of Queens.

I think part of the problem was that I kept expecting them to start cracking jokes. This isn't even a black comedy like The Cable Guy, which was an awesome movie.

It did get to a point where it started getting interesting...so maybe if I went back and watched it again I'll feel differently about it.

It should be noted that when I said "This isn't a comedy" I meant that this movie is not trying to be funny and failing, but that it's not a comedy at all. But you know, you see Everybody Loves Raymond and The King of Queens on the cover, you expect a comedy.

As for the show itself, I don't know. Don't watch it much.

aaah, ok. I haven't heard of the film but I'll keep an eye out.

I personally didn't like the Cable Guy but I was really young when i saw it, and I think I went expecting a repeat of Ace Ventura.....

aaah, ok. I haven't heard of the film but I'll keep an eye out.
Another direct to video release. Not sure if it's been released over on your side of the pond yet.

I personally didn't like the Cable Guy but I was really young when i saw it, and I think I went expecting a repeat of Ace Ventura.....
Yeah, a lot of people did. Which is why a lot of people don't like it. The first time I saw it, I felt the same way. Then one day, there was nothing else on TV and I ended up watching it again. It slowly dawned on me that it's not an Ace Ventura type comedy. Once I got past that, the movie was much better.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby. There were some humorous scenes, but overall it is not a movie I would recommend.

Evita. Just watched it on DVD the other night for probably the 20th time. Great flick.

Latest movie I have seen was "Silent Hill". Neither too good nor too bad.

Kill Bill (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/), Uma Thurman. From the previews I expected more swordplay. I'm also not too fond of non-linear movies. But it was good enough that I'd like to see the sequal sometime.

If you like Kill Bill, I know TNT is running those movies next week. Friday is volume 1, Saturday is volume 2, Sunday is both. Check your listings or whatever. (TNT advertises their own shows a lot, and while watching Law and Order I must've seen that ad like 20 times!)

For movies, however, yesterday I watched You Only Live Twice (it's a Bond movie, some quick impatient action ;)). I don't watch movies too often unless I'm on vacation.

The Descent: A horror movie that's actually scary
Little Miss Sunshine: A comedy that's actually funny

I highly recommend them both. Especially Little Miss Sunshine.

I saw X Men 2 this weekend. Not much into film, usually.

I watched The Three Musketeers (1973) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/) which had an all star cast for its day. Fantastic.

I also watched Inside Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/) which was pretty good as well as Superman Returns (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/)& Lucky Number Slevin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425210/)both of which were bloody awful.

If you like Kill Bill, I know TNT is running those movies next week. Friday is volume 1, Saturday is volume 2, Sunday is both. Check your listings or whatever. (TNT advertises their own shows a lot, and while watching Law and Order I must've seen that ad like 20 times!)

I refuse to watch any movie on Turner Network Television (no relation) simply because of the horrible editing they do.

I refuse to watch any movie on Turner Network Television (no relation) simply because of the horrible editing they do.
Whatever. Just go buy it or something, 'cause if you like it, you might want to watch it more than once.

I saw Friday Night Lights on TV last night; it seemed pretty good.

I saw Jurassic Park on TV the other night, as well as Jaws.

Miami Vice: Bad
Nacho Libre: Shockingly bad.
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest: Refreshingly good.

I got the Quentin Tarantino Collection for my birthday, so I recently went through Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill Volume I+II. Hadn't seen any of them before. Pulp Fiction was by far the best, really brilliant movie, but Reservoir Dogs was nice too. The Kill Bill movies were a bit hard to take seriously at times story and dialogue-wise, but they had some nice action sequences and generally powerful(and gory!) images, so I enjoyed them as well.

The Inside Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Eurotrip.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

:goodjob:
I saw all 45 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus in one weekend with a friend recently, great fun.

I just got HBO, so I finally got to see Mr & Mrs Smith. It was pretty fun.

I also got to rewatch Star Wars III.

Saw Accepted a week or so ago. The ending was predictable, but it was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. I was sick in bed last week, so I spent it watching the Star Wars trilogies. Got through the prequels and was starting on The Empire Strikes Back when I recovered.

As for turners last comment.

I agree NEVER EVER WATCH MOVIES ON A NON-MOVIE CHANNEL.

They cut the good scenes and have commercials its not worth the effort.

I just saw D.E.B.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.E.B.S.) (all but about the first 15 minutes) on TV. It was . . . interesting, to say the least.

Bang Bang Kiss Kiss. Pretty good film, given that I had absolutely no expectations about it.

EDIT: oops, that's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, actually.

Fight Club.:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Snakes On A Plane. :thumbsup:
The Score.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Those three are recent.

Wow. I just don't see many movies.
We watched The Castle (an awesome Austrailian film) a couple weeks ago.


Is that the one about the prison?

Is that the one about the prison?

No, that one would be Midnight Express ;)

No, that one would be Midnight Express

Huh? Never heard of that one. Perhaps I am thinking of The Castle, but the American one. I didn't know there were two though...

Huh? Never heard of that one. Perhaps I am thinking of The Castle, but the American one. I didn't know there were two though...

You're thinking of The Last Castle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272020/), with Robert Redford. :thumbsup: A great movie.

Just saw Training Day (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/). Great movie. Denzel deserved the Oscar for that one.

The Cave

*yawn* Coulnd't avoid being compared to The Thing, where it fails in every respect.

You're thinking of The Last Castle, with Robert Redford. A great movie.

Ah yes!!! I love that movie too. :)

The Hidden Fortress turned out to be good (though very, very slow in the beginning, definitely no Seven Samurai) and watched Termintor (the original one) again just for fun (saw it at the lib). Was as good as I remembered. :)

I saw Lost in Translation last night. Highly overrated IMO.


edit: and I watched Fitzcarraldo on Sunday. A bizarre film.

Lost in Translation is one of the few movies I've turned off due to boredom.

We're renting Silent Hill tonight

watched Riddick: Chronicles of a warrior on wednesday

V For Vendetta. Fantastic movie, once I managed to force myself to ignore Natalie Portmans truly atrocious fake British accent. I wonder if Curt liked it. I was able to enjoy it because I wasnt a fan of the comic, didnt even know it existed.

Recently saw Inside Man, and it was pretty intense. I liked it. Im seeing Crash for the first time tonight. I heard that its an amazing movie, so hopefully it is.

I'm going to see My Neightbor Totoro (Naapurini Totoro, Tonari no Totoro) in the Cinema on 16.9 in Japanese with Finnish subtitles, at the Helsinki International Film Festival. I already have the movie on a Hong Kong DVD (Japanese with English subs), and as a Ghibli fanatic, I know that I'm going to see a great movie, it'll however be a totally different experience seeing it on the big screen. :D

Just came back from watching this. My thoughts can be found in the link in my sig. :)

The latest movie I saw was "Lage Raho Munnabhai" ( which translates to "Keep at it , Munnabhai" , "Munnabhai" being a proper noun ) . A very good film .

Tongan Ninja (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352925/). I have it on DVD and watched it enough times that I remember many quotes from it.

I saw The Illusionist last night, I was confused 30 minutes in.

The latest movie I saw was "Lage Raho Munnabhai" ( which translates to "Keep at it , Munnabhai" , "Munnabhai" being a proper noun ) . A very good film .
Was that the movie with the thug in the hospital? I've seen it, a very good movie indeed.

I'm going to see Little Miss Sunshine today. I saw Accepted and it was funny too, and V for Vendetta was classic too.

For obvious reasons, I watched The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course recently with friends. While drinking Fosters.

Hilarious times :lol:

Miami Vice. It was simply boring. Waste of time.
I saw The Illusionist last night, I was confused 30 minutes in.That was a pretty good movie, don't you think?

I saw Hollywoodland. It was good, but I found the life of George Reeves alot more interesting than the story of the fictional private investigator.

edit: and I watched Fitzcarraldo on Sunday. A bizarre film.

Bizarre indeed. But such a wonderful scene there with Kinski, the gramophone and the jungle...

Last movie I saw was Plan 9 from outer space (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/). Mostly because we (my friends and I) saw Ed Wood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/) recently.

I saw A Beautiful Mind yesterday.

But such a wonderful scene there with Kinski, the gramophone and the jungle...

Absolutely. :)

Plan 9 from outer space.

Been meaning to get a DVD of that for a while. In the early 90's they showed a whole bunch of Ed Wood movies on Ch4 in the UK. The one I found "best" was Jailbait. :lol:

I saw the "little red riding hood - animation-thingy" a couple of weeks ago. It was great :D - especially the squirrel-photographer after a cup of coffee :lol:

I also saw the Break-up. It was a chick-movie. But funny :)

From DVD, I watched recently a movie called "Bagdad Cafe". It was a fun little movie about a cafe/motel in the remotest of the remote small towns. With german circus performers, hippie artists and lazy husbands :D

I just saw Kill Bill Vol: 2 Last night. Kick Ass!

Archangel starring the New Bond. A nice movie.

I saw the "little red riding hood - animation-thingy" a couple of weeks ago. It was great :D - especially the squirrel-photographer after a cup of coffee :lol:

Hoodwinked. Decent movie. Shows how the same action can be seen from different points of view.

Just saw Lucky # Slevin last night. Confusing at first. Kept me guessing up until the last fifteen minutes or so, when I figured out what was going on. Only missed one part, and a minor one at that.

Just saw Lucky # Slevin last night. Confusing at first. Kept me guessing up until the last fifteen minutes or so, when I figured out what was going on. Only missed one part, and a minor one at that.

I saw that one a while ago too, and was very pleasantly surprised.

I saw Bruce Almighty (with Jim Carrey). It was actually pretty good. :)

Tonight (if I'm still wide awake in an hour or so) I'll watch Yojimbo. :)

Swa "Event Horizon" on Wednesday.

Re-watched Woyzeck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080149/)yesterday. Never fails to put whatever problems i currently have into perspective. ;)

I saw You me and Dupree a few nights ago. Awful. No offence to any romcom fans out there, but it really smelt.

That was a pretty good movie, don't you think?

Sorry for the long wait, I'm sure it'd be great if I could follow it.

I think I'm going to see Jackass 2 tonight. That's funny stuff.

I just saw Kill Bill Vol: 2 Last night. Kick Ass!

Superb films both, real homage to the martial arts movies.

@Narz, Yujimbo is always shown late at night, it's a fantastic movie but something you can only watch if your unemployed or have a week off, such a shame.:(

House of Flying Daggers - very nice :goodjob:

I saw Flyboys today. I really enjoyed it :)

Running Scared (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404390/)

and

Wishmaster (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120524/).

Both highly enjoyable titles. :thumbsup:

Finally got around to watching Yojimbo. It was a bit dissapointing. Kurasawa is still the man of course but suprisely this movie didn't measure up to even The Hidden Fortress, let alone Seven Samurai.

Re-watched Woyzeck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080149/)yesterday. Never fails to put whatever problems i currently have into perspective. ;)

:lol:

Lovely diet!

Last week: Unleashed - Not my favorite Jet Li venue....but it had a decent enough story. I did think that it showed a bit more of Jet Li's acting range...never saw him do things like that before.

The Sentiel - This one had me guessing right up to the point where they showed you who it was. A little heavy on the SS SoPs what with the FLOTUS/POTUS arriving, but it did give some flavor to it. Decent flick.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- Robert Redford rocks!

Last night I saw the re-make of The Ring. Meh...

Went down memory avenue watching Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095179/). :mischief:

It actually was better than I expected. :D

I saw The Shining a few days ago. The ending was strange.

I saw The Shining a few days ago. The ending was strange.

It makes sense in the book, but very little in the film.

Recently (the last week) I saw the following:

- Les Triplettes de Belleville:

I've seen it a few times before but am consistently impressed each time I watch it again. The music, message, symbolism, animation and cultural insights are brilliantly conceived and executed. More animation from these guys please!

- The Curse of El Charro:

A crappy, low budget, American horror movie. Thing with horror movies is, even when they're crap, they're great fun!

- A Beautiful Mind:

It was on TV in Britain last week and I was still impressed by it, even though I've seen it twice already. This time around I noticed how the alternative treatment they came up with for Nash (letting him hang out at Princeton) was infinitely better for him than the electro-shock therapy. I was also more interested in the comments on Nash's Equilibrium, which I wasn't before, and how he developed it from playing games like 'Go'.

- Volver:

Almodovar's latest. It's very good, especially the script, and creeps up on you. Not as densely packed with grotesque humour as his films normally are, but there were still some priceless moments. It wasn't as visually interesting as one would expect, but that wouldn't have been appropriate for this story. However, if you've seen or read Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts", you will notice that Volver's story is an almost exact carbon copy of it. :scan:

Recently (the last week) I saw the following:

- Les Triplettes de Belleville:

I've seen it a few times before but am consistently impressed each time I watch it again. The music, message, symbolism, animation and cultural insights are brilliantly conceived and executed. More animation from these guys please!

Went to see that one with great expectations, but gotta say, I just didn't buy it. And I got bored with the music sooner than later.

^ Killjoy :p

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I watched The Wedding Crashers last night. It was a fun film.

Serenity has been on HBO this month. Everytime I flip to it I can't help but watch it...

Left Behind, some film about the Apocalypse. It was ok, but nobody else liked it. It was sort of cheesy if you really think about it though. Perhaps some of you all have seen it...

I saw Sin City just now on HBO.
Simply brilliant. :clap: :clap:

I saw Control Room, the movie about controversial news channel, Al-Jazeera. I thought it was quite good, especially the war footage.

My girlfriend got I Heart Huckabees in the mail (Netflix), the title sounded dumb but the movie was suprising decent, likeable even (if you like Etenral Sunshine / Being John Malkovitch type of movies :)).

I just saw armeggedon while working yesterday. Its a good movie it made me cry.

I can't stand Armaggedon, mostly because I seem to know more science than them. But hey, whatever.

I haven't been able to cry over a movie in a very long time - I think this inability is a sign of weakness on my part. The closest I came was the last Harry Potter movie, right when that one guy dies.

...You can't cry over a movie and you think you're weak?

I dont cry i just tear at the eyes. Hey sometimes its touching...

I can't stand Armaggedon, mostly because I seem to know more science than them. But hey, whatever.

I haven't been able to cry over a movie in a very long time - I think this inability is a sign of weakness on my part. The closest I came was the last Harry Potter movie, right when that one guy dies.
Watch a movie called Mr Holland's Opus. Perhaps you'll cry.

Jackass: Number Two. Hilarious, partly because everybody in the theatre was drunk aswell.

Maximum Risk. Looked interesting at the beginning.

Descent

Lame.

However, if you've seen or read Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts", you will notice that Volver's story is an almost exact carbon copy of it. :scan:

'Ghosts'!?! That's the English title for 'Gengangere'? :lol:

:shake:

Unfortunately it is. What would be more appropriate?

What would be more appropriate?

Why translate at all? 'Gengangere' is as good as it gets.

Genganger ~ Ghost, but unfortunately something important is 'lost in translation'.

Unfortunately it is. What would be more appropriate?

Can't really think of anything more appropriate than "Ghosts". "Gengangere" litterally means "those who walk again". The most direct translation would be "Rewalkers", but that word doesn't exist:) My dictionary says "Ghost, apparition or spectre", so I think the translation is quite adequate.
Never read the book, though, so perhaps the word in the original language has some connection to the story that is lost in translation by using "ghosts".

Who's seen Black Dahlia? How the hell could it have been a 15? It had nudity, gore, violence and swearing. Good film though, in my opinion.

"Gengangere" litterally means "those who walk again"

:yup: But kinda awkward title.

Sorry Ram, my mind must have been poisoned by that ghost-mud-Patrick Swayze-unchained melody thing...

On topic: I'm currently watching Carnivale, Season 2. :thumbsup:

The World Is Not Enough

More powerplay anyone?

Why translate at all? 'Gengangere' is as good as it gets.Why? Because folk like me simply don't know what 'Gengangere' means!
Genganger ~ Ghost, but unfortunately something important is 'lost in translation'.No sh!t. :lol:
Can't really think of anything more appropriate than "Ghosts". "Gengangere" litterally means "those who walk again". The most direct translation would be "Rewalkers", but that word doesn't exist:) My dictionary says "Ghost, apparition or spectre", so I think the translation is quite adequate.
Never read the book, though, so perhaps the word in the original language has some connection to the story that is lost in translation by using "ghosts"."those who walk again" hmm, now that's more interesting and relevant to both 'Volver' and 'Ghosts'. I remember that the subtitles had 'Volver' translated as "coming back". (I noticed no reference, nor tip of the hat made by Almodovar to Ibsen's piece, tut tut.)

Well, 'gengangere' also means 'something that happens again', not just the 'ghost' part.

Just saw Interview with the Vampire.

My girlfriend said it was good but I found it dissapointing (not that I thought I'd particularly like it but I know it was popular). I felt little for the characters and the plot... well there wasn't really any. It was just decent enough for me to watch the whole thing, which actually is almost worse.

I went to see Clerks II yestersday. I thought it was pretty good.

Last week I watched XXX 2 :ack: my god, how bad can you get? it was simply horrible, IMHO

on sunday we watchet Pitch Black on DVD. I quite liked it, good entertainement :)

and yesterday we watched some braindead 08/15-romantic comedy called "Heute heiratet mein Ex" (today my Ex marries). meh, booooring, but at least the main actress was cute :)

I recently saw "L'Annulaire" or "The Ring Finger" in English. It is a weird movie, but it worth seeing, even if it is just for the female lead. :wow:

I'll never forget watching From Dusk Til Dawn with some friends of mine. One wasn't aware it was a vmpire movie until the bar seen. I will always love that movie because of his reaction...

Just saw Sphere on wednesday.

Any good? I love the book, but I've been hesitant to see the movie.

I'll never forget watching From Dusk Til Dawn with some friends of mine. One wasn't aware it was a vmpire movie until the bar seen. I will always love that movie because of his reaction...
IIRC, one also needed a box of tissues after Salma Hayeks all too brief dance scene.

Any good? I love the book, but I've been hesitant to see the movie.
I LOVED the movie when i first saw it at the cinema. But the book is probably better than the movie. (as always :))

Any good? I love the book, but I've been hesitant to see the movie.

It's based on a book? Or is there an other Sphere-thingy?

I found the movie quite good.

It's a Michael Crichton book.

I just watched The Magnificent Seven last night. It was watchable but didn't hold a flame to The Seven Samurai (the movie that inspired it).

jackass 2. best movie ever.

The last movie I watched on the big screen was...Accepted, I think.

Took the kids to see Cars at the dollar show in August. I was absolutely impressed (by a cartoon)!

I saw "Revelation" a movie made by Rai Uno about John the Apostole's last days on Patmos.

I watched Rocky 4 last night :ack:

I haven't seen it since I was a kid, and I remember I kinda liked it.

well, not anymore, it's just horrible, IMHO

and that robot-butler thingy is the height of the sillyness

Last Thursday I saw Dogma.

Last Saturday I saw The Fifth Element.

I watched 'V fro Vendetta' last night. Great movie.

I saw Dukes of Hazzard again. Boy is it good to see Jessica in that outfit again. :wow: And the car chases were good as well.

Watched The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/) again from DVD.

Bruno Ganz performance as Hitler is good as it gets and the film in overall is quite magnificent in all it's aspects.

Recommended for anyone.

Over the weekend I watched:

Mad, Mad, Mad Swords (martial arts spoof)
The Wild Angels (We wanna be free...to do what we wanna do)
Hells Belles (another biker flick)
Count Yorga, Vampire (cheap & cheerful horror)

I just saw Requiem For A Dream. Excellent movie! The beginning is just ok but the end is great! The movie is tragic and makes it message clear.

Watched The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/) again from DVD.

Bruno Ganz performance as Hitler is good as it gets and the film in overall is quite magnificent in all it's aspects.

Recommended for anyone.

Judging from the Das Boot avatar you are quite into WWII movies. I recently watched `Napola` it is quite a good movie. Recommended.

Also I watched `Orphans`, a Scottish movie. I had high expectations because of Trainspotting and Shallow Grave however it was average.:(

:bump:

I just saw Final Destination 3 - nice :D in a Happy Tree Friends kinda way. :evil:

I just saw Requiem For A Dream. Excellent movie! The beginning is just ok but the end is great! The movie is tragic and makes it message clear.

I can only watch the movie once every 8 months or so..it really affects me...


Saw THe Black Dahlia last weekend. What a waste of money....

Last night I watched Shaun of the Dead.
The other day I watched Enter the Dragon.

8 Mile

10chars.

Click

Adam Sandler is great actor, film has got to be one of the best I have ever seen. Really good.

I just watched The Magnificent Seven last night. It was watchable but didn't hold a flame to The Seven Samurai (the movie that inspired it).

You know that theory about watching a version first means you like it better than the seeing a film later, well guess what it's nonsense, The Seven Samurai blasts the magnificent seven into pieces on the good film scale. Seeing The Magnificent Seven and then The Seven Samurai some years later reminds me of how much of a pale copy it was.

Seen Yojimbo, the originator of A Fist Full of Dollars? It's the same deal.

The last movie I saw for the first time was The War of The worlds, it wasn't bad. Not great but worth watching.

Well, I liked "The Ring" better than "Ringú", even though I'm iun the minority in that opinion, and I in general agree with what you said.

I saw The Guardian last weekend, and it was terrible, absolutely terrible.

I saw A Knight's Tale yesterday.

Over the weekend I watched:

Lost, Season 2; Episode 1.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 2.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 3.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 4.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 5.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 6.
Lost, Season 2; Episode 7.

I saw Jesus Camp yesterday. It was excruciating to watch. However, it was interesting. If anyone has ever said that Jesus Camp paints Christians in a bad light, I don't see how. There is next to no commentary in Jesus Camp. It's essentially just a bunch of clips run together from that female pastor's camp. One of the things that pissed me off is when she said, "ok, let's pray in tongues," and then she prayed in English, and then prayed in what sounded like some other language, which definitely looked to me like she just made it up.

Thank You for Smoking (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/). Utterly hilarious, with some great performances, especially Aaron Eckhart as the main character.

It almost made me pick up smoking again. :p

I bought Xmen 3. I'd seen it before but I own it now and had to watch it again...

Great movie, I hope there's a fourth.

^
Yup, really cool, even tho i think the 2nd one was better.
With that ending there will surely be a 4th. :)

Jackass II, one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.

Zidane, un Portrait du XXIème Siècle.
(Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait).

Excellently postmodern :D

School for Scoundrels. My wife and I didn't understand why it was called that, but whatever. Decent movie. I'm really starting to like Jon Heder.

Saw THe Black Dahlia last weekend. What a waste of money....

So did I... awful. I also saw the Trailer Park Boys movie, which was a huge disappointment. The TV series is far more nuanced, edgy, and has more sophisticated/subtle humour and detail. Not to mention that almost every scene in the movie was rehashed from the series. It just didn't translate to the screen (different camera angles gave it a totally different feeling too) and was poorly written for diehard fans IMO. We didn't want to see the same old jokes again, we wanted a more potent version. Instead we got a watered down film with a totally different feel (no detail).

Well, thanks for the heads up there Jonatas.

I just saw the finnish-chinese collaboration Kalevala-Wuxia movie
Jade Warrior
http://www.jadewarrior.net/

A couple of my friends were working on that movie - director and editor :)

I saw A Knight's Tale yesterday.

That movie had great music. It was pretty awesome overall I thought.

The last movie I saw was The Covenant.

Not bad IMHO. :cooool:

That movie had great music. It was pretty awesome overall I thought.

I like the way they melded Classic rock with the medieval times. I was at a Ren fest a couple of weeks ago, and they had a small area where people were doing some dances from back then. Told a buddy of mine we should start playing Golden Years and see what happens.

Just got around to seeing Napolean Dynamite. I don't get what all the hype was about. It was an okay movie, but I felt like I was watching some random person's life.

The Queen, very good.

I am now watching Blues Brothers.

Yeah, I saw that on AMC last night. I only watched a few scenes because Lost was on . . .

I saw Hollywood Homicide yesterday.

Yeah, I saw that on AMC last night. I only watched a few scenes because Lost was on . . .

You picked Lost over The Blues Brothers?

I'm gonna have to check with the rest of the staff and see if that's a permbannable offense.






:joke:

I saw Fight Club a couple of days ago. Great movie, much better than I'd expected. Very different, loved the twist towards the end.

You picked Lost over The Blues Brothers?

I'm gonna have to check with the rest of the staff and see if that's a permbannable offense.



:joke:

An original series v a rerun on AMC that would be hacked/edited and generally ruined... I'd pick lost too...

*adds Paradigne to list*

But....but....but...It's a classic! How can lost possibly beat "No ma'am. We're on a mission from god." And Carrie Fisher shooting rockets at them! You just can't beat that!

Yeah, but a bowdlerized version that was already half over by the time I started watching just won't do.

You picked Lost over The Blues Brothers?

I'm gonna have to check with the rest of the staff and see if that's a permbannable offense.






:joke:
Gonna agree with you, Im not really into Lost.

Last night i watched The Boys From Brazil. Haven't seen it for years, it's still good.

I saw it once; it seemed interesting.

*adds Paradigne to list*

But....but....but...It's a classic! How can lost possibly beat "No ma'am. We're on a mission from god." And Carrie Fisher shooting rockets at them! You just can't beat that!

Real easy: open DVD player, insert DVD watch Blues Brothers without commercials... If I was flipping through and saw it on TV, I'd go right past it ;)

Going to see Grudge 2 today don't know if it's gonna be any good.

Going to see Grudge 2 today don't know if it's gonna be any good.

It's not gonna. ;)

I saw "The Devil Wears Prada" on tuesday. It is an excellent movie.

right now watching Pirates of the Carebean.

I am meaning to go see a movie in a theater; havent done that in years :)

Any suggestions? (is black dhalia any good?)

School for Scoundrels was pretty good. I haven't heard good things about The Black Dhalia.

Saw the majority of Dances with Wolves the other night. Missed a portion during the second half of the movie.

Also, Jurassic Park is on T.V. again, so I am watching it again. That is such an awesome movie. :yeah:

I saw Thank You For Smoking last night. I didn't like it. :(

Xmen The last stand - not bad, 4/5 Stars if u just want action, excellent graphics and nothing else. basically, little to no character development. Else 3/5.

The Da vinci code - Not as good as think and probably will be hard to understand if i have not read the book, Too many things to be put into a 2 hrs movie(even for such a simple book) but nonetheless, the show is still not bad. 3/5 stars.

Dragon Tiger Gate - Chinese Kungfu movie from comics. decent fighting, CG and acting. Not much plot but still quite enjoyable 3/5 stars too :D

*adds Paradigne to list*

But....but....but...It's a classic! How can lost possibly beat "No ma'am. We're on a mission from god." And Carrie Fisher shooting rockets at them! You just can't beat that!
The Nazis and the fifty police car pileup were great too. Oh, and can't forget Rawhide!


My most recent new movie was The Return of Martin Guierre. It was in French, and it was for my Women in Europe class. It was good, though, I definitely didn't know he wasn't Martin until the end.

You picked Lost over The Blues Brothers?

I'm gonna have to check with the rest of the staff and see if that's a permbannable offense.

Over the weekend I watched:

Lost, Season 2; Episodes 8-17. That's a permban * 10!

Nice playing with you guys. Goodbye! :wavey:

Just had a quick peek at Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog/Timothy Treadwell, but decided to save that one for a better occasion. Hungover...

I saw Man of the Year last night. Every American should see it.

I saw Fearless yesterday. :goodjob:
It's a lot better than most movies with Jet Li (but not as good as Hero).

I showed my nephew "The Princess Bride". He'd never seen it. He's 17. tsk tsk

I saw Silverado again this weekend. Great movie

I haven't heard good things about The Black Dhalia.

It's quite good, bit gruesome in parts though.

It's quite good, bit gruesome in parts though.

Isn't that the point with murder mysteries?

Watched Freeway (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116361/). Weird but still worth a watch, allthough nowhere as good as Natural Born Killers, no matter what the review said.

I didn't even see that many similarities between this and NBK, though. :hmm:

The second weekend movie was The Matador (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365485/). Allthough not quite what I expected - more laughs than action - it still was quite enjoyable.

Watched Severance Yesterday. Its fun, its bloody, its low budget and stupid. Much better than those Holloywood horror movies with stupid teenagers thou. and the british humour are crude and funny as always. 3.5/5 stars :D

I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark last night.

i saw "station manager" recentlt. wasnt great.

wasnt bad, but it was not great, had i known how it was before hand, i wouldnt have watched it.

I am meaning to go see a movie in a theater; havent done that in years :)

Any suggestions? (is black dhalia any good?)
if i can offer 1 piece of advice about cinemas, its dont go.

people talking to each other and eating stuff and chewing with their mouth open always ruined it for me.

I showed my nephew "The Princess Bride". He'd never seen it. He's 17. tsk tsk

I saw Silverado again this weekend. Great movie

Excellent movie! We were talking about that in class yesterday. I love the scene with the wine glasses being switched. Its a classic movie. :cool:

I saw V for Vendetta a few hours ago.

I liked the Benny Hill parody, and the actor playing the dictator. However i do not see what purpose this film has; without the Guy Fawkes modification it is just another 1984-clone :S

There was no character depth, and the theme of the abominated central character who becomes a vigilante is just too used-up by now imo

I saw "The History Boys" a few nights ago. Some of the funniest, sharpest writing I've seen on screen for a while (by Alan Bennett). The acting was very impressive (same cast as the long running stage show apparently) and the honesty between the boys and teachers was quite refreshing to see. It was also a wonderful comment on the nature of knowledge in schools; with a tension played out between Hector, who preferred a more chaotic 'knowledge for its own sake' approach to teaching and the Headmaster, who was drearily driven by results and 'quantifiability'. Very telling on the ways our societies are going.

Over the weekend I watched:

Lost, Season 2; Episodes 8-17.I like your style. I find that I simply cannot, rather will not, sit down for an hour on a specific evening each week to watch them. So I did much the same. Watched the whole of series 2 in about 3 days flat. It was excellent!
Just had a quick peek at Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog/Timothy TreadwellThanks for the reminder. :)

I saw V for Vendetta a few hours ago.I thought that was well worth seeing. The main character was complete in his moral make up. Very good stuff in that one! But I agree the characters lacked depth and that the state was a bit of a pastiche.

I saw V for Vendetta a few hours ago.

I liked the Benny Hill parody, and the actor playing the dictator. However i do not see what purpose this film has; without the Guy Fawkes modification it is just another 1984-clone :S

There was no character depth, and the theme of the abominated central character who becomes a vigilante is just too used-up by now imo

i saw this movie a few days ago and liked it alot. 4/5.

yeah it has some flash and ninja style blade work, but ill take that over too much drama and too much talking, im not reading a book, i wanna see crap explode! :goodjob:

in fact i watched the ending twice.

ps.ive also seen half of grizzly man, it wasnt really entertaining knowing what happened to the guy so i didnt see all of it.

x-men 3. pretty good,but not as good as I had hoped:(
good thing I ony rented it:p

Oh and for the south-UK based film fans, The London Film Festival (http://www.lff.org.uk/index.php) is on for the next few weeks. I'm going to see "37 Uses for a Dead Sheep" (http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=923) and "Red Road" (http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=1138) on Sunday.

im watching the movie Red Dawn.

havent seen it in many years. its easily the dumbest thing ive ever seen in my life.

if you have something going in your life, if you have a life, i recommend you watching this movie, its so bad, its really good! :lol:

if you live in a cabin you built on top of your buried weapons cache waiting for the race war to start: GO WOLVERINES! :goodjob:

I watched Temple of Doom yesterday.

Can't really think of anything more appropriate than "Ghosts". "Gengangere" litterally means "those who walk again". The most direct translation would be "Rewalkers", but that word doesn't exist:)

"Revenants". Different etymology (comes from French) but has pretty much the same literal meaning -- "those who come again". Also sounds more sinister and stylish than a mere "ghosts".

Obtopic: Twillight Samurai is the most recent movie I've seen. Pretty good stuff.

I'm gonna make time to watch The Towering Inferno this weekend.

im watching the movie Red Dawn.

havent seen it in many years. its easily the dumbest thing ive ever seen in my life.

if you have something going in your life, if you have a life, i recommend you watching this movie, its so bad, its really good! :lol:

if you live in a cabin you built on top of your buried weapons cache waiting for the race war to start: GO WOLVERINES! :goodjob:
I'm certain I've seen movies dumber than Red Dawn.

I'm certain I've seen movies dumber than Red Dawn.

no trust me, back when it came out it didnt seem as dumb, like i didnt remember it as being half as dumb as it actually was. go back and watch it, you will be amazed.

I watched The Last Crusade yesterday.

no trust me, back when it came out it didnt seem as dumb, like i didnt remember it as being half as dumb as it actually was. go back and watch it, you will be amazed.

I recently watched it. It was pretty awesome.

Saw The Departed sunday night. It was brilliant. I never really understood the adjective "self-assured" when it came to movie making but I do now. The makers simply had faith in the writing and didn't add anything stupid or unnecessary. It kept picking up speed and building momentum that by the time the rollercoaster crashes into a wall at the end of the movie you are stunned. Excellent stuff, recommended for all.

no trust me, back when it came out it didnt seem as dumb, like i didnt remember it as being half as dumb as it actually was. go back and watch it, you will be amazed.

I did watch that just a few years ago and while it was certainly quite dumb indeed, you underestimate the sheer depths of dumbness possible in a movie. For I assure you, there are far, far worse ones out there. A quick perusal of the movie review column at somethingawful should suffice to demonstrate this.

I saw I Am Sam, with Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer.

It wasnt a great movie, good actors couldnt save the thin storyline. only upside was i was reminded of how beautiful michelle pfeiffer is, i had almost forgotten that. 4/10

another movie i saw recently was Midnight Run from 1988 with Robert Deniro. Its a really great movie, recommended. 8/10

I saw Iraq For Sale last night. I recommend everyone on Earth watch this, in particular Americans. Especially anyone supporting the war.

You can attend a screening of the movie by going to this website:
http://iraqforsale.org/

I also saw The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, both last weekend. Both are very good movies.

Last night I saw Atomic Cafe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/) in finnish television for the second time.

Plot Outline: Disturbing collection of 1960s United States government issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Army information film: When not close enough to be killed, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.

Civil defense film: Be sure to include tranquilizers to ease the strain and monotony of life in a fallout shelter. A bottle of 100 should be sufficient for a family of four. Tranquilizers are not a narcotic, and are not habit-forming.

Classic stuff.

When not close enough to be killed, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.

They are right, you know.

In one class I saw a WWII propaganda film about the Japanese-American internment camps. It wasn't what I was expecting. They weren't at all racist, and they did recognize the problem with detaining citizens of a democracy without charges. But they claimed that it was necessary for the war effort (a Japanese invasion of the mainland was a real fear), and even said that most of those detained accepted it as their patriotic duty. Which I doubt - but they didn't villify anyone.

They are right, you know.Yes, of course.

That's the whole point of these films for me at least, about human psychology.
It shows exactly how reasonable things seem to be even though they are absolutely horrendorous.

I watched The Last Crusade yesterday.
Are you reffering to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or smthing else ... :hmm:

I saw Spartan yesterday, pretty good movie.

I saw Man of the Year in theatres Sunday evening. It was funny, although not as funny as I've come to expect from Robin Williams movies.

Anger Management is on TV right now

Anyone know the difference betweek the Director's cut and regular cut of Blade Runner? I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

Anyone know the difference betweek the Director's cut and regular cut of Blade Runner? I'm too lazy to look it up right now.Director's cut doesn't have narration, has music from Vangelis (not sure did original have it?) and the ending is bit different with slight hint that Deckard doesn't acknowledge something.

I prefer the Director's cut of course.
One of my favourites.

I saw the first 2/3 of the Director's Cut, but none of the original - but I know the big twist anyways.

I also saw Hitch, last weekend - very cliched but somewhat entertaining.

Hitch was cute. I like the part when Al started dancing.

Wasn't impressed with Blade Runner. Very boring. I might try watching it again, and see if I can understand it better.

We are studying Blade Runner at school in Media Studies. It's very odd.

I watched The Cable Guy yesterday.

We are studying Blade Runner at school in Media Studies. It's very odd.

Read the book of the film 'Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', It'll clear up a few things, and it's better. Even though the film is quite brilliant.

I saw Chronicles of Narnia today.
Eh... whatever. Unimpressed by it; i don't hate it tho.

I saw Glory Road yesterday. I didn't like it, it was a cheap Disney version with extremely cheap basketball scenes. I give it a 3/10.

I saw Equilibrium last time.

The best low budget film I've ever seen.

I saw X3: The Last Stand. Easily the least of the three XMen movies. It's a shame they had to kill so many people. They could have made an endless number of XMen movies if they didn't murder so many of the characters.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383574/). I disliked the stupid screenplay, the childish action, and Johnny Depp's horrendous over-acting even more than in the first one. Nice make-up, cool kraken, but that's it. :ack:

I saw Saw 3 yesterday. It was the most gorey of the Saw series. I thought it was pretty good, yet a bit different than the first two.

I saw Saw 3 yesterday. It was the most gorey of the Saw series. I thought it was pretty good, yet a bit different than the first two.

Sounds sweet! Can't wait to see that one! :D

Sounds sweet! Can't wait to see that one! :D

Don't eat too soon before you go though ;)

I saw Equilibrium last time.

The best low budget film I've ever seen.

Awesome movie! One of my favorites. :thumbsup:

I saw Saw 3 yesterday. It was the most gorey of the Saw series. I thought it was pretty good, yet a bit different than the first two.
OOooo can't wait. :bounce:
Awesome movie! One of my favorites.
Agreed. :thumbsup:

I watched The Cable Guy yesterday.


i saw that POS in a cinema. it sucks the big one.

im watching stephen kings the stand again and its not bad, but comparing to the book it is.

The Cable Guy isn't that bad if you realize that it's not a comedy, but a dark comedy. Jim Carrey pulled it off perfectly. I think a lot of people went to this movie expecting to see Fireman Bob and Ace Ventura... But that's not the way the movie goes at all.

I hated it the first time I saw it. Saw it again a few months later and it was better the second time around.

Believe it or not I just saw Private Ryan a few months ago.

I believe it.

I haven't seen it yet, myself.

I believe it.

I haven't seen it yet, myself.
Its really a great movie, if you can get past the really gorey seens. The first movie I will confess ever made my eyes watery.

OOooo can't wait. :bounce:

Originally Posted by Turner
Awesome movie! One of my favorites.

Agreed. :thumbsup:

Hey! :king: :goodjob:

Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions.
I did not like them (well i had seen them before, but sometime ago).
The worst part was when the brooklyn prophet went on to "explain" that everything metaphysical was "exiled programs", with vampires, hallucinations etc all brought into the same category. That was a very poor script :/

The original Matrix was somewhat better; at least it did not include so many utterly childish ploys such as the antropomorphism of the programs. A french program and an indian program :eek: why exactly were they french and indian? did they actually form a view about french and indian civilisation? not really, they just were moneygrabbing cliche programs :p

Generally everything in the Matrix series is full of holes, and as such the series is of very low quality.

My Bank holiday weekend viewing:
Saturday: Carlos Reygadas's Battle in Heaven
Sunday: Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Story
Monday: David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch

I saw Equilibrium last time.

The best low budget film I've ever seen.I saw the first five minutes of Equilibrium, but my dad turned it off because he thought it was rubbish.

I saw Twelve Monkeys yesterday. That was weird, but good.

I saw the first five minutes of Equilibrium, but my dad turned it off because he thought it was rubbish.

See it without your dad?

I saw Saw 3 yesterday. It was the most gorey of the Saw series. I thought it was pretty good, yet a bit different than the first two.

People are fainting in cinemas all over Britain. It must be good! :D

I saw the first five minutes of Equilibrium, but my dad turned it off because he thought it was rubbish.
Actually, I just watched it, and the first five minutes did give a quite bad impression. But the movie in itself is great. Although it is very similar to Brave New World... a bit too much so perhaps.

I saw Children of men yesterday. I really liked it, I did good dragging you into the alpocalyptic atmosphere of 2027 Brittain in a world where people are unable to procreate anymore.

However I have the feeling they could have gotten more out of it. It has a great premise (protect the only baby left in the world) but they could have worked it out more.

The scene where they carry the baby outside through the warzone, everybody stops fighting and is just in awe of the crying little human in its mother arms was beautifull

Tonight: The Departed :)

I watched 4, count 'em, 4 movies at school today.

MacBeth - it sucks, but so does the book.
Van Helsing - This actually surprised me and was quite good.
Young Frankenstein - I've seen this before, but it was still hilarious.
Casper - :blush: This is the first time I've seen it, and I didn't like it. Of course, it was hard for me to enjoy in Spanish. ;)

People are fainting in cinemas all over Britain. It must be good! :D

:lol: I thought I was gonna faint during it because it was so intense ;) I just hope Middle Eastern terrorists don't see this movie and get new ideas...

I went and saw "A Good Year" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401445/) last night. Whilst being quite simplistic in its delivery and obvious in its message, the film was nevertheless very enjoyable, with a worthwhile message that we can't be reminded of enough. It also seemed to be quite a personal comment from an aging, mellowing, somewhat lazy Ridley Scott, who lives but 20 miles from where most of the film was shot. He's living the message.

I saw Outfoxed last night. Everyone in America should see it, especially proRepublicans. I doubt they would.

:clap: Good on you Phlegmak. Well worth it no?