Well, the last one got locked so here is the newest.

I actually watched 3 movie today!!

I saw I Am Legend for the second time, and liked it just as mcu has the first. It was very intense.

I also saw Superbad for the second time, and thought it was even funnier than the first time. Definately one of the funniest movies ever.

I saw Fight Club for the first time and liked it quite a bit. It had it's ups and downs, but I actually really liked the ending.

I saw National Treasure 2. What an idiotic plot, and not even in the good way. :lol:

"I am legend" = GARBAGE.

National Treasure 2, the plot was pretty out there, and I found it pretty boring.

Well, the last one got locked so here is the newest.

I actually watched 3 movie today!!

I saw I Am Legend for the second time, and liked it just as mcu has the first. It was very intense.

I also saw Superbad for the second time, and thought it was even funnier than the first time. Definately one of the funniest movies ever.

I saw Fight Club for the first time and liked it quite a bit. It had it's ups and downs, but I actually really liked the ending.

I saw Fight Club 2 days ago as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it :D.

"I am legend" = GARBAGE.

Thank you for your enlightening take and critique on the movie.. wait what?

I saw NT2 as well, what a cheap lame cash in that was even more outlandish than the first movie. You need quite a bit of suspension of disbelief for this

I saw National Treasure 2. It was really outlandish. But I put my brain on not-think and it was okay. I saw it with friends and we made jokes about it, so it's cool.

Tomorrow I'm going to watch Pan's Labyrinth. I heard it was excellent.

I saw Alvin and the Chipmunks :wallbash:

"I am legend" = GARBAGE.
Finally someone agrees with me!

I saw National Treasure 2. It was really outlandish. But I put my brain on not-think and it was okay. I saw it with friends and we made jokes about it, so it's cool.

Tomorrow I'm going to watch Pan's Labyrinth. I heard it was excellent.

You nailed it; NT2 is the type of movie which is best to watch with friends to ridicule it for mutual enjoyment.

Pan's Labyrinth isn't quite as suited for this though. :mischief:

sweeney todd was the best movie in 2007 that i saw...

casino royale...
I fell asleep during the movie..

just saw Citizen Kane for the first time, it was as great as they say!!!

I watched Over the Hedge with my family. It was okay. There were a couple of rather funny scenes, one that got me to bark a laugh.

casino royale...
I fell asleep during the movie..


I thought Casino Royale was a great movie!

sweeney todd was the best movie in 2007 that i saw...

Nah...It failed to entertain me at all.

Nah...It failed to entertain me at all.

how?



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casino royale...
I fell asleep during the movie..

Which one?

As promised/threatened in the previous thread I have watched some Bollywoodesque movie to see more of the utterly stunning Aishwarya Rai, just getting my feet wet with some Bollywood light.

Bride and Prejudice (no that is not a typo)

Apparently by the makers of Bend it like Beckham it's a Bollywood take on Jane Austen's book. Fun movie, fun music, fun characters and I even shed a single, perfect tear at the happy end (yes I always get teary with romcoms and I am not ashamed to admit it).

Next stop on the Aishwarya Ra obsession express train: Guru

Here are my holiday movie reviews.

1. Sweeny Todd: Liked the movie, albeit you get what you expect; blood, blood and more blood. Great music, great visuals. Worth seeing if you are not squeemish.

2. Charlie Wilsons War. I actually liked this one. It gives some very poignant insight to that era and what was going on 'behind the scenes'. Not entirely true, but true enough to hit home. Very entertaining.

3. National Treasure 2. If you see it, go on a matinee price. Its the same movie basically as the first one with less clues and less originality. Ok, but entirely what you would expect from that type of sequel....i.e. they want to make money off the originals popularity and didnt really do anything innovative.

4. I am Legend. Like the movie overall. Didnt really like how the CGI portrayed the infected - it gave the movie that 'Beowulf' feel that I have a hard time getting into. Will Smith does a good job.

I got snowed in at my friend's place on new years day.. Fortunately he has a movie theatre downstairs complete with a 120 inch high definition projector and surround sound.. not to mention video games of all sorts, including rock band.

In any case, I forget what we watched because we got high.

Thank you for your enlightening take and critique on the movie.. wait what?

I saw NT2 as well, what a cheap lame cash in that was even more outlandish than the first movie. You need quite a bit of suspension of disbelief for this

I wasn't trying to make an argument for it. I just saw the movie and stated my opinion, but if you really want to know...

The movie was full of cliche events, thoroughly predictable, so many things happened that made you grind your teeth in disgust and disbelief, a movie without a real climax, and perhaps the worst most nonsensical ending in the history of film.

...it barely qualifies as a movie, in my opinion. I will NEVER forgive Will Smith for that garbage.

I got snowed in at my friend's place on new years day.. Fortunately he has a movie theatre downstairs complete with a 120 inch high definition projector and surround sound.. not to mention video games of all sorts, including rock band.

In any case, I forget what we watched because we got high.

can I please buy your friend?

I thought Casino Royale was a great movie!

Which one?

Well, it's an good movie, but there was this part in the middle that I found rather...boring. but I woke up at the appropriate time and saw the end part and all (the house sinking in venice was a nice effect)

But Today I saw "the Departed" and I must say this movie outclasses a lot of movies, the acting is great, the action is good, the story is very well written, the tension in the movie was very well paced. I did found the film editing a bit abrupt at times. (at least it wasn't the film editing like in gangs of New York where it seemed like The Butcher did the film editing himself :lol:)

Has anyone seen 'No country for old Men'?
I got dragged along to it and it was ok. I still don't know who got the money. Was it the Mexicans?

how?


Violence was gratuitous. The love story was so cliche. Basically there were some things that worked against it on top of it being sub-par in terms of drawing me in and enteraining me.

Well, it's an good movie, but there was this part in the middle that I found rather...boring. but I woke up at the appropriate time and saw the end part and all (the house sinking in venice was a nice effect)

But Today I saw "the Departed" and I must say this movie outclasses a lot of movies, the acting is great, the action is good, the story is very well written, the tension in the movie was very well paced. I did found the film editing a bit abrupt at times. (at least it wasn't the film editing like in gangs of New York where it seemed like The Butcher did the film editing himself :lol:)

THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

1. I am Legend ; Pretty much total garbage. I read the original story by Richard Matheson and its was great. Definitely the inspiration for classic movies like "Night of the Living Dead". But the movie was typical CGI crap mixed with the "star power" of Will Smith.

2. Juno: Pretty good. Had some funny moments. Not a great comedy in the league of "The 40 Year Old Virgin", but definitely worth at least a rental once it comes out on DVD.

3. 28 Weeks Later: Rented this over X-Mas vacation and man, if you like a good nihilistic horror movie, you can't do much better. The first 15 minutes are about as good as you can get and it never lets you feel safe. Two thumbs up!

4. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry: I only agreed to watch this because Wifey rented it and begged me to join her. Plus I had just beaten the crap out of Shaka in my first Monarch game (Duel map), so I had some free time. It was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Had some funny moments. If you are not expecting the second coming of "Blazing Saddles" (In terms of laugh-out-loud comedy), you could do a lot worse.

5. No Country for Old Men: I am a BIG fan of Cormac McCarthy, so I had high hopes for this adaptation of his third-best book IMHO (Behind "Blood Meridian" and "The Road"). I was not disappointed. Great movie all around. Definitely worthy of Oscar consideration. The Coen brothers are almost always right on the money with their movies. Off-topic, but if you have read "The Road", you may be interested to know it is being made into a movie starring Vigo Mortenson (Aragon from the Lord of thee Rings) as "Father". If you have not read "The Road", do yourself a favor and buy it. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and is one of the most haunting books you'll ever read.

Has anyone seen 'No country for old Men'?
I got dragged along to it and it was ok. I still don't know who got the money. Was it the Mexicans?

Yes it was the Mexicans.

THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

what the hell do you mean? :lol:

what the hell do you mean? :lol:

WHICH MOVIE CALLED CASINO ROYALE DID YOU SEE?

WHICH MOVIE CALLED CASINO ROYALE DID YOU SEE?

THE JAMES BOND ONE WHEREIN THE CHICK DIES (X2)

THE JAMES BOND ONE WHEREIN THE CHICK DIES (X2)

THE REAL JAMES BOND ONE OR THE SATIRE ONE?

THE REAL JAMES BOND ONE OR THE SATIRE ONE?

THE REAL ONE, ALTHOUGH THEY GOTTA EXPLAIN HOW IT COMES ITS '06 JAMES BOND HAS JUST BEGUN HIS CAREER AND M IS OLDER THEN WHEN JAMES BOND WAS AN VETERAN....

WHICH MOVIE CALLED CASINO ROYALE DID YOU SEE?

Cheezy, im not completely sure but judging from his posts in other pages I would wager hes not a native English speaker.........



I saw I am legend, I personally thought it was great myself, I liked the book better but the movie and the book were far to different to really be comparable to each other. As many of you who have heard about it have probably already......heard:confused: the last third of the movie wasn't particularly engrossing. And the reasons for him becoming a legend in the movie wouldn't really make him a legend, in the book however, he literally becomes a legend and it was much more interesting. All of the night folk in the movie seemed stupid and incompetent which was not the case with the novel(or novella, is it short enough to be called that, or is there some other defining classification?). All in all, I would give it an 8 out of ten I suppose.


and the CGI was . .. .. .. .............

Well, my wife and I saw a movie tonight that was very, very good and I highly recommend it. Its Denzel Washingtons "The Great Debators".

Very well done with a very strong message and theme. Also a true story. My wife thought it would be boring, but it wasnt. A very good drama with a compelling story.

I saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday. I liked it. It was great.

The faun talks funnily though. 8)

I saw "The Thing" on cable however was not as impressed as I thought I would be

I saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday. I liked it. It was great.

The faun talks funnily though. 8)
The Spanish version is much better. :smug:

Casino Royale was great.

Finally a good bond movie after all these years of craptastic ones.

Blood Diamond - 5/10

Arn: The Knight Templar. Boy was that a let down

Re-read the book, stay clear of the movie (I'd go into detail why it sucks, but I doubt anyone here has heard of it/seen it)

I saw Juno and liked it a lot. The two main actors were amazing, and worked amazingly well together. I really liked the soundtrack, and the story was good too. The movie was pretty funny at parts (basically every part with Michael Cera).

Overall I would give the movie 4/5

Italian for Beginners
Under The Sun
Saraband

Saraband sucked ass. The other two were ok.

Violence was gratuitous. The love story was so cliche. Basically there were some things that worked against it on top of it being sub-par in terms of drawing me in and enteraining me.

let me guess...you consider shoot em up a great great movie?


i'm guessing you went into the movie not knowing what it was about or what it was based on...if so I guess I can understand your view on the movie...

but remember, it's a burton movie 'there will be blood'

I just finished Sunshine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/).. first 2/3 were good, last 1/3 utter total garbage, rarely have i seen a movie that has wasted so much of it's potential [pissed]

007: The World is Not Enough - 6/10

I watched An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West for the first time in years. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

I watched Eastern Promises in which portrays a fictional clash between 'real people' and the Russian Mafia in London. I thought it was a great movie. One of the few movies I've watched in a long time where the violence actually seemed real and disturbing. 8.5/10

I also saw Fun With Dick and Jane. Very funny movie. Highly recommended if you haven't already seen it. 7.5 on 10

I also saw three parts of the BBC documentary Earth - The Power of the Planet. Basically, a great documentary on the geological history of the planet earth. Comparable to the Planet Earth series. Very beautiful. 8/10

I just saw The Man from Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/)

which was strange.. but good!

it's 100% dialogue. no action, no special effects, and it all takes place in 1 house.

don't be deceived though - it is a very thoughtful sci-fi, although some hardcore Christians might find this a little bit blasphemous.

Weirdville - Have not chuckled and giggled as much at a movie in a long time. Yes, I chuckle and, yes, I giggle. You got a problem with that?

The Ten - Did not know anything about it before I saw it. My facial expressions in consecutive order: :hmm: :dunno: :shifty: :undecide: :hatsoff: :lol:

I watched Eastern Promises in which portrays a fictional clash between 'real people' and the Russian Mafia in London. I thought it was a great movie. One of the few movies I've watched in a long time where the violence actually seemed real and disturbing. 8.5/10

.....

Yeah, it's a great movie.

For a Few Dollars More

It was good, even though the bounty hunters were clearly superhuman indestructible sharpshooters, able to shoot a nickel in the air from 100 feet away. This movie was not as good as The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Children of Men. One word: Awesome.

I watched An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West for the first time in years. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

I really loved An American Tail when I was younger, and I'm pretty sure I also lovedAn American Tail II.

let me guess...you consider shoot em up a great great movie?


No.


i'm guessing you went into the movie not knowing what it was about or what it was based on...if so I guess I can understand your view on the movie...

but remember, it's a burton movie 'there will be blood'

No I barely knew the name of the movie, I was going with friends and they chose it.:sad:

American gangster, very good movie which totally absorbed me, a refreshment after the complete BS of "i am a legend"

just saw Star Wars episode 1 and now on to episode 2....woot

Mr. Bean's Holiday
Great film. Made me laugh out loud, which is a rarity.
It's not everybody's cup of tea, but a must-see for anyone who liked the television series.

Superbad and The Great Mouse Detective.

No Country For Old Men

Talking about long winded even though intriguing, nicely shot and well acted movie which has the most anti-climax ending of all time.

"Character" ... some kind of a Dutch film taken place in the early interwar years or prior to WWI. I forget.

For a Few Dollars More

It was good, even though the bounty hunters were clearly superhuman indestructible sharpshooters, able to shoot a nickel in the air from 100 feet away. This movie was not as good as The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

I think it pretty much has the monopoly on the most badass movie ever.

I finished watching I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry about 30 min. ago

It was ok, I guess :)

Recently, I watched:

The Hunt For Red October - I was going back and forth between this and the Fox News GOP Debate. Sometimes you just can't escape Fred Thompson!

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

Dazed and Confused

The Crocodile Dundee

Red Dawn

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Saw The Last King of Scotland yesterday. It was pretty good, Whitaker outshone every other actor in that movie IMO.

Casino Royale (1968), the one with David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Ursula Andress. Very funny, great music. It's one of the more viewed movies in my collection.

just saw Eastern Promises.

It was weird. Decent, but not great. Watch it only if you're pretty bored and nothing better strikes you.

Watched Idiocracy today, it turned out to be the scariest documentary i have ever seen :scared:.

I just saw Babel today.

Star Wars II

Man, that kid is whiny brat...

I saw The Bucketlist the other day. It was okay. Not too exciting.

2.5/5

Superbad. One of the better comedies I've seen in a long time.

Casino Royale (1968), the one with David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Ursula Andress. Very funny, great music. It's one of the more viewed movies in my collection.

Was it just me, or was Sellers pretty Bond-looking in his tux?:cool: That one gets a bad rap, but I liked it,too. It definitely has one of the best endings I've ever seen.:crazyeye:

Anywasy, I just got done watching Wall Street a few hours ago. That Gordon Gekko just never learns.

saw HISTORY BOYS (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464049/)
excellent movie. - sort of a funny drama.

story about a group of yorkshire grads finishing high school and preparing for the entrance exams to oxford and cambridge.
lovely script and acting.
great character.
good plot line.
engaged me from minute one.

I didn't like Sweeney Todd either, just for the record. I went in not knowing much other than that it was Depp/Burton and based on a musical. My objection was mostly that it was just way too slow, but I was also bothered by its predictability.

just saw Eastern Promises.

It was weird. Decent, but not great. Watch it only if you're pretty bored and nothing better strikes you.
were at a disagreement here then :D

im a serious fan of Cronenberg's work, and this movie is one of his most communicative and accesible movies.

granted, some will say he is "selling out", etc, but its still a great movie.
it sort of links to History of Violence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399146/).
another great movie, BTW.

this one has a great cast, a sharp plot, and excellent production (anywhere from photography to directing)

all in all, maybe NOT his BEST, but it sure kicks it as one of the top 10 movies i saw this year.
Cronenberg's mediocre output is usually better than the best movies around.
the man's a genius!

this movie is one of his most communicative and accesible movies.

We're agreed on that at least. But I also enjoyed Eastern Promises and agree that you could certainly do a lot worse at the local mutiplex this Saturday . . .

Oh, and movie I most recently viewed: Dan in Real Life.

Not good.

Bourne Ultimatum. Absolutely terrible.

saw HISTORY BOYS (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464049/)
excellent movie. - sort of a funny drama.

story about a group of yorkshire grads finishing high school and preparing for the entrance exams to oxford and cambridge.
lovely script and acting.
great character.
good plot line.
engaged me from minute one.

I thought it was slightly depressing.

Bourne Ultimatum. Absolutely terrible.

I agree.

Bourne Ultimatum. Absolutely terrible.

I thought Bourne Ultimatum was much better than Bourne Supremacy.

I would rank them

1. Identity
2. Ultimatum
3. Supremacy

Saw Cloverfield last night. Interesting combination of special effects and "low budget" style cinematography.

Saw Stranger than Fiction, which I rather liked. It happily plodded along, and I enjoyed the ending.

Bourne Ultimatum. Absolutely terrible.
What was so bad about it, except the lightning fast cutting and handheld camera optics?

I think in general it was pretty good action flick compared to other crap that comes around, even though I did wait something more based into two previous films.

I saw I am Legend last month, and I really enjoyed it. The vampire/monster whatevers were dumb and the ending was mediocre, but overall the movie was very good. (Will Smith acted well, at least) Earlier this month I saw National Treasure 2, which was....what you'd about expect. :p Kind of fun if you can completely shut your brain off. A week or so ago, I saw Charlie Wilson's War, which was actually pretty good. Not entirely accurate, but better than the average "Based on a true story" movie.

Children of Men. One word: Awesome.
Very good movie.

What was so bad about it, except the lightning fast cutting and handheld camera optics?

I think in general it was pretty good action flick compared to other crap that comes around, even though I did wait something more based into two previous films.

Maybe the fact that the main character is freaking indestructible and at the end falls from a skyscraper and lives?

;)

Maybe the fact that the main character is freaking indestructible and at the end falls from a skyscraper and lives?

;)Yeah, I know what you mean but in which action flick the main character isn't indestructable? Have you seen the new Die Hard movie example?

For me the point is that Bourne sometimes (example losing his girlfiend) is very desperate and basically "man in a mission" or "for revenge". Personally I wouldn't had minded even if Bourne had died in the end but then again Bourne is kind of character that is kind of "already dead" in terms of his life being hell after he steps into the program of becoming assassin.

I think example compared to Bond or MI movies Bourne is much more realistic (if you can use that term) or believable let alone some other action movies.

I saw Cloverfield and Juno this weekend, and both were very good.

I saw Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time last night: I thought it was pretty good. I thought Freddy would be a bit more badars, but it was still good.

A little while ago I saw the matrix trilogy for the first time. Gotta say that it followed the stereotypical hollywood trios, but the first was pretty darn good.

I saw Cloverfield. I thought it was fantastic. My friend threw up due to the "Blair Witch" style camera movements, haha.

High School Musical 2

Somebody kill me

I saw Cloverfield, I thought it was great.

High School Musical 2

Somebody kill me
:sniper:
you're welcome :D

last night i saw Plaster Caster (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287634/).
great docu about the ultimate groupie.
she has spent the last 35 years or so taking plaster casts of famous musicians, ahem, private members :D
she has Hendrix' in bronze.

great movie with nsights onto the art scene, with great interviews.

A documentary by Werner Herzog called "Little Dieter Needs To Fly".

Very good. 5/5
It's about us navy pilot, Dieter Dengler, who was shot down over Laos (?) and had to endure all kinds of torture for 5 months before he fled. Very inspirational story, I read somewhere that hollywood is gonna make a movie based on his story, starring that guy who was in the latest batman movie.

A documentary by Werner Herzog called "Little Dieter Needs To Fly".

Very good. 5/5
It's about us navy pilot, Dieter Dengler, who was shot down over Laos (?) and had to endure all kinds of torture for 5 months before he fled. Very inspirational story, I read somewhere that hollywood is gonna make a movie based on his story, starring that guy who was in the latest batman movie.
I saw that movie one week ago (Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale). It was quite good; I give it 4/5.

Yesterday I saw Ichi the Killer. It was ... strange, but what else could you expect from Japanese movies. :)

A documentary by Werner Herzog called "Little Dieter Needs To Fly".

Very good. 5/5
It's about us navy pilot, Dieter Dengler, who was shot down over Laos (?) and had to endure all kinds of torture for 5 months before he fled. Very inspirational story, I read somewhere that hollywood is gonna make a movie based on his story, starring that guy who was in the latest batman movie.
you probably mean - RESCUE DAWN (http://imdb.com/title/tt0462504/)
released mid 2006, its a nice movie.
deals with life in a POW camp.

I saw that movie one week ago (Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale). It was quite good; I give it 4/5.
agreed

Yesterday I saw Ichi the Killer. It was ... strange, but what else could you expect from Japanese movies. :)
Takashi Miike IS GOD!
*strange doesnt really even begin to explain his dementia.
but i loves it much, porgy :love: :whipped: :spank: :king:
--oh, and a link to the movie (http://imdb.com/title/tt0296042/)---

I saw that movie one week ago (Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale). It was quite good; I give it 4/5.

Yesterday I saw Ichi the Killer. It was ... strange, but what else could you expect from Japanese movies. :)

you probably mean - RESCUE DAWN (http://imdb.com/title/tt0462504/)
released mid 2006, its a nice movie.
deals with life in a POW camp.

Its released you say. Cool, Ill watch it, thanks.

If you liked the movie, I can recommend the documentary. :yeah:

I saw Cloverfield. I thought it was fantastic. My friend threw up due to the "Blair Witch" style camera movements, haha.

I'm a victim of that one also. Note: Do not watch that on a gigantic theater screen that completely takes up your vision. Urgghhh...

So I only made it about halfway through. I'll try it again when it comes out for the small screen; I should have an easier time there.

saw a few nice ones:

High School Confidential.
an art student of the geeky persuation falls in love with a model.
he wants to become the greatest artist today.
nice drama involving a murder or ten...

the Tattooist
NewZealandian thriller about a tattoo artist the goes for the healing tattoo thing.
there is this curse he gets following a scratch from a old tattoo needle.
very good.

Futurama - bender's big score.
animated flick from matt grouning (simpsons)
does everything the simpsons cant do.
very nice indeed.
sort of a tribute to loads of classic Sci-Fi flick.

Saw Dirty Harry: Clint Eastwood is the classic tough guy cop/takes no bs. A very good movie overall.

Roughnecks: Pluto Campaign

It was kind of dumb. Mildly entertaining. Maybe it's good for young boys.

I saw Charlie Wilson's War starring Tom Hanks and that other dude, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The film was good (4/5), but Philip Seymour Hoffman was awesome. I never got why people liked his acting so much, Now I know.

His first scene in the movie wheres hes having a fight with his boss is one of the coolest movie scenes I've ever seen.

Harry Potter: Order of Phoenix
The one with the most magic fight to date IIRC

Bee Movie... did not want to go at all. Whadayaknow, extremely entertaining. 4/5+

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8692/meccatizedjunoak4ey5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I saw Juno for the second time and liked it a lot again.

great music, great acting, great dialouge.

4.5/5

Ratatouille

Good cast, but over acting to compensate for ordinary script = 2/5.

I just saw six episodes of West Wing. I watched it because my wife wanted to see it. That show SUCKS ASS! Every single person talks the same and everyone is moving 100% of the time.

I saw Juno for the second time and liked it a lot again.

great music, great acting, great dialouge.

4.5/5

I saw it too, yet I didn't really like it. :)

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to watch Batman Begins and the original version of The Thomas Crown Affair (the one with Steve McQueen). I never really liked either version of the latter movie, though the original has the better crime by far. But again, I've never really liked either version. At least Batman made up for it.

Seraphim Falls, which had such a cop-out ending. Didn't really get much tension/thrills from Liam Neeson chasing down Brosnan either, but it was by no means a bad film.

Ratatouille

I saw this movie too, some time ago.

I thought it was good (3/5), Patton Oswalt rules.

The last I saw was Charlie Wilson's War.
I have had a lot of work at this time of year and only saw one movie yet this year. (In spite of going to the movies regularly) I have to update myself... BTW what was the last foreign movie did you saw, I mean, the last none-american movie did you saw?

I watched Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489247/) yesterday. It was pretty good. I didn't know that soccer was that big in the U.S. in the 70s.

The latest movie I saw is Fargo which was excellent, I'll be seeing 28 Weeks Later soon as well.

Update: I saw 28 Weeks Later and found it very disappointing.

I saw Into The Wild today and although the idea is cool, the movie was very boring. It also seemed really long (probably because it was so boring)

I give it 1.5/5

BTW what was the last foreign movie did you saw, I mean, the last none-american movie did you saw?

Has been some time, sadly. Only El Laberinto del Fauna and Volver spring to mind. Both of them excellent movies, though. Das Leben der anderen is supposed to be quite good but I haven't gotten around to watching that one yet.

Saw War of the Worlds yesterday. I must not have liked it that much, as (unlike with, for example, Cloverfield and Signs) the fact that the antagonists' motives either made no sense or weren't explained actually bothered me.

saw The Assassination of Jesse James.

*western set drama starring the pit boss.
rather good, if over long (2.5 hours or so)

if youre into a good slow movie, watch it, it is worth the time.

Saw:

Wordplay : It was ok.
The Claim: Sucked ass.
Donnie Darko: (2nd time I saw it) Awesome.
Dr. Who The Caves of Androzi: Sucked Ass.

No Country for Old Men on Friday - class, best movie I've seen in years. but now the Mrs. is obsessed with Josh Brolin (cant say I blame her - hes a very good lookin bloke). go and see it

I saw V For Vendetta a couple days ago. It was really really good. I loved it!

It also helped me understand why Anonymous chose to wear those masks when protesting against Scientology.

No Country for Old Men on Friday - class, best movie I've seen in years. but now the Mrs. is obsessed with Josh Brolin (cant say I blame her - hes a very good lookin bloke). go and see it

I agree, very good movie. One of the best I've seen for a long time.

I embarked upon a James Bond marathon, while I was ill. Started with doctor no, and viewed nine of them in a few days (I got to "The man with the golden gun"). I must say, I didn't like the first few when I was younger, but now I think they're quite nice.

I saw Be Kind, Rewind on Friday. I thought it quite funny.

I saw V For Vendetta a couple days ago. It was really really good. I loved it!

It also helped me understand why Anonymous chose to wear those masks when protesting against Scientology.

Any specific things about it that appealed to you?

I saw Jumper today. Pretty good, despite Hayden Christenson being in it.

"The 10th Kingdom"

That was a heck of a long movie! :eek:

Last night I watched Stranger than Fiction for the second time. The week before I watched Secretary, which was quite odd. The week before that one I watched the Iranian film Taste of Cherry.

I watched Vantage Points yesterday. Good movie.

Pistol Whipped - the latest (and hopefully last) of steven seagal's exploits.
not really anygood. but if youre sick, its a nice 90+ minutes....

:thumbsup:
Juno - Unique take on a common situation, with an artistic flair and great soundtrack.

:thumbsup:
The Other Boleyn Gril - True Story? Nice twist of events, good storyline (true or not), excellent acting. One of the better movies I've seen in recent years.

:thumbsdown:
Be Kind, Rewind - Inconsistent storyline, terrible acting, just watch the preview and you'll see all the funny parts (and save 90 min of your time).

All the episodes of Ali G in da USA. The guy who rented out the movies said it was a movie, so it counts as one!

I saw Rambo IV.

It was awesomeness in movie form. I've never been so happy about people being blasted to bits before.

Whoever made that movie knew how to, not only set em up (bad guys = EVIL), but also how to knock them the frag down (bad guys = mincemeat).

Some movies can't get that balance right, and they are just frustrating to watch (example, Hostel. not nearly enough payback).

The House of Sand and Fog, which was really, really intense.

I rewatched Tommy Boy over the weekend. Still as good as ever.

Soylent Green

Its message seems even more relevant today.

People are tasty?

C'mon, no way I spoiled that for anyone . . .

Maybe they are...

Since last posting about it, I can recall seeing the following that are worth mentioning:

~ Battle for Haditha: I thought it was excellent, with Nick Broomfield rightly taking the position that everyone was a victim. Using people actually involved in the events, or those like it, is an admirable continuation of the tradition of filmmaking process being one of reconciliation. Reminded me of Bloody Sunday, by Greengrass.

~ No Country for Old Men: Same opinion as others above. Needs seeing multiple times though, as with most Coen Bros films.

~ Stardust: Not as smaltzy as I expected. De Niro was brilliant as the gay pirate captain. What a character for him to play. Interesting pillaging of mythologies, especially the Algoquin and Iroquois tales of star people falling to earth and interacting with humans.

~ Sveto Mesto (Sacred Place): An awesome piece of Serbian horror, offering an Orthodox Christian take on the gothic horror tradition. With incest, necrophilia, horny witches and witchcraft, murderous feminists, lesbianism, weak willed priests...all given a retro look...what more could you want? It's based on a short story by Gogol, as is Mario Bava's Black Sunday/Mask of Satan btw, and is a fine example of Slavic "naive art" in storytelling form. It also got me onto reading Gogol's play The Inspector, which was great too.

~ The Harder They Come: I love the rough and ready style of 1970s Jamaican films (like Countryman), which makes a good case for substance over style. This offers a brutally honest depiction of Jamaican society, elitism in society in general and, of course, one kick ass soundtrack.

~ Any Given Sunday: This was surprisingly good actually. Even my good lady enjoyed it and she hasn't the first clue about, or interest in, American Football. I loved the sequence with Bill Withers' Use Me.

I saw "We won the Night" yesterday. It is okay but not good.

I saw Black Knight a couple of days ago. That movie could be used in the dictionary to define a 1-star film. And that's just because most star-scales don't involve a 0-star option. Or negatives.

Hitman: Yeah, I went for the quality again. Olyphant is as good as always - when he wants there's no one in Hollywood who can look as menacing as him. Movie itself was okay if you're looking for a dumb brainless action flick (which I luckily was at that moment).

Beowulf: Some nice visuals, big troll and nude (in a way) Angelina Jolie were the best parts. Especially the middle of the movie dragged really bad. Not much of a disappointment though as my expectations were quite low.

30 Days of Night: Unless you either must see all the movies with vampires or you're interested in spotting stupidities in films you might want to avoid this one (my excuse is closer to the first). From the start nothing really makes sense in this one: vamps are dumb, people are dumb and the passing of days can only be seen by occasional "DAY XX" texts on screen (nothing would have changed if this had happened during just one regular night).

Straw Dogs: Watched this one again as it came from TV. Not exactly a masterpiece (I think Peckinpah is somewhat overhyped) but still one of the few bearable films with Dustin Hoffman. Double standards and hypocrisy get an ok treatment.

Bourne Ultimatum: Worst of the Bourne films. Can't really think of much more to say.

~ Sveto Mesto (Sacred Place): An awesome piece of Serbian horror, offering an Orthodox Christian take on the gothic horror tradition. With incest, necrophilia, horny witches and witchcraft, murderous feminists, lesbianism, weak willed priests...all given a retro look...what more could you want?

Oh man, now I have to hunt that down somehow. For your sake I hope it's easily available :lol:

The Number 23.

One of the worst films I've ever seen (worse than Boondock Saints, not quite as bad as Dreamcatcher) - two hours of Jim Carrey having edgey sex, ugh. Plus it seems to have been written by a fifteen year old who's just discovered Raymond Chandler.

'Day of the Dead' (not yet released 08) and it was pretty good.

'No country for old men' Good movie ending was a little anti climatic. The cars really gave that late 70s early 80s feel. Brilliant execution of period.

~ No Country for Old Men:
flows better than the last flick, but slower than "bro, where art thou?"
to notch film.
like the RAM said, seeks, needs and deserves multiple views.

~ The Harder They Come:
welcome onboard, mon amie.
top dog film.
if you like "exploitation flicks" watch it!

~ Sveto Mesto (Sacred Place):
evil. plain evil.....
must see.... noWWWWW!

****
i am about to see the latest in the stargate series,
who's your caddy (probably a comedy) &
Zombies gone wild (if you need to ask what it is, you need to get a life)

Zombies gone wild !!!! Oh god its funny.

Juno was pretty good.

Bloody good luck to those of you hunting down Sveto Mesto. Afaik this was shown on TV in Serbia back in the '90s and has not been put on any kind of general release, even there. Which is a god-dang shame I tell you!!! I got treated to it by my bro-in-law, who went to film school with the director, Djordje Kadijevic, and was given his own personal copy. So ner! :p :lol:

Zombies gone wild !!!! Oh god its funny.Do you ever watch anything other than zombie movies? :lol:
Seen Diary of the Dead yet btw? Is it any good?

Do you ever watch anything other than zombie movies? :lol:
Seen Diary of the Dead yet btw? Is it any good?

Sometimes I watch other movies. :mischief:


Have not seen Diary of the Dead yet. But I did watch the British movie Zombie Diaries the other day. It was pretty damn good. Actually every British zombie movie has been pretty good.

I saw There Will Be Blood today. It was very long and a little bit boring. At the same time I found it kind of interesting, because it really wasn't about anything specific. The ending was rediculous, me and the girl I was with laughed about it for a long time.

Overall I would say it gets a 2.5/5, only because it is unique and I like unique movies, and because I can clearly see why the main actor won Best Actor this year. Other than that it was pretty boring.

the new StarGate movie is nice, if youre a fan of the series.
basically its a long episode.

saw Diamond Dogs last night.
its the new Dolf flick. he hasnt changed much in the 20? years of his illustrious movie career.
6.5 out of 10, just for nostalgia's sake.

Das Experiment

The movie was a two-hour long stress test. It was awesome, don't get me wrong, but don't watch it if you are in a bad mood or tired.

I saw Persepolis, which was very good.

I just read the book this week!

I saw Pride & Prejudice (the Keira Knightly version) and Serenity last night as a sort of "a movie you like and one I like" deal with my gf. I actually hadn't seen Serenity all the way through before, or since I saw all the episodes of the show, so I liked it more than before. And found Pride and Prejudice surprisingly enjoyable.

I went and saw No Country For Old Men finally. I thought it was really good, but I totally zoned out at the end. I have absolutely no idea why the cop was talking about his random dream.

4.5/5

I just watched The Mist. I have no idea why I was expecting it to be good but it surely wasn't. It was the same generic garbage as pretty much any other movie sold with Stephen King's name (and no, I don't really like his books either).

Ok, THIS IS THE REAL TRUTH!

INDEPENDENCE DAY SUCKS!

A neverending string of spoiler tags, especially when there's absolutely no purpose to them, is really just spam. - The Yankee

Ok, THIS IS THE REAL TRUTH!

INDEPENDENCE DAY SUCKS!

OMGROFLZLOL SO ORIGINAL MULTIPLE SPOILARS!1111shift7772

I just watched the original die hard...

I used to watch that movie at least once a year.

I think I'll watch No Country For Old Men tonight.

oh.........I just remembered that I watched LOTR: Return of the king extended edition last week...

My wife convinced me to watch American Psycho last night. A few observations:

1. I really need a new business card.

2. I'll never be able to listen to "Sussudio" ever again.

3. FEED ME A STRAY CAT

That said, I found the movie hilarious overall, though I have no inclination to read the book.

1408 -Dierctor's Cut
and
Across The Universe.

Both were aweeeesommmeee!

I just watched the original die hard...

Cool!

oh.........I just remembered that I watched LOTR: Return of the king extended edition last week...

Not cool! The non-extended version was too long already

The tattooist. And i thought american horror films were bad..

The tattooist. And i thought american horror films were bad..
you actually refer to it as "horror"? :eek:
a nice thriller is closer to the mark.
even closer is "if you have nothing to do, no book, and a broken sat dish..."

***
saw "You Move, You Die (http://imdb.com/title/tt0981116/)" last night.
very funny in an action packed aussie way.
and the final twist... worth every second of it.
8.5/10

I haven't seen this movie, but the trailer is more than enough to understand how this film is going to go. Would watching the whole thing be enjoyable? I don't think so, but maybe you will disagree...

It may have been mentioned before, but I'm not trawling through all the pages to look.

Teeth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH8yuld4DUE)

I haven't seen this movie, but the trailer is more than enough to understand how this film is going to go. Would watching the whole thing be enjoyable? I don't think so, but maybe you will disagree...
havent seen th etrailer, but i can guess how it looks, and it would indeed be a rather thick spoiler.

but it still is a fun movie.

and i bet the trailer WONT show you the end, that makes it all worthwhile...

Bloody good luck to those of you hunting down Sveto Mesto. Afaik this was shown on TV in Serbia back in the '90s and has not been put on any kind of general release, even there.

It seems there's some sort of DVD release (http://www.yu4you.com/items/en/dvd/item_114.html) but I have no idea if it's official or bootleg. I also found the film from, uh, my hard drive but I haven't found any sort of subtitles yet. If anyone knows where to get English or Finnish (or any language supported by online tranlators) subs for this please share the knowledge :)

I wen to Be Kind, Rewind last night. It was really funny at the begining, and made me laugh quite a bit. Slowly it went downhill, and by the end I was pretty bored. I thought the ending was pretty lame.

3.5/5

It's wierd that the last 3 movies I have seen have all had disappointing endings (There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Be Kind Rewind).

It seems there's some sort of DVD release (http://www.yu4you.com/items/en/dvd/item_114.html) but I have no idea if it's official or bootleg. I also found the film from, uh, my hard drive but I haven't found any sort of subtitles yet. If anyone knows where to get English or Finnish (or any language supported by online tranlators) subs for this please share the knowledge :)
i dont want you to do illegal things, but if you could share the link with us brave few?
via PM? to avoid the MODS wrath....?

or for that matter, ram, you have an original copy....
upload! :salute:

Last night I saw Never Give Up and it was good. It wasn't like an amazing story or anything, but the fighting was cool and the characters and story were decent. Also, the girls I went to see it with liked it because it had "hot" guys in it with their shirts off.

OMGROFLZLOL SO ORIGINAL MULTIPLE SPOILARS!1111shift7772

I really mean that Independence Day SUCKS!!!!

10,000 BC....

not too bad, funny, entertaining. dont think too much about it... i think it doesnt make sense... and lastly, the girl is hot...

The Mist.

The monsters were nice. Acting was poor, but i bet the actors could not do much with the absurd storyline. Character development was nearly non-existant.

Warning...

It was awesome, until I saw Dane Cook had a part in the movie.

I saw Alice in Wonderland and it was incredible. I definitely have to watch it again because I can't remember anything that happened in it, I just remember it being one of the best movies I have ever seen.

The Brave One: Nothing spectacular but Neil Jordan and Jodie Foster can hardly end up with a complete disaster. It was somewhat 80's (on a film like this that's a good thing) and followed closely on a footsteps of Death Wish and other old time vigilante films. Thumbs up for the attitude.

Sweeney Todd: Like everything done by Tim Burton The Demon Barber looks astonishing. Another of his trademarks is also present as the story is a bit on the thin side. Film is quite theatrical but what would you expect of a musical. Mostly the song scenes were good but I really didn't like Anthony's voice nor the Johanna song he did twice. Not a masterpiece but easily worth the 2 hours.

Rush Hour 3.. Ok I guess.. Some plot holes that do not get address at the end of the movies. I did not enjoy Jackie Chan's fights in this movie (I watched most of his movies), perhaps its because he is getting older..

The Insider... IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/)

Its schocking that this is not on top 250 on IMDB, best movie I got except Black Hawk Down, and I about 150 dvd's including several old classics. Russel Crow is amazing.

I rewatched To Kill A Mockingbird recently. Still one of my favorites.

I felt the need to watch Forrest Gump, Top Gun, and Troy again.

Salo 120 days of sodom.

What an utter crap movie. I was told it was good for its artistic vision. Lies. The movie was crappy crap of the highest order of craptitude.


About to put on "Bio Zombie" It'll be crap too but it will be intentionally.

I saw Spiderwick Chronicles. I liked it.

I saw Alice in Wonderland and it was incredible. I definitely have to watch it again because I can't remember anything that happened in it, I just remember it being one of the best movies I have ever seen.
There are a large number of movies with that name. Which one do you mean?

A few nights ago my wife and I watched the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. My thoughts:

Bland, bland, bland. The first two were entertaining; perhaps not the most memorable movies ever, but about what one should expect from a summertime action/adventure flick. Funny, improbable, with some originality, and what isn't original is still executed well.

This final one, on the other hand, was excruciating to watch. Almost completely bereft of the humor that kept the first two chugging along, and what little was left was lame--gags with the monkey, gags with the dwarf, and gags revolving around Capt. Sparrow's increasingly flamboyant madness (complete with doppelgangers!). The filmmakers seemed to have bitten off more than they could chew with the convoluted storyline, and it took them two and a half hours to sort out the mess. The eventual resolution wasn't clean,it wasn't pretty, it wasn't fun, and it just dragged on and on and on and on...the movie honestly seemed to last a whole hour longer than it actually did.

There are a large number of movies with that name. Which one do you mean?

ya, which 1 ??

Tweedledum: Oh, Dee! You're so great! I love you like a brother!
Tweedledee: Dum... I AM your brother.

:lol:

anyway, watch Flight of the Intruder yesterday, not bad... but william dafoe save the day again.

I think it was the 1951 Walt Disney version. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/

Anyways I was high when watching it, and I totally understood everything that was happening.

I just watched Juno and it was excellent.

Mad Money of Callie Khouri!

Queen Latifah, she's rocks!!! (Great Fan of her's)

I watched Stardust yesterday. It was pretty good. Similar to The Priuncess Bride.

3.5/5

No Country For Old Men: Excellent. Thought-provoking, but at the same time using cool action scenes to build the tension. The characters were well-written and well-acted. Also, using a cattlegun as a weapon is undeniably awesome. 5/5

Evan Almighty: Cute family Bible movie. Very well cast, nice story, but not very funny. I liked Bruce Almighty better, but I suppose it was written for a different audience. 3/5

I saw Doomsday yesterday. It was ok. Very bloody and violent.

Watched The Thin Man last night. Interesting detective movie; had a few comical moments and a Miss Marple-esque climax. It's not outstanding by today's standards, but it's still quite enjoyable.

Saw The Counterfeiters. Well acted with interesting moral dilema themes. Ranks up there whilst contrasting respectfully with The Pianist and Schindlers list for holocaust movies. Overall a deeply statisfying ,if at times depressing experience.

Been watching quite a few films in the past nights.

The Constant Gardener (Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz) - A good drama looking at the harsh realities of Africa and the help it receives.

The Inside Man (Clive Owen, Denzel Washington) A clever crime/heist film. Simply entertaining.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany) - Adventure/Action film portraying life onboard a British Navy ship in the Napoleanic Wars.

I don't like to rate films out of simply 5 or 10... but suffice to say that Rotten Tomatoes ranks then all around 85% 'fresh'. :goodjob:

Inside Man was simply brilliant.

I saw Vantage Point yesterday and really enjoyed it. It's a very intense thriller, but the scenes are repeated from different perspectives. You would think this would slow the movie down, but it certainly doesn't. Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox are great. Definitely a film to see just for the concept of multi-viewpoints. 4/5

I saw Pi again, for the 2nd time in my life. DAMN good movie.

I watched 'Doomsday' earlier today. It was ok for a post apocalyptic violence fest. The only thing I really didn't like was the cannibal part. It just seems far fetched to me that people would forget how to plant seeds and stuff.

No Country For Old Men - 4.5/5
Juno - 4/5
Trading Places - 4.5/5
American Gangster - 5/5

All great movies, I loved No Country and American Gangster.

Opinion on: I'm not there!
Is it a good movie to see?

American Gangster - 5/5

All great movies, I loved No Country and American Gangster.

I really enjoyed American Gangster as well, and I think I was helped by the fact I didn't think I would like it.

Also saw Stardust, which was lovely, and 30 Days of Night, which was meh.

I watched Scary Movie 2 on TV the other day. It is sooo funny. Definately the best Scary Movie.

The Bank Job

Go see it. It's not some idiotic teen bank robber movie with lots of high tech gadgetry, like The Italian Job was. This is about some low-tech petty criminals who rob a bank the old fashioned way and get caught up in some high level shenanigans while they're at it. It's got a sound plot, decent acting, good suspense, and lots a nudity.

A must see.

Diary of the dead


Now I like zombie movies and I really like Romero's ability to blend in a tale of the human condition in his zombie movies. This one was a movie about the human condition with zombies in it. I liked it even though I didn't particularly like the first person POV but I understand how it was part or the feel. Not the greatest zombie movie he's made but still good.

I'd have to say this a good movie more then its a good zombie movie.

Die Hard 4.0 / Live Free or Die Hard (Bruce Willis, Justin Long) - Awesome, although alot of "Yea, right..." moments. ;)

Payback (Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry) - A film-noir revenge movie. Fairly decent and satisfying. (Watching this made me think Mel Gibson should star as Max Payne if they ever make a the game-to-film move.)

I'm watching Alien vs Predator Requiem (2) right now.

You might ask what I'm doing here, if I'm watching a movie at the same time.
Well right there, you have a clue to how sucky this movie is. I dunno if I'll watch the rest of it.

The deal with the first movie was, everyone knows what the monsters look like, so all people were hoping for was some cool monster on monster action.

This movie, is all about dark places and just letting the viewer see a glimpse of the monsters, a lot of moving shadows and something glistening in the dark and scary crawling and hissing sounds and the like.

Which would have been a good idea if no one knew what the monsters look like (to a certain limit, maybe in the beginning parts of the film).

Now I think theyre doing it just to save money on the CGI.
The result is, I can't see . .. .. .. ..

Don't see this movie, it's a monster movie with no monsters, well visible ones. 1/5

The Bucket List by Rob Reiner with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

I'd love it!!!

Brilliant!

What will you do if you known the date on which you died?
A good answer is undoubtedly make a bucket list!!!

Saw Airplane II: The Sequel last night. Same set-up as Airplane! but still funny. Works fairly well as a stand-alone.

The Last King of Scotland. Very good movie, brutal too.

In French class, we finished watching the four-hour epic that consists of Jean de Florette and Manon des sources.

They both were beautiful.

In French class, we finished watching the four-hour epic that consists of Jean de Florette and Manon des sources.

They both were beautiful.

I think either my mother or grandfather still have both of those on VHS. Haven't seen either one myself, but I suppose I should at some point or another.

I watched "Babe" (the talking pig movie with James Cromwell and Hugo Weaving). Still cute as ever, but definitely still a kid's movie.

Will be watching "Fantasia" shortly. I honestly don't know why Disney still has never made this one available on DVD. Here's to dancing mushrooms, hippos, and brooms!

Fight club.

nice film, crazy, but nice...

another similar file will be stranger than fiction that i watched recently too...
unlike fight club, this 1 is suitable for the whole family and bring a smile to everyone...

highly recommended.

Not a movie, but John Adams on HBO. Highly recommend it to all you history buffs out there.

I saw 21 on Friday. This is the movie that taught me that the best way to identify that someone is both cool under pressure and has a rational, analytical, quick thinking mind is through . . . whether they have heard of the Monty Hall problem.

I mean, really.

I saw 21 on Friday. This is the movie that taught me that the best way to identify that someone is both cool under pressure and has a rational, analytical, quick thinking mind is through . . . whether they have heard of the Monty Hall problem.

I mean, really.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I saw the movie this weekend as well and I thought the exact same thing. I would hope the smartest kid at MIT would have a solid understanding of basic probability.

It's a shame, too, because the book that movie was based on (Bringing Down the House) was pretty solid. But the movie was a bad combination of Hollywood cliches and poor writing.

In other news, I saw The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford yesterday. Boring, boring, boring.

Terminal: Not bad. At first I thought it was going to be very boring if it's all about waiting in terminal, but luckily there was something else too. Though some sentimental and romantic parts were extremly stupid.
Woman marrries a man that she has never even spoken to...

Babel: When this was in cinemas I almost went to see it, but didn't because the review in Helsingin Sanomat gave impression that this is one of those movies where everything goes wrong and bad, and people have troubles and everything is sooooo hard (and that's why it's artistic and touching). I wouldn't have seen it even now if my girl didn't accuse me of being a snob when it comes to movies. Needless to say that my original instinct was perfectly correct. Characters were just marionettes trying to get deeper in misery, and their logic had some serious holes (which is understandable, because otherwise their lives wouldn't have been so miserable, and the film wouldn't have been as artistic it was).

Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others): The film is about Stasi spying on writer in 80s. Sometimes this seemed to contain too much of drama too, but it wasn't that bad (maybe the overdramatic music that bothered more). What makes a difference between this and films that exploit sad events is that this film also gives hope. I recommend to everybody. It could have been half an hour shorter though (as most of the films). I'm also curious about how truthful the film was about Stasi.

The Indiana Jones-films, all of them: I had seen them already as a kid, and this new spectation was partly for nostalgic reason. I'm surprised how much they consentrated on violence, especially the Temple of Doom, which had almost no other content. Also I was surprised how boring the action scenes are, usually I kind of "woke up" when the action was over, and realized that I had no clue about what had happnened. Other strange thing that I didn't notice when younger was how demonic Germans were portrayed: They were called nazies all the time, and they couldn't even ask for water without sounding like they would be ordering someone's death. Of course it's part of this kind of movies, where there has to be something purely evil, but it was surprising though.

Best in these films was of course escapistic archeology/adventure-thing, and if you can tune in to that mental state, parts 1&3 are recommendable.

Wonderland: A movie about murders John Holmes was involved with. I hoped this would have been more documentary type film, but it felt like dramatisation of the murders with no deeper knowledge about them. The film's main thing seems to be the character of John Holmes, but unfortunately it doesn't go to deep into it, and suddenly when interrogated he turns from a sad little man into a cool guy.

Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima: These were both very good. I won't say anything about the message of the films, if they had any, because it's better for everyone to see for themselves.


Edit: Boy, do I suck at writing English....

21: great movie

I just saw The Ruins. Not bad.

I saw The Plague Dogs last night. It was pretty good. If you liked Watership Down, you'd like this. I believe it's also the same artists, the same voice actors, and the same author that wrote the book The Plague Dogs. Or something like that.

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End.

Can I have my three hours back?

Robin Hood: Men in Tights last night at the urging of my girlfriend. Funny, but seemed a bit dated.

Lust, Caution

One of the best movies I have seen this year by far. I thought the sex scenes were slightly pronographic for my tastes but I wouldn't expect any less given the director :p. Better than Zwartboek.

'The Princess and the Warriors'

Its a Chinese film. Typical ass kicking good movie. There was even a love story in it some where. The grammatical error in the sub-titles was fun too.

Dawn of the Dead :2006

Just watched Casino Royal today.

Has the same James Bond smash!

:thumbsup:
28 Days Later
I Am Legend
23
Knocked Up

:thumbsdown:
Brokeback Mountain

Georgia Rule

A movie for Thomas Crapper to deal with.

August Rush

Love it!!!
The pure act of where does music came from.

The Golden Compass: I finally ended up watching this and it was exactly as bad as I feared or even more so. I felt awkward shame on behalf of the film makers and I absolutely had to fast forward the latter half.

Casting was off and at times the dialogue was plain stupid. Sets looked completely lifeless - indoor locations looked like everything was new and no one had ever lived in them, and outdoor locations just looked small and if within cities too polished. CGI was only mediocre. Most importantly the script had managed to ruin the only good book in the series and the director was at loss in the genre.

I am Legend, Beowulf, National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Saw "Funny Games."

I thought it would be an inferior copy from the Austrian version, but it is pretty much the same.

link to see the movie

http://66stage.com/

just scroll down from the Veoh Movies category.

Eastern Promises: With better writing this would have been superb but as it was it's only very, very good. Acting and directing were top notch which made it easy to forgive the small flaws in story (a bit clichéd and somewhat lacking in reasonable motivations for characters). Definetely one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Saw "Funny Games."

I thought it would be an inferior copy from the Austrian version, but it is pretty much the same.

link to see the movie

http://66stage.com/

just scroll down from the Veoh Movies category.

yeah it's the exact same movie, haneke just translated the dialogues and practically re-shot it in its entirety to make more money on the bigger market...

Farewell My Concubine

Absoultely stunning and sad Chinese movie. Really shows how China liked to [screw] with itself with Mao.

Persepolis: based on the autobiographical comics of the same name by Marjane Satrapi. This tells about Islamic revolution in Iran, life after it, Irak vs Iran war and Satrapi's life in Europe. Despite not so funny things this film is telling about, it succeeds in being funny sometimes, not at all so gloomy as you'd think. Usually movies made out of comics aren't worth of watching, but this is an excepiton. Story works well in this format too, and the style is just like in comics but looks natural also (that is: it could very well be an animation without any model they were trying to imitate). If you're going to see this in movies and don't understand French well, sit in the first row, because subtitles are sometimes hard to read against white background. I also recommend reading the comics first, because at least the movie works after them, I don't know how it is the other way round.

Enchanted April: British movie from 1992. This tells about four women in London of 20s', who are going for a vacation in Italy. It has no special plot or drama, but is very sympathetic. As someone in imdb said: this makes you feel very benevolent. Even if all the characters aren't good or admirable, I saw them as humans, and maybe felt sorry for them rather than judging. This is more of athmosphere-movie than plot one, so if you don't like that kind of films, don't watch. Otherwise it's a good choice.

Walk Hard: The dewey cox story (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0841046/)
a parody about all those musical biography flicks that have come out in the last 2 years.

not hysterically funny, but worth the time.

and about to watch:
[party]Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219671/)[party]
should be loads of fun...
edit- allan quatermain is the OG indiana jones.

On sunday I finally saw Eraserhead. Even if it was a bit strange, I enjoyed it. Really liked the atmosphere. It was nice to sit back and relax, and don't need to pay attention to a plot (although there was some scenes where I was all but relaxed... :p)

omg i just found out that soylent green is people!

not a bad movie, too much heston.

Eastern Promises: With better writing this would have been superb but as it was it's only very, very good. Acting and directing were top notch which made it easy to forgive the small flaws in story (a bit clichéd and somewhat lacking in reasonable motivations for characters). Definetely one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Yeah, pretty good movie, but a little too much shock value. It could have done with slightly less violence and a lot less of Viggo Mortensen's dong.

The Guardian. Good movie.

Walk The Line. Better movie. Now I'm suddenly into Johnny Cash music.

Juno. I left half-way through, that movie just tried way to damn hard to be "indie" and "cool". That main charector girl was just annoying and the dialougue sucked.

3:10 to Yuma. Good movie.

Sweeny Todd. Decent. I think it could have much better with out the singing.

Into The Wild. It is now one of my favorite movies.

Death at a Funeral: Alan Tudyk and Peter Dinklage, I laughed my ass off.

U2 3D !!! Buenos Aires were lucky!!! :D

3:10 to Yuma. Good movie.

Sweeny Todd. Decent. I think it could have much better with out the singing.
3:10 is indeed a good movie.

sweeney todd, try finding the BBC production made in 2006?
has NO singing, and is MUCH better.

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saw BELLA last night.
beautiful.
reminded me of DINNER RUSH, with all the food being prepared, and also the quality of acting and dialogues.
its a drama, so no action there.
4.5/5

i also saw SLEUTH.
starring Michael Caine and Jude Law.
directed by K. Braghna.
its a psychological thriller.
adapted from a play, it is very minimal - just the two of them.
but they carry the movie to great heights.
5/5