Which movie(s) have you viewed lately? - Episode III

[JohnRM]

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.

 

[scherbchen]

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?

 

[philippe]

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 )

 

[obliterate]

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?

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

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.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

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 )

THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION

 

[mrwhite89]

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.

 

[mrwhite89]

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.

 

[philippe]

THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION

what the hell do you mean?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

what the hell do you mean?

WHICH MOVIE CALLED CASINO ROYALE DID YOU SEE?

 

[philippe]

WHICH MOVIE CALLED CASINO ROYALE DID YOU SEE?

THE JAMES BOND ONE WHEREIN THE CHICK DIES (X2)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

THE JAMES BOND ONE WHEREIN THE CHICK DIES (X2)

THE REAL JAMES BOND ONE OR THE SATIRE ONE?

 

[philippe]

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....

 

[Harbringer]

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 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 . .. .. .. .............

 

[MobBoss]

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.

 

[LightFang]

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

The faun talks funnily though. 8)

 

[Captain2]

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

 

[Ansar]

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

The faun talks funnily though. 8)

The Spanish version is much better.

 

[Jawz II]

Casino Royale was great.

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

 

[EvilConqueror]

Blood Diamond - 5/10