What's The Last Movie You Watched? XIII - Part 11

[Kane52630]

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D

I haven't seen this in a long time and seeing it again made me wonder why I ever liked it. The story is bland and uninteresting and it only made an impact when you got to the final act with Darth Maul fighting Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor. The thing that bothered me was the overall terrible 3D conversion job, panning shots became blurry and there wasn't much depth to the 3D. However the shots in space looked incredible.
5.5/10

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Safe House

It's another thriller with Denzel Washington being Denzel Washington. Ryan Reynolds also gave a good performance but the story was average at best. The action however is a little bit better executed than most action thrillers.
7/10

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Justice League: Doom

I haven't read JLA: Tower of Babel yet so I don't know how faithful it is but it has a pretty decent story. I'm starting to get bored with the same animation style, I wish they could mix it up like the way they did Batman: Year One.
6.5/10

[Darkb0rn]

http://www.sfsite.com/gra/0604/vvlg.jpg

10/10 I absolutely love this movie!

[spider-neil]

ghost rider SOV


5/10
brilliant camera work, visuals and action. terrible acting and plot. ghost rider himself is excellent.

[Marx]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

It was definitely better than the first one (which isn't saying much) but I still cannot take Nicolas Cage seriously as a superhero.

[Gwendolyn Stacy]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. It was pretty good.

[DCW]

Fellowship of the Ring, extended version. 10/10. My number 3 movie of all time.

[darkseid26]

The Hidden Fortress
Stagecoach

[Panthro]

Hercules In The Haunted World (1961)

[Watchman]

Chronicle
The Grey

[craigdbfan]

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Beautiful conclusion to one of the greatest display of revenge. Never get tired of watching this movie.

9,001/10

RZA and Robert Rodriguez outdid themselves with the soundtrack.

[Figs]

http://i41.tinypic.com/23mwrj4.jpg

1/5

I haven't seen a piece of dog **** like this in quite some time.

[hammerhedd11]

The Color of Money

[Nirvana]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance- 2/10

[darkseid26]

Tree of Life

[Figs]

Star Trek '09

[Punisher Rising]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m259/jeffman52001/hardware.jpg

7 or 8/10

[Lady Marion]

Rango. Very funny.

[nite-owl]

http://noaloha.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye_photo-picture-gallery-1_640x480.jpeg

8.5/10

[AnneFan]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

[Mace Bloodstone]

http://i41.tinypic.com/23mwrj4.jpg

1/5

I haven't seen a piece of dog **** like this in quite some time.

Is this the movie with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth?

[Thebumwhowalks]

http://noaloha.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye_photo-picture-gallery-1_640x480.jpeg

8.5/10

Aw man, I saw that doc years and years ago, had it on tape, the bit where she talks about having hallucinations due to her prescription drug addiction was hilarious, the way they edited in all the hand puppets and cartoon footage.

[craigdbfan]

http://i.imgur.com/haDXl.jpg

7/10

While this adaptation gets the basic gist of TOB across it doesn't really do the comic justice. I recommend people read Tower of Babel first before watching this as it might not leave the greatest impression of what this is based on. TOB is different enough (better too) that it warrants a reading even if you do decide to watch this first.

Great voice acting from everyone though.

[Watchman]

City Lights

[Panthro]

Major Dundee (1965)

[hammerhedd11]

Punch Drunk Love

[Doctor Jones]

Splendor in the Grass - 9/10

Elia Kazan has to be the best director in terms of the understanding of people and their emotions, allowing us to really connect with them, as dramatic as they are. There's a timelessness to what he does. He's also an amazing actor's director.

[Figs]

Is this the movie with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth?

They're in the remake. I watched the original. Apparently the remake is like the remake of Psycho where it's practically shot for shot.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

They're in the remake. I watched the original. Apparently the remake is like the remake of Psycho where it's practically shot for shot.I watched the remake and I didn't like it. (I've never seen the original). I thought that the version I saw was annoying smug and cute.

[Incrediblejeff]

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
9/10

[hammerhedd11]

Children of Men

[Figs]

I watched the remake and I didn't like it. (I've never seen the original). I thought that the version I saw was annoying smug and cute.

Did the remake have that stupid "rewind" scene in it?

[Max J Power]

The Spy Who Loved Me

8/10

Before this, the other James Bond films I'd seen were Goldeneye, the first five Sean Connery ones, and the two Daniel Craig ones. Suffice to say, my foray into Roger Moore's Bond was a much different experience. I dug its cheesiness, getting thoroughly pumped when Bond used a ski pole hidden gun and a car-turned-watercraft. Sometimes the music choices were a little much, particularly the parody-like smooth jazz used for the sex scenes (or near-sex scenes), but even those moments made me smile a little. Being a lover of puns both good and bad, I greatly appreciated the humor.

"Where is 007?"
"He's on a mission in Austria."
"Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately!"
(cut to Bond and the girl on the bearskin rug).

Yeah, I can definitely get behind this Bond-with-more-comedy thing. My only big knock against the movie is that it kind of recycled the plots of From Russia With Love and You Only Live Twice.

[Panthro]

Hercules & The Captive Women (1961)

[CConn]

X2.

[steintym]

Hall Pass
Your Highness
The Human Centipede 2

[darkseid26]

Battle of Algiers

[Figs]

http://i43.tinypic.com/2nsal51.jpg

3.5/5

Pretty much the movie that inspired The Substitute and Dangerous Minds but without the violence.

[8wid]

Ghostbuster II
4/10

Boy I never realized how much it sucked!

[Panthro]

Hercules & The Tyrants of Babylon (1964)

[Fanticon]

30 Minutes or Less 6.5/10 pretty funny but had no ending, it just didn't feel complete. Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari were great though.

[Punisher Rising]

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10/10


http://images.moviepostershop.com/friday-the-13th-part-6-jason-lives-movie-poster-1986-1020194178.jpg

10/10


A couple of Horror favorites of mine.

[Tron Bonne]

Take Shelter

I watched it high and started freaking out, never had that reaction to anything while in that state before

[CConn]

Role Models.

Jane Lynch and that little black kid should have their own variety hour TV show. :o

[Yodaman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/dan-yoda/photo_07_hires.jpg

9.5/10

[Watchman]

Tokyo Drifter

[Figs]

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3/5

Probably Tom Jane's best performance out of the other films he's been in.

http://i44.tinypic.com/117bkp3.jpg

4/5

[Matt Mortem]

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9/10 I can't speak highly enough of this film. The story wasn't too engaging, but the performances, dialogue, and atmosphere of the movie really sucked me in and kept me involved the whole film. I really liked it.

[Darkness Falls]

10/10


http://images.moviepostershop.com/friday-the-13th-part-6-jason-lives-movie-poster-1986-1020194178.jpg

10/10


A couple of Horror favorites of mine.

my favourite friday movie :word:

[AnneFan]

Batman Returns - A nostalgic favourite of mine.

[Punisher Rising]

my favourite friday movie :word:


Mine as well. My favorite rotates between that one and part 4.

[darkseid26]

The Third Man

[LOBO3315a]

Titanic. 15 years later, this movie still brings tears to my eyes. When I saw it in the theater there were 2 times I was brought to tears. Watching that ship go under, and realizing this was an actual historic event going on.

The second part was whenJack dies. I never saw it coming, and to this day I cry when she lets him go.

[craigdbfan]

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Great movie. :up:

A remnant of way back when M.Night hadn't gone lamebrain yet.

[The Morningstar]

Yea seriously, what happened to the guy? Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable are great movies.

Then... :dry:

Anyway last films watched...

Pulp Fiction and O Brother Where art Thou.

[nite-owl]

The Happening is still my favourite M.Night movie.

[dude love]

Double post. Apologies.

[dude love]

The Happening is still my favourite M.Night movie.

What a TWIST!

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll174/dudelove/20081008_mnight_250x375.jpg

[craigdbfan]

http://www.nickutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Captain-America-Vintage-Poster-e1307983901206.jpg

10/10

I absolutely love this movie. You can tell it was made with love and the performances are played with a genuine full heart. Evans is terrific and so is the supporting cast (Tucci and Atwell especially).

When Steve has his final conversation with Peggy it gets me every time.

Fantastic movie and I can't wait to see Cap once again in The Avengers! :up:

[kane9321]

safehouse

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Did the remake have that stupid "rewind" scene in it?Yes.

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Muppets_ver4.jpg

9/10

[DawnWarrior]

Big Trouble in Little China

[The Morningstar]

Did the remake have that stupid "rewind" scene in it?

I thought that was great. Makes the killer seem Omnipotent, like he has some control over the reality of the film. Really liked the part where he turns and winks at the camera when she is looking for the dog. The fourth wall breaking is used to highlight and make fun of the tropes of the genre and films in general. Like with the rewind scene, where it has the cliche of the good guys winning and Paul is just like "Errr... na, no happy endings in this movie i'm afraid".

Funny Games is one of the best horror movies in a long time imo. I can understand how those instances of fourth wall breaking can take a person out of the movie though.

Anyway...

LA Confidential. Love this film. You won't see many better character arcs than the ones for Bud White and Ed Exley.

[nite-owl]

What a TWIST!

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll174/dudelove/20081008_mnight_250x375.jpg

Come one man, it's got Mark Wahlberg talking to plastic tree for God's sake.

[Guhndoi]

Encino Man
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

[C. Lee]

I finally watched Seth Rogen's version of THE GREEN HORNET this morning.....I pray he never gets his hands on another comic related story again.

[Doctor Jones]

Slither - 7/10

Silly and stupid, yet stupid in a good way, since there is humor to be found in it. And I liked Nathan Fillion a lot in it.

Midnight in Paris - 9 or 10 out of 10

Wow, I didn't expect to like this film as much as I did, given how I couldn't care less about Woody Allen's films. But this one film has interested me for quite some time. Great screenplay, story, and a wonderful performance by Owen Wilson. Perhaps one of the top five best films of last year. I don't think I've ever had the desire to go to Paris until now. Now I'll be rooting for this at the Oscars. Though of course, whatever I root for, usually doesn't win. Oh, well. This will still be great with or without an Oscar.

V for Vendetta - 9/10

I liked this a lot the first time, but I got so much more out of it the second time. I'm debating on whather to read the graphic novel. But I've chosen to not listen to Alan Moore, as understanding as I am of him and his displeasement, he will always be displeased with whatever is adapted, even if it's good. He's pretty bitter about Hollywood in general so to hell with his opinions on that. The Wachowski Brothers crafted a sceenplay with a brisk running time, yet the powerful and timeless and resonant themes never brisk by. They're with you by the film's end. One may think there is some on the nose dialogue, but it's well executed, and doesn't bother me.

Joy Ride - 8/10

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Dont_be_afraid_of_the_dark_poster.jpg

5/10

[Max J Power]

Midnight in Paris - 9 or 10 out of 10

Wow, I didn't expect to like this film as much as I did, given how I couldn't care less about Woody Allen's films. But this one film has interested me for quite some time. Great screenplay, story, and a wonderful performance by Owen Wilson. Perhaps one of the top five best films of last year. I don't think I've ever had the desire to go to Paris until now. Now I'll be rooting for this at the Oscars. Though of course, whatever I root for, usually doesn't win. Oh, well. This will still be great with or without an Oscar.

V for Vendetta - 9/10

I liked this a lot the first time, but I got so much more out of it the second time. I'm debating on whather to read the graphic novel. But I've chosen to not listen to Alan Moore, as understanding as I am of him and his displeasement, he will always be displeased with whatever is adapted, even if it's good. He's pretty bitter about Hollywood in general so to hell with his opinions on that. The Wachowski Brothers crafted a sceenplay with a brisk running time, yet the powerful and timeless and resonant themes never brisk by. They're with you by the film's end. One may think there is some on the nose dialogue, but it's well executed, and doesn't bother me.

-Since you liked Midnight in Paris so much, you'd probably like other Woody Allen movies, though most lean toward Allen's cynical more than the relatively optimistic tone of Midnight in Paris.
-If nothing else, I'd say read the book just to pique your curiosity. I recall liking it more than the movie, but it's been probably six years since I read the book and maybe five since I last saw the movie in full, so I don't have a strong opinion on either.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

9/10

One of the series' best. The action scenes were very well shot, particularly the director's use of speeding up and slowing down the film. While this technique looked silly in Thunderball, it made the sequences feel more kinetic here. I also loved the more suspense scenes, which reminded me of Hitchcock. More importantly, OHMSS had a great plot and fully convinced me James Bond could be married. Tracy is Bond's perfect counterpart, making her death feel genuinely tragic. Lazenby was a capable Bond, and the softness he has compared to Connery might even fit the story better than Connery's character. The change makes things a little odd because OHMSS is part of the Blofeld story arc with the Connery films, so it's clear that Lazenby is supposed to be the same character*. Ultimately, though, the change in actors isn't a huge deal.

*For those unfamiliar, some fans theorize that "James Bond" is the codename for every 007 agent, and therefore every actor who play Bond is actually a different character. This explains why each one's portrayal of the character is so different.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I thought that was great. Makes the killer seem Omnipotent, like he has some control over the reality of the film. Really liked the part where he turns and winks at the camera when she is looking for the dog. The fourth wall breaking is used to highlight and make fun of the tropes of the genre and films in general. Like with the rewind scene, where it has the cliche of the good guys winning and Paul is just like "Errr... na, no happy endings in this movie i'm afraid".

Funny Games is one of the best horror movies in a long time imo. I can understand how those instances of fourth wall breaking can take a person out of the movie though.

Anyway...

LA Confidential. Love this film. You won't see many better character arcs than the ones for Bud White and Ed Exley.Eh, I thought that the movie was unearned smug preachy garbage but to each his/her own.

[The Morningstar]

What... LA Confidential?!?! Surely not?!!? Surely? Please? lol

[Panthro]

The Secret World of Arrietty

[I SEE SPIDEY]

What... LA Confidential?!?! Surely not?!!? Surely? Please? lolI'm talking about Funny Games.

[The Morningstar]

Ohhhh. Thank god. Oh well, i can see where you're coming from. I personally didn't find it preachy though. It was smug, but i guess most satire/deconstruction is a bit smug.

[Panthro]

The White Warrior (1959)

[Panthro]

Solar Crisis (1990)

[Figs]

Eh, I thought that the movie was unearned smug preachy garbage but to each his/her own.

:up:

[Guhndoi]

The Three Musketeers (2011)

7/10

I enjoyed it. It's not high art, but it was exactly what I was expecting after seeing the trailers.

[darkseid26]

Courageous

lol. Friends and I redboxed the christian flick for a good laugh and it turned out to be pretty decent and moving film.

[dude love]

Contraband

The movie is ok but....

MARK ****ING WAHLBERG was sitting there in attendance! He did a Q&A afterwards, the questions where the same generic celebtrity questions, with the exception of Wahlberg being asked who has a bigger dick, Dirk Diggler or himself (Dirk Diggler does apparently). In terms of movie news, he says The Departed 2 and The Brazilian Job are dead, but Five Brothers might happen. I totally expected him to be a dick, but the man was a complete gentleman and a total professional who wasn't afraid to be candid. He crapped all over The Vow, but totally tried to cover his tracks by praising how much money it made. It was really funny.

The Great Escape

I feel this wouldn't have been 2 hours 45 minutes if they'd just given Charles Bronson a gun. But seriously, an incredible ensemble film, completely lacking in the smugness of todays ensemble caper flicks. The film takes it's time to develop every character, and keeps you guessing as to their fates until the very end (Mostly because I'd known that in real life the successful escapees where Norwegian and Dutch and because the blurb at the beginning of the film said they fictionalised all the characters). A true classic.

[hammerhedd11]

Underworld: Awakening

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/KissMeDeadly.jpg

8.5/10

[I SEE SPIDEY]

:up:I hate it when directors think that they are saying something profound when they really aren't. If you are going to talk about our violent culture you damn well better make a better film than Funny Games.

The Company Men

6/10

Ben Affleck is not a particularly compelling actor to me. I mean personally he seems like a nice thoughtful and smart guy and I respect him for that but when he gets on screen all that goes away for some reason and I don't know why. He's just there and is technically speaking a very mediocre actor. The other actors were better though but the movie just feels pointless to me.

[C. Lee]

The Great Escape

I feel this wouldn't have been 2 hours 45 minutes if they'd just given Charles Bronson a gun. But seriously, an incredible ensemble film, completely lacking in the smugness of todays ensemble caper flicks. The film takes it's time to develop every character, and keeps you guessing as to their fates until the very end (Mostly because I'd known that in real life the successful escapees where Norwegian and Dutch and because the blurb at the beginning of the film said they fictionalised all the characters). A true classic.

A bit of trivia you may not know...Donald Pleasance (Blythe "the forger") was a real life RAF pilot who was shot down and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.


This morning I watched ATTACK ON LENINGRAD (2009) about the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis during WWII.

[A Necessary Evil]

Hook


Still love this movie to death. :up:

[Nirvana]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- Pretty great flick.

[Doctor Jones]

-Since you liked Midnight in Paris so much, you'd probably like other Woody Allen movies, though most lean toward Allen's cynical more than the relatively optimistic tone of Midnight in Paris.
-If nothing else, I'd say read the book just to pique your curiosity. I recall liking it more than the movie, but it's been probably six years since I read the book and maybe five since I last saw the movie in full, so I don't have a strong opinion on either.

I've heard of the differences between the more cynical and oprimistic Woody Allen films. I've heard his recent films have been more cynical. I might check out some of his stuff. One of my friends is a huge Woody Allen fans.

I'm contemplating on picking the book up at the comic book store today.

[Doctor Jones]

Next - 3/10

Cage Rating - 8/10

This is the quirky Nic Cage that I very much enjoy. The martinis at nine o'clock in the morning, the exact amount of corn flakes, the prolonged stares, etc. Hilarious. And he narrates! The movie is ****, over using his ability only to then have the biggest cop out I might have ever seen in a film. Though an hour and a half, this needed to be shorter. I fell asleep and woke up only to discover it was still happening. But I will say, this has the most hilarious opening shot to a film I've ever seen. I had to watch it two more times.

[Bruce Banner]

Casablanca- This movie makes me want to find a reason to say "We'll always have Paris." 10/10

[The Morningstar]

Next - 3/10

Cage Rating - 8/10

This is the quirky Nic Cage that I very much enjoy. The martinis at nine o'clock in the morning, the exact amount of corn flakes, the prolonged stares, etc. Hilarious. And he narrates! The movie is ****, over using his ability only to then have the biggest cop out I might have ever seen in a film. Though an hour and a half, this needed to be shorter. I fell asleep and woke up only to discover it was still happening. But I will say, this has the most hilarious opening shot to a film I've ever seen. I had to watch it two more times.

I love your "Cage ratings" man :D Have you got round to seeing Deadfall yet? It's right up there with Vampire's Kiss, Wicker Man and Bad LT for classic Cage craziness.

[Max J Power]

Contraband

The movie is ok but....

MARK ****ING WAHLBERG was sitting there in attendance! He did a Q&A afterwards, the questions where the same generic celebtrity questions, with the exception of Wahlberg being asked who has a bigger dick, Dirk Diggler or himself (Dirk Diggler does apparently). In terms of movie news, he says The Departed 2 and The Brazilian Job are dead, but Five Brothers might happen. I totally expected him to be a dick, but the man was a complete gentleman and a total professional who wasn't afraid to be candid. He crapped all over The Vow, but totally tried to cover his tracks by praising how much money it made. It was really funny.

I didn't know that was ever considered. A spin-off about Wahlberg's character, maybe?

I've heard of the differences between the more cynical and oprimistic Woody Allen films. I've heard his recent films have been more cynical. I might check out some of his stuff. One of my friends is a huge Woody Allen fans.

I'm contemplating on picking the book up at the comic book store today.
The only recent ones I've seen are Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match Point, which, by most accounts, are the only good ones of the 2000s. As far as others go:

-Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are the best.
-Bananas and Sleeper are the funniest.
-The Purple Rose of Cairo probably reminded me most of Midnight in Paris.
-Sweet and Lowdown had the main character that reminded me most of Wilson's Gil.
-Crimes and Misdemeanors really showcases Allen's conflict between his cynical and optimistic sides.
-Manhattan's really good, but it isn't one of my personal favorites.

[Panthro]

El Cid (1961)

[LOBO3315a]

Overdrawn At the Memory Bank (MST3K)
Revenge of the Creature (MST3K)

[Doctor Jones]

I love your "Cage ratings" man :D Have you got round to seeing Deadfall yet? It's right up there with Vampire's Kiss, Wicker Man and Bad LT for classic Cage craziness.

Haha thanks! :awesome: And indeed we watched Deadfall. Two of my friends and I (who like me, are huge Cage fans) watched it a few weeks ago along with Vampire's Kiss (my second time watching it) and Season of the Witch in one night. Friday nights are Cage nights.

We made a pact to watch all of Nic Cage's films by the end of the semester. We even started a "Nic Cage Lives" and "Nic Cage Dies" lists. Separate lists. The "Dies" list is winning so far.

My Cage rating for Deadfall was a 9 due to Cage dying too soon. After he died, in came Charlie Sheen with a pointless pool table scene and a man with a mechanical claw for a hand... but the glorious moments when Cage is one screen is hilariously entertaining. Some of his best freakout work.

We've watched all of his infamous crazy films though. Now we just gotta work our way up our Netlfix queue. There's even a "Cage Your Queue." :awesome:

http://wonder-tonic.com/cageyourqueue/

We're also taking advantage of a Blockbuster dollar rental per week.

[rnewbz]

War Horse 7/10
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 5.5/10

[Doctor Jones]

The only recent ones I've seen are Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match Point, which, by most accounts, are the only good ones of the 2000s. As far as others go:

-Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are the best.
-Bananas and Sleeper are the funniest.
-The Purple Rose of Cairo probably reminded me most of Midnight in Paris.
-Sweet and Lowdown had the main character that reminded me most of Wilson's Gil.
-Crimes and Misdemeanors really showcases Allen's conflict between his cynical and optimistic sides.
-Manhattan's really good, but it isn't one of my personal favorites.

Thanks for the info man. But on a Friday night, (actually about 1 in the morning Saturday) we were watching Crimes and Misdemeanors... not a very good film to watch at that time. I don't think I've heard anyone say, "Hey, it's one in the morning on a Saturday in college! Let's watch a Wood Allen film!"

[darkseid26]

Bullhead, 8/10

[mongoose-mania]

Wall-e

[Sculder]

The Help

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/the-help-poster.jpg

The Iron Lady

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/meryl-streep-iron-lady-poster-thumb-315xauto-30954.jpg

[Marx]

Titanic :up:

[Thebumwhowalks]

Desperados

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[The Morningstar]

Haha thanks! :awesome: And indeed we watched Deadfall. Two of my friends and I (who like me, are huge Cage fans) watched it a few weeks ago along with Vampire's Kiss (my second time watching it) and Season of the Witch in one night. Friday nights are Cage nights.

We made a pact to watch all of Nic Cage's films by the end of the semester. We even started a "Nic Cage Lives" and "Nic Cage Dies" lists. Separate lists. The "Dies" list is winning so far.

My Cage rating for Deadfall was a 9 due to Cage dying too soon. After he died, in came Charlie Sheen with a pointless pool table scene and a man with a mechanical claw for a hand... but the glorious moments when Cage is one screen is hilariously entertaining. Some of his best freakout work.

We've watched all of his infamous crazy films though. Now we just gotta work our way up our Netlfix queue. There's even a "Cage Your Queue." :awesome:

http://wonder-tonic.com/cageyourqueue/

We're also taking advantage of a Blockbuster dollar rental per week.

Very cool man, it's a great idea. Cage is the man.

Speaking of which...

Knowing. Wow, I really, really, really enjoyed this film. Some of the imagery is just mind blowing (tracking shot of the plane crash OMG). Understated but great performance by Cage. Genuinely creepy in parts. Love the ending. I just love the whole concept of this movie. It's cool that the beings that save the chosen ones are ambiguous too. You can believe they are angels, or you can believe they are aliens. Or you can believe they are both.

One of the best sci fi films i've seen in a long time.

[Kane52630]

http://i.imgur.com/cYKq5.jpg
The Adventures of Tintin

A stunning movie with some great motion capture performances. I really enjoyed how detailed they made the movie and I thought the story had a lot of great adventure. I haven't read or watch Tintin so I knew very little about it besides the look of Tintin. My favorite moment has to be the chase in Morocco, hands down and I wish I saw this in 3D.
9/10

[MMMMM...Dounuts]

Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3

[Doctor Jones]

Very cool man, it's a great idea. Cage is the man.

Speaking of which...

Knowing. Wow, I really, really, really enjoyed this film. Some of the imagery is just mind blowing (tracking shot of the plane crash OMG). Understated but great performance by Cage. Genuinely creepy in parts. Love the ending. I just love the whole concept of this movie. It's cool that the beings that save the chosen ones are ambiguous too. You can believe they are angels, or you can believe they are aliens. Or you can believe they are both.

One of the best sci fi films i've seen in a long time.

Knowing is of course on our list too. I'm curious about that plane crash scene where that flaming guy is screaming and running past Cage and he just yells, "HEYY!"

[darkseid26]

A Separation, 8.5/10

[Figs]

Knowing. Wow, I really, really, really enjoyed this film. Some of the imagery is just mind blowing (tracking shot of the plane crash OMG). Understated but great performance by Cage. Genuinely creepy in parts. Love the ending. I just love the whole concept of this movie. It's cool that the beings that save the chosen ones are ambiguous too. You can believe they are angels, or you can believe they are aliens. Or you can believe they are both.

One of the best sci fi films i've seen in a long time.

Glad you liked it. I thought I was the only one hahaha.

[Nirvana]

Winter's Bone- It was okay, don't get what all the appeal was.

[Matt Mortem]

Drive 8/10 It was much better on my second viewing. I really enjoyed it

[darkseid26]

I Vitelloni - 9/10

[EliteF50]

Star Wars: Episode III - 9/10

[HisMagicTrick]

Jackass 2

8/10

[Yurka]

The Woman in Black - 7/10

[Figs]

http://i42.tinypic.com/16j82c.jpg

4.5/5

[hammerhedd11]

Justice League: Doom

[dude love]

I didn't know that was ever considered. A spin-off about Wahlberg's character, maybe?


Yes. According to Wahlberg, it would've been about Dignam taking on a corrupt politician, but when Bill Monahan tried to pitch it to Warners, it fell flat and they didn't want to do it. So it's not happening.

[Oberon sexton]

Ripley's game- 9/10
Probably John Malkovich's best role to date, he was both cold blooded and sociopathic yet also incredibly charming.

[Crockett]

http://i.imgur.com/VckWd.jpg?2109

Playing L.A. Noire's The Naked City case got me in the mood to watch this again. A good movie that mixes between a police drama and film noir. One thing that the production trying to strive for is authenticity, and they accomplished it since they filmed the movie in the real New York instead of using sets. It is one aspect that makes the film stand out and another is its visual style, very realistic and the narration gives off a vibe of a semi-documentary, its influence on later films of similar genre are noticeable.

4/5

[WolfCypher]

Justice League: Doom

7/10, being generous.

[HisMagicTrick]

Bonnie and Clyde

6/10

[nightwing06]

EDEN LAKE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Eden_Lake_poster.jpg

Disturbing but engrossing story of a couple portrayed by Kelly Reilly and
Michael Fassbender headed to a remote area for a romantic weekend,but come across a pack of sadistic teens and end up in a brutal,bloody ,nightmare.Not for the faint of heart.
Give me a crowded city and a big hotel anytime!!
Scale of 1-10 a 9

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/FrightNight2011Poster.jpg

7.5/10

[Tron Bonne]

Moneyball

[Immortalfire]

Mutiny On The Bounty

[Lobo]

Safe House. Decent but so predictable.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Bonnie and Clyde

6/10I was eh on it too. I keep hearing how much of a classic it is but it did nothing for me. It just sort of lied there.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child

This makes the fourth one look good.

[Panthro]

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[darkseid26]

Kicking and Screaming

[Marx]

Austin Powers in Goldmember

[Thebumwhowalks]

Desperados 2

:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

No other posters doing the old thumbs up smilies anymore? I thought I saw at least one last night, has that went out of style for some reason? haha

[Panthro]

Will Penny (1968)

[CConn]

Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes

Orangutan Paul Giamatti was the best thing about it.

[Asr]

By a sheer coincidence I just watched 3 Matt Lillard movies on Netflix Instant. In order: Scream, Hackers, and The Perfect Score. Hadn't seen the latter two movies yet and didn't know he was in them.

Btw, young Angelina Jolie (in Hackers) was way hotter than her current self!

[childeroland]

My Week With Marilyn. Decent.

[Punisher Rising]

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/199682.1020.A.jpg

8/10

[darkseid26]

Highball - 7.5/10

[Yodaman]

OOH! NAVY SEALS!

/clerksreference :oldrazz:

[CConn]

A Shot in the Dark

The best of the Pink Panther series, I feel. I perfect mesh of stylistic 60s filmmaking and expertly executed slapstick.

[Punisher Rising]

OOH! NAVY SEALS!

/clerksreference :oldrazz:


That movie rocks, gets way too much hate. A masterpiece it's not, but it's fun old-school Action. Can't go wrong with a movie that has Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn throughout the running time blowing away villains :woot:

[Prison Mike]

Immortals - 8/10

[Immortalfire]

The Incredible Hulk

[Nirvana]

Safe House- 6/10

[darkseid26]

Videodrome

[Nirvana]

Gojira

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Warrior_Poster.jpg

7.5/10

[CapedCrusader14]

Hugo: 4 or 4.5/5

I really can't decide my rating. This film is so charming, entertaining and exquisite. Almost brought a tear to my eye with all the historical cinema moments. Martin Scorsese has made a beautiful film.

As they would say in the film, it was like watching a dream.

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Suspicion_film_poster.jpg

8/10

[LOBO3315a]

Red Sun. This is the original East meets West buddy movie before Shanghai Noon.

The Condemned. As long as you like extended fight sequences, and people exploding, it's not a bad movie.

NightBreed. One of Clive Barker's first movies. Not nearly as good as Hellraiser, but visually the make up and monsters are quite good.

[Panthro]

Escape From New York (1981)

[hammerhedd11]

Punch Drunk Love

[C. Lee]

I served the king of england (2006)

[Panthro]

28 Days Later

[Doctor Jones]

Ghost Rider: Spirt of Vengeance - 4 or 5 out of 10

Cage Rating 8/10

Quite the disappointment. The camera angles drove me ****ing crazy. To the point where I wanted to shout, "Get a ****ing tripod!" It got somewhat disorientating with the 3D and was just a nuisance. But thankfully they did know where to hold the camera still in the right moments, and when it got crazy, the camera got crazy, but still too crazy.

The film just isn't very compelling at all. Quite boring actually. Though I did like how Ghost Rider was actually scary and when he showed up, I was actually frightened. The CG of him looks flawless and he looks just so much better. The bike as well. Cage brings a lot to the performance of Ghost Rider too. Cage is out of control at times, and I ****ing love it. Particularly an insane interrogation scene. Idris Elba as Moreau, other than Cage, was just about the only thing I really liked in this movie. But besides that, the plot didn't hit me that much. Peter Fonda was a much better Satan and Blackout was a lame villain. I mean ****ing lame. When you're the devil's right hand man given a second chance to capture the Ghost Rider, what do you do? Oh, drive in a car and touch food that deteriorates when you were already told by the devil that you can do that and say humorous one liners. He was just a joke I couldn't take seriously so it wasn't a surprise how easily he was killed off and in such a lame way. What a huge waste of a villain. Blackheart was better.

And in general, just about everything was better in the first film. This is coming from someone who really liked the first film, the guily pleasure that it is, is fun as hell. For all its flaws, it's at least engaging and fun and I own it.

As much as I love Cage, down the line, I'd really like to see a truly great Ghost Rider film with thought and care (though Cage, whatever your opinions are of his take, actually gives a ****, that I always respected of him and his career in general) Ryan Gosling as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider is a great start.

[Panthro]

Hellboy (2004)

[moviedoors]

Jane Eyre (2011)

I was quite taken with it. Great acting, gorgeous cinematography, and an achingly beautiful score. It's inspired me to take the plunge into Victorian era lit.

[rnewbz]

Moneyball 8/10

[Gwendolyn Stacy]

Jane Eyre (2011)

I was quite taken with it. Great acting, gorgeous cinematography, and an achingly beautiful score. It's inspired me to take the plunge into Victorian era lit.
I remember an episode of Phineas and Ferb where they mentioned a new version of Jane Eyre was in the works. Can't comment on the actual movie since I haven't seen it, but now I know what they were talking about.

[Marx]

Mrs. Doubtfire

[Panthro]

Go Tell The Spartans (1978)

[mongoose-mania]

E.t.

[Nirvana]

The Help

[Jordacar]

Space Mutiny (on MST3K)

[dude love]

Apocalypse Now

My first viewing of the theatrical cut. While I missed some of the cuts, the removal of the French colony stuff improves the film by leaps and bounds. The whole film felt like a weird dream, which flows with the descent into insanity you witness.

There's not much more I can add about this wonderful, wonderful film that hasn't been said. I love it.

[Figs]

Robocop

The Big Lebowski

[Ash J. Williams]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/TMNTguy/they_live.jpg

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[The Morningstar]

Goodfellas. My favourite mafia film.

[craigdbfan]

http://i.imgur.com/w0eaW.jpg

10/10

For some reason they completely edited out the scene with the spoon kid and Neo on TNT. I have no idea why they'd remove that scene...

Anyway it's always great seeing this film.

[superhero]

the one
dragon ball evloution
master of the unisver
power ranger the movie
green lanter the movie
superman/shazzam return of black adadm
steel
mask of zorro
bourne ultimatum
star wars epsideo 2 attack of the clones
starr wars epsidoe 3 revagn of the sixth
Suburban Commando
promblem child 2
lost in space
the unlited agvners 1
the unlimte agvners 2
hulk vs wolrivng
return of the hulk tv movie
trail of the incdaible hulk tv move
death of the incdaible hulk tv movie
the first kid
see spot run
mr and mrs smith

[Lobo]

Anonymous.

[Metallo]

The Fabulous Baker Boys

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8/10

I'm actually a little surprised Jeff and Beau Bridges haven't done a lot more work together over the years. Jeff is the more successful but Beau has always struck me as a good actor.

The Bridges brothers play the Baker brothers, a lounge act piano duo. Frank (Beau) is the more responsible brother while Jack (Jeff) is the more talented brother. Frank handles the business as Jack goes through the motions on stage and in life, living alone with a few one night stands on the side. Business isn't going so well for them so they decide to add a singer named Susie (Michelle Pfeiffer), an uncultured girl from the streets who pretty much has no tact but a great voice. Shes a real firecracker that sparks some changes, good and bad, in the whole act.

I like the themes this movie plays out about playing it safe vs following your dreams. The ending doesn't wrap everything up perfectly with a nice pretty bow on top. Its not entirely satisfying but the ending we get seems more true to life to me than a nice clear cut happy Hollywood ending.



Crazy Heart

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8/10

Its another turn in a film about music but this time Jeff Bridges is a burnt out country music star looking for his one shot back to the top. Bad Blake was a great singer-songwriter but he pissed his life away with help from a bottle. This kind of story could be cliched but Bridges is such a good actor that he makes it feel real. Maggie Gyllenhaal is a music journalist who interviews Blake for a retrospective on his career but ends up involved with him romantically. Shes a single mom and she and her son become a kind of new surrogate family to replace the one he drove away.

Robert Duvall plays an old buddy of Blakes and as usual Duvall is great. Bridges tries to convince his now popular former protege, Colin Farrell, to record some songs with him to help boost his popularity. When Farrell says he can't Bridges loses any focus he had left and screws up in his life yet again.

I'm not going to spoil the ending but I will say its very realistic but uplifting. I like how natural it all is. The film doesn't have a big budget and its characters aren't particularly glamorous. I think that gives the movie and its characters a relatable quality. Its somewhat cliched but its a very well done indie type of drama.



JFK

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8.5/10

A flawed but powerful film. The cast alone is staggering. Familiar faces and great actors left and right. Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw, Sissy Spacek, John Candy, John Larroquette, Donald Sutherland as the military informant "X", Jack Lemmon, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Ed Asner, Kevin Bacon, etc. were all involved. Its a huge cast and it shows how strongly so many felt on the issue that most of them even took small parts.

Gary Oldman pretty much IS the Lee Harvey Oswald I've seen from limited archival news footage. Incredibly convincing performance. Costner is usually pretty flat in most of his movies but he does do a good job here of showcasing Jim Garrisons determination and obsession in the prosecution of Clay Shaw on conspiracy charges in the murder of President Kennedy. Tommy Lee Jones shows some real range as Shaw. Its got to be one of the more eccentric roles I've seen him perform.

I was impressed with how faithfully that period was recreated. Dallas and New Orleans of the 1960's seemed pretty authentic.

This film has always been controversial because it takes the truth in some instances and bends it, ignores it, or sometimes replaces it with total fiction. I've never tried to take the film as fact or just whats on the surface but I've always tried to look at the basic message at its core. The story it presents is almost a myth. Its Stones fictional account of what might have happened. Exploring all the what ifs and possible scenarios. The good thing about the movie is that it makes us ask the questions because there is still a lot more about the Kennedy assassination that we don't know. Many of the sealed records won't be viewable by the public for another 20 or 30 years.

John Kennedy had his flaws but like so many other people cut down before their time its that feeling of lost potential that causes his death to resonate. How the course of history was potentially changed by an assassins bullet is something very powerful to consider. You can tell that Stone feels that way.



All The Presidents Men

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8/10

From one Presidential story that rocked the country to another. ATPM doesn't focus so much on the overall Watergate saga but the story behind the two journalists who did their part to blow the particulars of the case wide open for everyone to see. Its really more their story than Nixon's. The film is pretty slow and methodical in its approach. Its more low key and realistic in the way the story plays out.

There isn't a lot of fast paced pulse pounding drama. We are taken step by step on how these two got the scoop of the decade. I found it very interesting how hard Woodward and Bernstein had to work on this story. They really beat feet all over not only Washington but the country tracking down leads and interviewing people. Sometimes they had to be pretty clever to get results while their editors really put the screws to them to make sure they had a solid story that could be backed up.

We have a good cast here. Robert Redford is Bob Woodward. Woodward had the hunger and instincts for the story but it seems like sometimes he rushed in head first. Dustin Hoffman is Carl Bernstein. Bernstein seemed to be a portrayed as a better writer and someone who could give Woodward's work the polish and clarity it needed. Together they were a formidable team.

They are supported by some talented veteran actors. Jack Warden and Jason Robards play their bosses at the Washington Post. Robards is fantastic. Other actors include Ned Beatty, Marty Balsam, Merideth Baxter, and Stephen Collins. Got to give a special mention for Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat. His performance probably ended up becoming the inspiration for damn near every shadowy informant type we see in movies now. Time has only made his casting look better because he reminds me of the REAL W. Mark Felt, the man revealed to be Deep Throat a few years ago.

I have to take some points away because while the material was interesting I did find the presentation pretty dull sometimes considering how complex the Watergate cover up was. But since we see most of the story form Woodward and Bernstein's POV we don't really see any of that. The filmmakers seemed to be more concerned with being accurate to the last detail rather than creating a false sense of excitement.



Frost/Nixon

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8.5/10

Now we go from the Watergate investigation to its aftermath. Part of that was Richard Nixon's planned public rehabilitation of his image which included the 1977 interviews with David Frost.

I thought this film might be pretty dull. How could they make interviews riveting? Ron Howard and co. do an excellent job making this film fun, exiting, and combative. Its one of the few Ron Howard films I've really enjoyed since Apollo 13. The other two being his team ups with Russell Crowe.

Richard Nixon has to be one of the meatiest presidential roles for an actor to play. There's a lot there to peel back. He was a man shaped by that poor Quaker upbringing who had a lot of vices but I think he's also been a little misunderstood over the years. He wasn't a total monster but he did feel he was above the law. Lots of neuroses. At first Frank Langellas Nixon came off as more of a caricature but as time went on Langella got to give him more and more personality and we really got to see Tricky ***** character and his demons. Langella gives a really good performance that gives us a glimpse of Richard Nixon the man instead of just Richard Nixon the villain.

Michael Sheen has become one of my favorite actors in recent years. He seems to be able to play so many different kinds of roles in different kinds of films. There are his various performances as Tony Blair, his turn as The Lycan Michael in the Underworld series, and the trickster Castor in Tron Legacy. But when it comes to David Frost he presents us with a guy who is more of an entertainer who changes over the course of the film and wants to prove his detractors wrong. Frost wants to show he's a serious journalist.

In some ways the interviews seem like the final political battle Nixon had been itching for. He still had that fire to debate in the political arena but his political career was in ruins. Nixon trounces Frost in the first three interview tapings but when they get to the fourth, Watergate, Frost is much more prepared and things get VERY interesting.

Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, and Oliver Platt are all great in this. Rockwell and Platt had me LMAO. I'll never think of Checkers the dog the same way again.



Death Race 2000

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7.5/10

The movie was produced by Roger Corman in 1975 and in some ways this is a forerunner to Mad Max's road wreckage mayhem. The look, the costumes, the action...I can see a few similarities. The film has a certain kind of satirical social commentary in it thats not exactly like Robocop or The Running Man but its very similar. Its a look at the love America has for violence in entertainment.

In the "future" year 2000 we see yet another story where America has experienced a financial catastrophe and the country is ruled like a military dictatorship. The President is in office for life and the new American past time is the Transcontinental Road Race. The race sums up the new American Way perfectly. The racers earn points for running down pedestrians while on the way to the finish line in their four wheeled death machines. There's something almost Roman-esque in the way the public eats up this kind of sadistic entertainment. Its worse than throwing Christians to the lions.

The reigning champion is a black clad racer called Frankenstein (David Carradine). He's aptly named since he 's rumored to be a stitched together body of broken bones, scarred flesh and bionic parts. His toughest rival in the race is Machine Gun Joe (Sylvester Stallone), a murderous angry thug even when he's not racing. This was just after Carradine left Kung Fu and just before Stallone began working on Rocky so both were in a fascinating place in their respective careers at the time. Carradine is cool yet creepy and its a real departure from his role as Kwai Chang Caine. Stallone goes really over the top in this one and embraces the material. He doesn't seem to be so self aware or worried about his image the way he would be years later. I think this kind of B movie freed him up a little as he was still trying to make it in the biz.

The movie is very tongue in cheek and entertaining as hell even though its cheap. But I was impressed with how well it was pulled off. In true Roger Corman fashion they got everything they could out of every dollar. The cars look cool in a cheesy way, especially Frankensteins car. The stunts are also pretty impressive when you think about how little the crew had to work with.



Waterworld: Extended Version

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7.5/10

A cheesy but fun film that I've always thought got a little too much flak. Not nearly as good as its spiritual father the Mad Max trilogy but its still very entertaining. The extended cut explains some things in more detail and works better than the theatrical version.

At some point the world is completely covered in water (possibly thanks to global warming). In the distant future whats left of humanity survives by floating on the ocean in different structures. Some of them are communities called Atolls The main character in the film, The Mariner, is an amphibious mutant. When he arrives on an Atoll to trade he meets a woman named Helen and a girl named Enola. Oil burning pirates called Smokers want Enola because she has a map tattooed on her back that supposedly leads to the mythical "Dry Land"

Costner is appropriately stoic and emotionally distant as the Mariner. The Mariner is your classic anti hero who ends up finding compassion for others. The late great Denis Hopper continues a long trail of over the top villainous performances as "The Deacon." He's the leader of the Smokers and the captain of the oil tanker "The Deez" (a slightly amusing joke that gets a payoff at the end of the film).

I like how cutthroat this world is shown to be. Its kill or be killed which makes sense when there are so few resources. Dirt is worth more than gold. The Mariner is ruthless when he needs to be.

The scale of this film is huge. The big sea battles are very well done and when the camera pulls back to show the huge atoll floating on the vast ocean I can't help but be impressed. A lot of this stuff was shot in camera too--with sets. I remember reading about the movies production before its release in the mid 90's and how not only was it the most expensive film ever made at that point but it was projected to be a HUGE flop. I think a lot of people even dubbed it "Fishtar."

Many things in the movie aren't really explained in much detail (even in the extended cut) but most of it doesn't need to be. I would have liked a few of the characters to have been fleshed out more. For example: how exactly did Enola float to the Atoll all the way from Dry Land? Seemed like a loooong way away. Just what happened to her parents? I wanted to know a little bit more on the Mariners origins and information on others like him. The implication was that he wasn't the only mutant. That kind of evolution/mutation seems pretty fast even for a few hundred years.



Children of Men

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8.5/10

This was my first time watching Children of Men and...wow. If more of Alfonso Cuaron's films are like this I've got to see "Pans Labyrinth" and the upcoming "Gravity" for sure. I've been wanting to check this out for years but I'm just now getting around to it.

Its 2027 and the world economy has basically gone to hell. The UK seems to be one of the few places still carrying on but its facing problems ranging from rampant terrorism to major immigration issues. Its now become a police state. Oh yeah...there's been worldwide infertility for 18 years.

Clive Owen plays a man named Theo, a civil servant going on with his day to day life when his ex wife, Julian (Julianne Moore) asks him for help. She's a part of a rebel group trying to get an African immigrant named Kee, the only pregnant woman in the world, out of the country. A group called the Human Project needs her and her baby to try and cure the infertility problem. Michael Caine plays Theos political activist buddy Jasper. Caine really looks like he's having a fun time. The entire cast is good. Owen in particular.

You really get a sense of how desperate things are for the human race. Within 100 years humanity will be all but extinct and a lot of people in this world have just said "f*** it." Just goes to show what happens without hope for the future. There's a moment when all the fighting stops when everyone sees that Kee is holding a baby. The fearful bystanders are filled with hope and the soldiers and rebels hold their fire and look on in wonder. There was something almost messianic about that as well as people showing their humanity by simply being happy to see an innocent child again Also interesting that Cuaron chose an African woman to be the first to have a baby in decades and that they are the last hope for humanity. Some people say humanities origins are in what is now Africa so there is something to consider with that symbolism.

There is a very cool use of music here. The soundtrack uses songs that sound like something from the 1960's. Even though the film is set in 2027 the music reminded me of the turbulence of the 1960's, the social unrest, and the rise of counter culture. That feeling fits whats going in in the movie. The end of the film is pretty predictable but then it usually is when we have a hero like Theo.

I LOVE the look of this film. The way the film is shot, with a documentary feel, is very successful. We've seen plenty of dystopias but we only go ahead less than 20 years here and its a totally believable future. The technology is a little more advanced but not far fetched at all. And the best part is its a used looking future where its all worn and breaking down. I can picture our progress AND out problems being just like this in 20 years unless we do something now to stave it off.

[Panthro]

Iron Man (2008)

[Kable24]

Final Destination 5

The Quick and the Dead

[Panthro]

Starman (1984)

[LuisTX85]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a121/ToFu_1988/MoVie%20stUfF/LittleMonstersdvd.jpg
3/5,Good memories!

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/30_Minutes_or_Less_Poster.jpg

5/10

[Lunar_Wolf]

Tucker & Dale vs Evil

[hammerhedd11]

The Graduate

[Kane52630]

http://i.imgur.com/cALph.jpg
Best Worst Movie

A great documentary on one of the best worst films of all time. They did a good job covering all aspects of how the film became a cult phenomenon. George Hardy is man with so much charisma it's sad he hasn't starred in another film. The actress who played the mom kinda freaked me out in a crazy cat lady way, it was very awkward. Only thing that was missing was there wasn't any interviews with the actress that played the Goblin Queen.
9/10

[Punisher Rising]

http://www.traileraddict.com/content/warner-bros-pictures/fugitive.jpg

10/10


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10/10

[Eddie Dean]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a121/ToFu_1988/MoVie%20stUfF/LittleMonstersdvd.jpg
3/5,Good memories!
This is one of the most disturbing and perverse films I have ever seen.

[hammerhedd11]

Hard Eight

[CConn]

The Godfather.

[CConn]

Best Worst Movie

A great documentary on one of the best worst films of all time. They did a good job covering all aspects of how the film became a cult phenomenon. George Hardy is man with so much charisma it's sad he hasn't starred in another film. The actress who played the mom kinda freaked me out in a crazy cat lady way, it was very awkward. Only thing that was missing was there wasn't any interviews with the actress that played the Goblin Queen.
9/10Personally, I find Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 to be the best worst movie of all time.

[Kane52630]

Personally, I find Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 to be the best worst movie of all time.

Nah, while that is one of best worst film it doesn't come close to the classic, The Room.
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I hope someone does a documentary on the Room like Best Worst Movie. lol

[CConn]

Oh, The Room is on a whole other plane of existence.

[Figs]

Nah, while that is one of best worst film it doesn't come close to the classic, The Room.
http://i51.tinypic.com/hv9wuw.jpg


I hope someone does a documentary on the Room like Best Worst Movie. lol

After I saw the awesomeness that is The Room I was reading a bit about it online. It's great, there are actually showings of it in the theaters where people treat it like Rocky Horror. Big cult following behind it.

[Kane52630]

On, The Room is on a whole other plane of existence.
:hehe::up:
After I saw the awesomeness that is The Room I was reading a bit about it online. It's great, there are actually showings of it in the theaters where people treat it like Rocky Horror. Big cult following behind it.

Oh I know, I've been seeing screenings everywhere and I've seen video of people sharing their experiences at the theater. A documentary can work, it just need someone that can capture the cult following.

[CConn]

Two things amaze me about The Room:

1. How Tommy Wiseau actually totally unintentionally conveys an absolute hatred and disrespect for women as a whole throughout the movie.

2. Just how disgusting that Man's body is. The sex scenes in The Room rivaled any horror movie I've ever seen for pure gruesomeness.

[Figs]

2. Just how disgusting that Man's body is. The sex scenes in The Room rivaled any horror movie I've ever seen for pure gruesomeness.

:funny:

[DyeLorean]

The King's Speech

[rnewbz]

Martha, Marcy May, Marlene- 8/10
The Tree of Life 8.5/10

[Panthro]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

[Soapy]

http://ak.buy.com/PI/0/350/225211229.jpg

Sort of a romantic comedy where a guy tries to kill himself, but fails and ends up stranded on an island underneath an overpass in the middle of a city. 5/5

[HisMagicTrick]

Blue Valentine

7/10

[Watchman]

Harakiri

[Whiskey Tango]

Just watched Bridesmaids - ****ing hilarious and tons of heart. Great cast too. Loved it 9/10

[CConn]

Hulk.

[DyeLorean]

Hugo.

I have a question. Movies filmed in 3D.. what side of the eye they choose to convert to 2D for home releases? Is it the left, or right?

[ShaneHelms]

Gladiator

[dude love]

Killer Elite

It's so great to see De Niro actually caring. Between this and Machete there's a home for him in action films.

Jurassic Park

The last of the old school Spielberg, until Tin Tin at least. That's not to say everything he's done in between has been terrible, far from it, but he hadn't truly recaptured this sense of adventure, even Tin Tin was animated though, so while great you just can't compare an animated film to something like this.

[craigdbfan]

Two things amaze me about The Room:

1. How Tommy Wiseau actually totally unintentionally conveys an absolute hatred and disrespect for women as a whole throughout the movie.

2. Just how disgusting that Man's body is. The sex scenes in The Room rivaled any horror movie I've ever seen for pure gruesomeness.

http://i.imgur.com/29pLr.jpg

[henry_9305]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Faster2010Poster.jpg
9/10

I really liked it. Dwayne's performance surprised me every time I watched this film.

[WolfCypher]

Underworld, the Third

Biased 8/10. BIASED :hrt:

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/A_Very_Harold_%26_Kumar_Christmas.jpg

8/10

[Sculder]

The Tree of Life
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/The-Tree-of-Life-movie-poster-2011-picture-MOV_34d953fb_b.jpg

The Adventures of Tintin
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/t56584.jpg

War Horse
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/war-horse-poster-300x428.jpg

My Week with Marilyn
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Sculder22/Posters/MWMW_poster_260x385_260_385_100.jpg

[Two-Face]

Safe House 7/10

[mongoose-mania]

Young Frankenstein.

[Kane52630]

http://i.imgur.com/Pu3D0.jpg
Today's Special

A pretty decent feel good comedy that I enjoyed a lot mostly because of they shot it at my hometown in Queens. Aasif Mandvi did a pretty good job on his performance but Naseeruddin Shah stole the show with his oozing charisma.
8.5/10


http://i.imgur.com/UEIaQ.jpg
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

A well made documentary on the man behind Elmo and shows his impact in the Jim Henson's world of the Muppets. You get to see a glimpse of the world behind of puppets and the puppeteers and makes wonder how amazing it would be if someone made a biopic on Jim Henson.
8.5/10

[Immortalfire]

In The Heat Of The Night

[LOBO3315a]

Red Riding Hood. Sadly not nearly as good as the trailers lead me to believe.

[Punisher Rising]

http://www.traileraddict.com/content/hollywood-pictures/rock.jpg

9/10

[LOBO3315a]

Sucker Punch. More entertaining than I thought it was going to be.

[Panthro]

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)

[ComicChick]

The Sorceror's Apprentice

[Yodaman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/dan-yoda/halloween-movie-poster-1978-1020189584.jpg

9/10

[dude love]

Steven Seagal

IS

Today You Die

My new favourite Seagal film from the DTV era. It's well made enough not to be unwatchable, but still bad enough to be entertaining. The film was clearly intended for Wesley Snipes or Cuba Gooding Jr, but when Seagal joined, they never bothered to rewrite the character, so Seagal just plays him as a black man.

[CConn]

Aladdin

[Guhndoi]

Life (1999)

[LuisTX85]

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww53/ajke_sarabela17/death_becomes_her.jpg
3/5,Most of the special effects are still great and Willis/Streep&Hawn did well in their parts but everything else was"meh"even a bit more than I thought before

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/DravenStorm/wicked_little_things.jpg
3.5/5

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/pinchegato323/MOVIES%201/the_lost_tribe_cd.jpg
2.5/5

[dude love]

The Killer Elite (1975)

Meh. I thought a movie about James Caan and Burt Young fighting an army of Ninjas led by an ascot wearing Robert Duvall would be far more entertaining.

[The Morningstar]

Hellboy. It's remarkable that this movie was made for 60 million dollars. Such amazing visuals. Pearlman is brilliant as ol Red. Love this movie.

[Boom]

Reservoir Dogs.

[The Morningstar]

Hellboy 2. Haven't watched this in a couple of years, I used to prefer the first Hellboy but now i gotta change my mind. Visually spectacular, the fight scenes are great and the set/production design is some of the best i've seen. The Troll Market, with all it's creatures shows what an amazing imagination Del Toro's got. Goss' Prince Nuada is a bad ass and brilliantly realised. Johan Krauss and his rivalry with Big Red is hilarious. It's also a clever film, with well done subtexts and cool bits of symbolism.

Really underrated imo.

[nightwing06]

ACT OF VALOR

Even though the film Act Of Valor was made with the full support of the U.S. Navy and Pentagon,and

the film stars actual active-duty recruits,i wouldnt define it as a recruitment film,as many critics have over the past 2 weeks.

Directors Mike McCoy Scott Waugh present a story of what Navy SEALS experience,their dedication and courage in 2 missions:

The rescue of a a kidnapped CIA officer,and stopping some uniquely made explosives from

entering the U.S via Mexico.

The action sequences are terrific,well paced and intense.The fact that active-duty recruits are the stars of the film

and the most hyped up and big selling point of the film,you would think the directors would have at least attempted to get

stronger performances or some type of emotion from the soldiers.

I cant fault the recruits because they're not actors.I know a soldier has to disconnect from his own feelings and keep the mission

at hand at the forefront in order accomplish his mission,stay alive,and keep his fellow soldiers alive in his unit.

But when you have a scene in which a soldier is stating he may not

make it back home to his family and it comes off with the same emotion as if he just said: Hey we may not have cream for our coffee tomorrow,

thats a problem.The delivery of the dialogue is so stiff and without emotion,i began to laugh.

Then when you couple them with real actors who act with true passion and fervor ,you end up with a mismatched film.

Catch the film on cable or DVD.

Scale of 1-10 a 6½

[Monsieur Xavier]

Contact ( I stepped on it while zapping through the channels ).
Not as good as I remembered it.

[AnneFan]

Inglorious Basterds

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Sullivanstravelsposter.jpg

8.5/10

[LOBO3315a]

Pan's Labyrinth. Visually and psychologically, a masterpiece.

[Figs]

Real Steel

3.5/5

[LOBO3315a]

The Howling. Probably the best werewolf movie ever made.

[Mr. Wooden Alligator]

Hellboy. It's remarkable that this movie was made for 60 million dollars. Such amazing visuals. Pearlman is brilliant as ol Red. Love this movie.

I love this movie. It inspired to to get into Mignola's comics, then Lovecraft's work, then try my hand at leisurely writing.

The love subplot was really funny and the stuff in the Mausoleum looked amazing. The fantastic creatures in the sequel were great, too. Makes me think Del Toro should do the Elric saga. He'd have a visual field day with the novella Stormbringer.

My just watched: Dragons of Autumn Twilight. First mistake was advertising it as a Dungeons and Dragons movie. The second was cramming a 300-400 page book into 90 minutes. The third was using horrid CG for the draconians and dragons. :o

[Panthro]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

[Matt Mortem]

Rango 9/10 I love this movie.

[Panthro]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

[Nirvana]

About Schmidt- Great great movie.

[darkseid26]

Barcelona, 7/10

[Figs]

http://i42.tinypic.com/20hsej8.jpg

2.5/5

I thought I had seen Cage's craziest performance before, but this role took the cake.

[Yodaman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/dan-yoda/tucker_and_dale_vs_evil_ver5.jpg

8.5/10

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Thingprequelfairuse.jpg

2/10

The movie sucked more dick than Annabelle Chong.

[Immortalfire]

Unknown

[Doctor Jones]

http://i42.tinypic.com/20hsej8.jpg

2.5/5

I thought I had seen Cage's craziest performance before, but this role took the cake.

That poster is so decieving in at least four ways.

This movie took such an awful and strange turn. After Cage died I was pretty much wondering when the movie was gonne end. Then comes the pointless Charlie Sheen scene and then comes the man with the metallic claw for a hand. :huh:

[The Morningstar]

That poster is deceiving in that Cage doesn't look anything like that in the movie.

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Safe_House_Poster.jpg

7/10

[Wesley Dodds]

The first 20-25 minutes of

http://cinedemujeres.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mary-reilly.jpg

I've never switched a movie off because of an actor's bad accent before but, people, my God! Julia Roberts' Irish accent is so excruciating it's almost physically painful...

[Figs]

That poster is so decieving in at least four ways.

This movie took such an awful and strange turn. After Cage died I was pretty much wondering when the movie was gonne end. Then comes the pointless Charlie Sheen scene and then comes the man with the metallic claw for a hand. :huh:

Yeah, once Cage died I turned to my girl and said that this movie just went downhill fast.

He was awesome in this movie. He turned up his over the top craziness to 11, hell even 12.

I love those last scenes from the strip club on.

"FUUUUUUUUUU...." :woot:

Cage - "Who sent you man!?"
Cage - "Who sent you man!?"
Killer - "Sam F'ing Peckinpah"
Cage - "YEEEAAAAAGGGH!"

[nite-owl]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/ParanormalActivity3Poster.jpg

3/10

An absolute snorefest.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/ParanormalActivity3Poster.jpg

3/10

An absolute snorefest.So it's just like the first two. Good to know!

[Max J Power]

Moonraker

7/10

By far the goofiest of the Bond movies I've seen, but in a charming way. It would have benefitted from being shorter though. Toward the beginning, I felt like I was waiting for something exciting to happen. It got better as it progressed, however, and got really fun once they all went into space. Plus, it has one of the better Bond puns.

(Bond and Holly are having sex under a space blanket while their superiors and country leaders watch)
British Leader: "What in God's name is he doing?"
Q: "I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir."

[The Morningstar]

Yeah, once Cage died I turned to my girl and said that this movie just went downhill fast.

He was awesome in this movie. He turned up his over the top craziness to 11, hell even 12.

I love those last scenes from the strip club on.

"FUUUUUUUUUU...." :woot:

Cage - "Who sent you man!?"
Cage - "Who sent you man!?"
Killer - "Sam F'ing Peckinpah"
Cage - "YEEEAAAAAGGGH!"

It's the single most hilariously insane performance by an actor i've ever seen.

Nic Cage is God.

[Figs]

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