What's The Last Movie You Watched? VIII - Part 2

[Yodaman]

7.5/10

 

[thejon93]

Soul Surfer

actually enjoyed it a whole lot

I've heard surprisingly good things about it. I wouldn't mind giving it a look.

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1':
This is definitely, by far, the best 'Harry Potter' film I've seen to date. I'm a sucker when it comes to movies about the characters themselves, and I absolutely adore these three well-rounded characters and then some. Up till this point, my favorite was 'Goblet of Fire'. Now, 'Deathly Hallows: Part 1' sits comfortably on-top with it's masterful performances, breathtaking cinematography, superb action sequences, as well as it's wonderful source material. Definitely one of the best films of last year and a pleasure to have on DVD to re-watch again-and-again in the future.

Rating: 5 out of 5

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Halloween (the original).

 

[Max J Power]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico--8/10

Hadn't seen it in full since high school. It was a good reminder of why Rodriguez was one of the first directors I really got into. He's one of the best at stylized action working today.

Unstoppable--8.5/10

Really well made popcorn thriller. I ended up watching it twice this weekend, and it was just as exciting the second time.

 

[Dark Victory]

Certified Copy - 8-8.5/10

Don't fully know what to think of this yet. It's awesome to see fully-fledged characters in such a mysterious plot (the syuzhet and fabula are blurred), but the enigmatic stuff here might feel a bit too clever for itself, sometimes more annoying and pushy than tantalizing. Still, I enjoyed it a lot, and it was a shame to hear people walking out of the theater trying to fit all of the logistics when **** like that obviously doesn't matter. This literal mindedness and obviousness can really be seen in Nolan's last three movies, but that's just me ranting. Juliet Binoche deserved her award.

Black Swan

Caught some of this at a friend's house before we left for CC. I've already seen it a few times and I think it's a really good movie, but does anyone else think Natalie Portman's performance is overrated? A lot of this is just going off memory, but she practically hits the same note throughout the entire thing, minus the last thirty seconds. I should rewatch it to get a better sense of how much I like her job.

 

[Kane52630]

The Crow

First time seeing this and wow, Brandon Lee gave a terrific performance.

9/10

 

[Tex]

Robing Hood.
The Hills Have Thighs.

 

[XxDelta09xX]

Spider-Man 2 7/10

 

[Bruce Banner]

Batman Begins

The Incredible Hulk

 

[Immortalfire]

Rocky IV

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

 

[chapin]

Rio

6.5/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

East of Eden - 9/10

My first Kazan film. Boy, I need to see more of them. And my second James Dean film. He only did three films, but I can understand his impact. In his first couple of scene his performance may seem off putting, but then once you understand the character and the context he's terrific. Dean here has this childish way about him. Given the relationship with his father and the absense of his mother, he still retains a little bit of a child. But he is a young adult and dealing with issues we all can identify with, even if they're small. I think everything that he encounters we have all thought about or have faced. And he has this tough good looking image to him, but it's a shell, letting his emotions run free and not being afraid. He seems fearless in his roles. You can tell he seeks these roles to have a cathartic experience. All actors should look for roles that teaches them new things and bring out things they normally couldn't do. Dean really is a represenation for that. Not just for young people, but for everyone struggling with themselves.

I loved the locations too. It proves that locations are a large part of what makes a film great -- because they are such a character too. The valley of California is gorgeous. The shots of the fields on a sunny blue day are beautiful.

I really liked all the characters. Cal is a person who has never felt loved, so he projects his feelings and confusions onto others, like his father and brother, his father being a person who seems to have loved but does for the wrong reasons. It's simple: They could never understand eahcother. His brother represents when a person gets that love, but maybe the love that he thought was really love wasn't true at all. It wrecks him more than Cal.

It's a film everyone should be able to latch onto in a certain way. James Dean acts as more of a window into our emotions that we are afraid to show and we can project that into the emotional experience that is film in general. So James dean and film seem to go hand in hand.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

East of Eden is one of my favorites.I've only seen a couple of Kazan's films,.My personal favorite is A Streetcar Named Desire.

La Mission 7/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's actually next for me. It came a few days ago. Going to watch it later on.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

That's actually next for me. It came a few days ago. Going to watch it later on.

You'll love it.

 

[Panthro]

Octopussy (1983)

 

[Figs]

That's actually next for me. It came a few days ago. Going to watch it later on.

Also check out On the Waterfront. Probably my favorite Brando film.




3.5/5

 

[Still Wynning]

The Rocketeer

Damn good film. Even better than I remember.

4.5/5

 

[Tex]

Scream 4

 

[Nirvana]

Transformers

 

[Darkness Falls]

Scream 4 8/10

 

[C. Lee]

Flame and Citron excellent movie. About Danish resistence fighters in WWII>

 

[The Chris]

Scream 4
The Conspirator

 

[Banana-Hotdog]

"The Hunt for Red October"

I didn't care for this at all. It was pretty boring. I will say it had the most unintentionally funny opening dialog I've ever heard "It's cold.", "Yes, it is cold...cold and hard." And then soon after that was a scene in which Alec Baldwin explained, to a flight attendant, what turbulence is, as if she had never heard of it. But those were just funny bits that added to the movie more than took away from it. It just wasn't my thing.

"The Secret in their Eyes"
Good movie. I think "A Prophet" was actually the better foreign film that year though.