What's The Last Movie You Watched? VIII - Part 3

[Kane52630]

X-Men: First Class

8/10

Super 8

9/10

Saw both of them for the 2nd time back to back, both gets better with a 2nd viewing.

 

[Yodaman]

6/10

 

[Downhere]

Super 8 - 10/10

Kung Fu Panda 2 - 7.5/10

Gulliver's Travels - 5/10

 

[Bunker]

Probably the only Potter film that can be classified as a great movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It is indeed the best one and my favorite. But the sixth film comes second.

EDIT: Your avvy is full of win.

 

[Ponyboy]

Talk about delightfully dreadful...

 

[Bunker]

It is indeed the best one and my favorite. But the sixth film comes second.

EDIT: Your avvy is full of win.

Eh. HBP was decent, but the ending fell really flat. There was no real payoff without the battle scene, which they delayed for two films. All of the angsty teen romance stuff bogged it down as well. PoA avoids that by just focusing on the great buildup to Sirius' reveal and Harry's inner turmoil.

also, danke!

 

[Dark Victory]

Night of the Hunter - 10/10

Sits back and lets dream logic take over the fable, it plays with right/left brain thought just like Powell's philosophy of good/evil in the movie. And it's funny as hell, too. An old woman with a huge symbolic phallus in her lap is great.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Eh. HBP was decent, but the ending fell really flat. There was no real payoff without the battle scene, which they delayed for two films. All of the angsty teen romance stuff bogged it down as well. PoA avoids that by just focusing on the great buildup to Sirius' reveal and Harry's inner turmoil.

also, danke!

I love it because of its small scale and intimate story. And it's the mark of where they start to grow up. Cauron handled all of this brilliantly.

 

[hammerhedd11]

The Horseman

 

[hammerhedd11]

Any good?

It was excellent.

 

[Kable24]

X-Men: First Class

Shooter

 

[Soapy]

Contact



Never seen it before. There wasn't anything surprising, interesting, or impressive about it, but it was competently made and entertaining enough.

3/5

 

[Figs]

Red X Soapy.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[C. Lee]

I saw the first two segments of that recently...really strange stuff.



On Saturday I watched THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ZOOM IN OUTER SPACE and WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Probably the only Potter film that can be classified as a great movie.

Honestly.....

I find POA to be the 5th best.

Hallows is easily the best one, for my money. Then HBP, with GOF finding 3rd, followed by OOTP, then POA.

 

[Still Wynning]

Die Hard

10/10

Still one of the best and most entertaining suspense thrillers out there. Just from the premise (terrorists hold an entire building hostage and it's up to one ordinary cop to save the day in a classic game of "cat-and-mouse"), it sounds fairly farfetched, but the script and the director manage to make it work.

And I love how John McClane isn't some sort of super cop who fires magic bullets at his enemies and gets through everything without a scratch; he's a real human being. The guy bleeds, gets beat up, makes mistakes, cracks jokes, and cusses up a storm, which makes it even more of a joy when we actually get to see him succeed. Bruce Willis breathes life into the character with his quick wit, charm and humanity into a character which would otherwise fall flat with any other actor. Bruce Willis truly is John McClane. If it wasn't for his performance in this film, I doubt this film would be as half as good as it is.

This brings me to Alan Rickman, playing the deliciously deviant terrorist Hans Gruber. They say a hero is only as good as his villain, and, man, what a heck of a villain! This guy isn't just your generic mustache twirling baddie of the week. He's exudes confidence and control and doesn't take no for answer, or else you're just another bloodstain on a window. This guy knows how to play pretty much everyone in the movie like a piece on his chess board, except for John McClane, whose antics start drive Hans up a wall. It's so fun to see the banter and chemistry between these two actors, whether or not they're in the same room together. And the final confrontation between them at the end of the movie is just pure cinematic gold ("Happy trails, Hans." t.

All the other roles in this movie, as small as they may be, also get a chance to shine. The cab driver crashes his car into one of the terrorist's vehicles and knocks him cold. Holly Gennaro, John's wife, sucker punches an annoying news person. Even Sgt. Al Powell (played to perfection by Reginald VelJohnson of Family Matters fame), who befriends John McClane and feels regret over a past mistake, gets a chance at redemption by shooting and killing the last surviving terrorist.

So, to sum it up, this movie is pretty much everything an action movie should be. It's got action, drama, good writing, a great score, characters you care about, characters you hate, memorable dialogue, and even a little romance, all wrapped up in a nice, little Christmas package. What more could you want?

If you haven't seen this in a while, I suggest giving it another watch again, just for old times sake.

And if you haven't seen it at all, what the heck are you reading this review for?

Yippee Ky Yay, Motherf**ker.

 

[8wid]

Super 8

 

[The Morningstar]

The Maltese Falcon. First time i've watch this, amazingly. It's awesome. The ending is brilliant.

 

[Sculder]

Julie & Julia

Ondine

Un prophète / A Prophet

L'armée du crime / The Army of Crime

Blood Creek

 

[Hunter Rider]

Disjointed and cheaply made thriller with several random scenes and poor acting that is hindered by the clunky shifts in the script and crappy characterizations and development. Ashley Judd manages the best of the 3 leads but it's a shame that the interesting central theme of her character was not explored by the mess of a film around her. 3/10

 

[hammerhedd11]

Never Let Me Go

 

[Evil Twin]

Midnight in Paris

The movie has some issues, particularly with how it handles its main message, but it's warm, funny, well acted, and has an engaging hook. It's not particularly deep and engages in caricature, but it's funny caricature. Particularly Hemingway, but there are other really memorable performances. Michael Sheen is great as a pretentious know-it-all. Marion Cotillard is very charming. And Adrien Brody is very funny as Dali.

I think Owen Wilson is the glue in this. He's clearly meant to be a Woody Allen stand-in, but he brings enough of himself so that it feels that it diverges quite a bit. He's certainly not a neurotic, New York Jew, but more of an everyman character. And he looks like he's having a legitimately good time, I'm thinking of the scene where he dances the charleston specifically, which is infectious.

Although it handles its main message bluntly, it has some more subtle things to say on how we can draw from the past in art while bringing our own insights. Owen Wilson's writer shows insight that Hemingway lacks, for instance. It's a trifle overall, but a very pleasant one.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Happy 30th Anniversary to the greatest action/adventure film of all time. And thank you George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for bringing such a character and film to audiences. Like any great film, as long as film exists, this will as well. It will never change.