What's The Last Movie You Watched? XIV

[darkseid26]

The Magnificent Ambersons - 9/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

I suggest you go watch something that you really love. It will make you forget about W______ for a while.

I started watching Apocalypse Now to remedy my inner pain.

 

[Kane52630]

Men In Black III

As a big fan growing up for the original Men in Black film, I didn't have high hopes for the 3rd film after the rehash 2nd film and the trailers that didn't look pleasing. That being said, the film is actually a lot better than the trailers/concept showed. It was more of the relationship between K and J than the aliens or the villain in the film. It felt like a different film, the look is much colorful than the previous two and the aliens weren't the focus this time around. Josh Brolin gave a fantastic performance playing the young TLG's character. He nailed all of his mannerism to a tee. Other than that the film was predictable by half way in but it was good seeing the direction they went with.
7.5/10

Chernobyl Diaries

This movie should've been called "Dumb White People Diaries" because that was pretty much it. Almost none of the common sense was put into this, and yeah the concept of going to Chernobyl might be interesting the execution of it was terrible. The only thing that was going for this movie was the shots of Chernobyl itself, it was haunting to see. The 2nd half was so missed on all points of a horror film it made me wonder what the point was making this film.
4/10

 

[Yodaman]

5.5/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

Chernobyl Diaries

This movie should've been called "Dumb White People Diaries" because that was pretty much it. Almost none of the common sense was put into this, and yeah the concept of going to Chernobyl might be interesting the execution of it was terrible. The only thing that was going for this movie was the shots of Chernobyl itself, it was haunting to see. The 2nd half was so missed on all points of a horror film it made me wonder what the point was making this film.
4/10

"Hey, guys, let's all go to Chernobyl. What could possibly go wrong?"

It's not even clever. I mean it just sets itself up for a found footage film.

 

[Kane52630]

"Hey, guys, let's all go to Chernobyl. What could possibly go wrong?"

It's not even clever. I mean it just sets itself up for a found footage film.

It's odd though, it's not a found footage film yet it was filmed like one.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Then what was the point exactly...?

 

[Kane52630]

Then what was the point exactly...?

That's what I'm trying to figure out lol
Like I said earlier, the only redeemable moments from that movie was Chernobyl itself, the look of it was amazing.....oh and some nice female cleavage.

 

[Kable24]

Freddy Vs. Jason

 

[biolumen]

The Magnificent Ambersons - 9/10

I need to see this. I've avoided it until now because it isn't Welles' cut. Yet in spite of the extensive reshoots by Robert Wise (including a new "happy" ending), it's still considered a classic by most.

 

[dude stannis]

I seem to be the only one here who wasn't a fan of Fincher's film. You didn't think the stuff after the case felt tacked on? I still don't know what the hell she was trying to do for him and I didn't really care that much because the movie should have ended already.

Believe me, I can list a million things wrong with the core story.

I started watching Apocalypse Now to remedy my inner pain.

You know a film is bad when you need Apocalypse Now to cheer you up. I think XO:W may be my Bane too.

 

[Lady Marion]

Marvel's The Avengers. Again. And the last time in theater.

 

[henry_9305]

7.5/10

Much better than I expected.

7/10

 

[-Arya-]

9/10

 

[bunk]

We Bought a Zoo
7/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

Believe me, I can list a million things wrong with the core story.



You know a film is bad when you need Apocalypse Now to cheer you up. I think XO:W may be my Bane too.

The film didn't feel long, but it should have done something more. Maybe it would have helped if I didn't see the Swedish film, but the film should have been good enough for me not to think that.

Oh, yeah and the CGI in Wolverine. For 2009 with that kind of film, what the hell went on with that?

Alice In Wonderland - 8/10

A Tim Burton film that is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Surprise! I liked it a lot. As someone who perhaps hasn't either seen the cartoon or hasn't seen it in many, many years and didn't read the book, but was familiar with the overall story of Alice, I really liked this story. It kind of reminded me of Hook. The main character returning after so many years to a world where the people need her help. And as a kind of sequel to it, it works in favor of Alice being older. It's not about her becoming cynical or world weary, she's just as imaginitive as ever. It's the people around her that dreary and want to choose her life for her. A theme of the film that I really liked. Alice having to actually choose what she had to do reflected in Wonderland and in her living life is something I don't tire of. Unlike Dark Shadows recently, which got lost in what it was trying to do, this film had all of its ideas sorted out and did what it was suppose to do, and made it something that one could cling to. Plus I loved the look of the film with the motion capture/CGI combined with practicality. The CGI wasn't trying to look as realistic as possible but captured was the storybook nature and imagination of Wonderland. And it all worked; showing that practical or CGI, if you use it and use it well to serve the story, one is not better than the other.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Chronicle. Better than I thought it was going to be. The final fight sequence shown from several recording sources was pretty innovative.

 

[Metallo]

The Last Man On Earth

8/10

The best adaptation of I Am Legend? Probably I love that it really gets right what the later two only scratched the surface of: the horror elements. When Morgan's (Neville's) wife comes home its pretty f***n creepy. The vampires/creatures are probably more accurate and they are certainly more disturbing that the CGI foolishness in the Will Smith version of I Am Legend. The one scene in that movie where the creatures were people in suits was the most disturbing involving them.

Vincent Price does a good job of playing Morgan, especially when the stress of it all starts to get to him at night while these things claw at his house telling him they are going to kill him.

Last Man On Earth is also the only adaptation that even comes close to the society/status quo examining ending of the original Richard Matheson story. But you can see that side of that throughout the movie as Morgan stakes these creatures. The ending is like a flashbulb that shows all those scenes in a new light.

I've always wondered if Richard Matheson ever tried to adapt I Am Legend for The Twilight Zone? It would've had to be cut down to fit into an hour but TZ would have been a great forum to keep the spirit of the story.

You can really tell how the novel and this movie influenced George Romero and Night of The Living Dead. He's said it has in the past but after watching TLMOA it becomes clear how it was such a strong influence.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

6/10

 

[Yodaman]

5/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

6/10

You're too generous. Divide it by 2.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Avatar: The Last Airbender. I honestly don't know why this movie got such hate. Considering that M. Night Shyamalan had to tell an entire season's worth of story in an hour and 40 minutes, and the movie was outside of his general genre (ending with a twist) I didn't think it was that bad. Visually the effects were great. The dialog could have used some work, but the story was a condensed version of the entire first season. No mean feat for any director.

 

[nite-owl]

9/10

 

[CConn]

Ghost World.

It was surprisingly average. Despite Thora Birch's strong performance.

 

[Figs]

The Last Man On Earth

8/10

The best adaptation of I Am Legend? Probably I love that it really gets right what the later two only scratched the surface of: the horror elements. When Morgan's (Neville's) wife comes home its pretty f***n creepy. The vampires/creatures are probably more accurate and they are certainly more disturbing that the CGI foolishness in the Will Smith version of I Am Legend. The one scene in that movie where the creatures were people in suits was the most disturbing involving them.

Vincent Price does a good job of playing Morgan, especially when the stress of it all starts to get to him at night while these things claw at his house telling him they are going to kill him.

Last Man On Earth is also the only adaptation that even comes close to the society/status quo examining ending of the original Richard Matheson story. But you can see that side of that throughout the movie as Morgan stakes these creatures. The ending is like a flashbulb that shows all those scenes in a new light.

I've always wondered if Richard Matheson ever tried to adapt I Am Legend for The Twilight Zone? It would've had to be cut down to fit into an hour but TZ would have been a great forum to keep the spirit of the story.

You can really tell how the novel and this movie influenced George Romero and Night of The Living Dead. He's said it has in the past but after watching TLMOA it becomes clear how it was such a strong influence.

I agree that this is the best adaptation of I Am Legend. I'm still crossing my fingers they'll release this on Bluray some day.