Last Movie Watched

[BigBrown]

The Twilight Samurai, about a Samurai struggling to support his children and sick mother in a time of change in 19th century Japan. Very cool movie, it felt authentic both visually and in how it depicted the day-to-day life of a humble man without much ambition in advancing his social and economic status but fulfilled in other ways. The movie is very light on action and has a slow pace but is atmospheric, melancholic and beautiful to look at.

 

[lagwagon0]

Scanners - Just... yes. **** yes. I ****ing love Michael Ironside. Hurry up and Blu this already, please.

Now that's a funny coincidence since I just watched Scanners for the first time. Not exactly a Christmas movie but I enjoyed it quite a bit.

 

[lagwagon0]

Interesting turn to feature a lot of Japanese culture and gorgeous foreign scenery but I just didn't have much fun and while I guess it works as a character study, it just wasn't for me.

Finally saw this a few weeks back, although I remembered a scene from the movie so I must have seen a portion sometime before. Pretty damn solid apocalyptic action flick.

Quirky, odd, and interesting like most of Wes Anderson's flicks. I was surprised by how much I loved Owen Wilson in this movie.

Man, Michael Ironside is such a great nut job in this movie. Liked the premise and I could stand the 80's vibes, including some shockingly mediocre acting that didn't detract from the movie for me.

Good enough to overlook my Clooney distaste, since I think he was great in this role. It did a great job of accurately and realistically portraying the issues facing a parent when another parent suffers a tragedy.

John Goodman is so damn awesome in this movie!

You know, for as thin as the plot was Benedict Cumberbatch is so damn amazing as the villain that I'm willing to forgive any misgivings I had while watching.

Occasionally funny and often sad story about a dysfunctional family and their journey to a beauty pageant.

 

[KingInTheWest]

A combination of drugged-out debauchery that has been done before, corrupt financial types that has done before, and astounding levels of gratuitous nudity that is probably the most original part. It was pretty entertaining, though, with Jonah Hill and Rob Reiner killing it. It only started to drag at the 2:40 mark, finally ending a minute shy of three hours. Scorsese overindulgent? Never!

The comedic elements were by far the second-best part. The dramatic aspects were the essence of nothing new, and the film jumps way too quickly from eager earnest DiCaprio on his first day to the ravenous creature he becomes. I like how we never see Kyle Chandler (who gives another good performance) except in scenes with DiCaprio, but then we are talking about a movie that is already three hours. I think the only scenes without DiCaprio at all are ones critical to the plot. Most of those involve Jon Berenthal, giving a much better and much more alive performance than the one in Mob City.

The best part of the movie, and I hate to be this guy, but damn.

Da-amn. Margot Robbie, of semi-recent television flop Pan Am, with lead actress screen time, and holding her own against DiCaprio's performance.

I'll go B+. (A comedy, C+ drama, A+ intangibles)

 

[IceDogsFan]

I don't know, I just did not get it

 

[rinkrat]

Saw this today. I was entertained.

 

[jerseydevil]

I don't know, I just did not get it

Much like In Bruges, it requires repeat viewings. On my 10th, more or less, and the subtleties are...god help me...delicious. Why do I sould like Vincent Price all of a sudden?

 

[jerseydevil]

Keerist this is overrated. And overhyped...overappreciated...excessive in all aspects. Scorsese already made Goodfellas. This is more like Casino. Over the top while forgetting the most important thing...you need to LIKE somebody, especially if your movie clocks in at almost 3 hours. 3 hours of too much sex, drugs and excess(which is ALMOST impossible). No balance, Even the 'good guys' represented by Kyle Chandler mostly...just seem to be buzz killing anal-blockage suffering 'if I can't enjoy my life neither will you' types. Misfires on almost ALL cylinders. Yet...despite the worst eyebrows in movie history...Leo actually convinced me he was someone else...instead of playing little man dress up. Lots of really good support. Jon 'Shane' Bernthal is particularly solid...but Jonah Hill...in a part that so delicately traipses back and forth on the CARTOON line...is tremendous. The ONLY nomination that should come out of this. And...sadly...supporting is a tough sled this year. But the kid is very very good. Better dramatic actor than comedic. I said it.



Not real good. Craig Robinson reduced to cringeworthy overtly sexual talk(no subtlety) and basically a meandering plot that kinda just happens. Lots of good folks try real hard(Tyler Labine, Ken Jeong, Rob Cordry, Thomas Lennon...etc) but more concept than execution. Worth a watch on Netflix/Cable...wish I hadn't bought.

 

[roenick]

So we took in quite a bit this Christmas break. First off introduced my oldest daughter (17 years old) to one of my favorite guilty pleasures (and she absolutely loved it):

Next we hit the theaters for two family movies:

Hanks was good (in his own way) but Emma Thompson is just wonderful and surprising Colin Farrell does an outstanding job as well as the rest of the cast of well known actors. And any Luther fans will notice a nice bit of work from "Alice" (gosh she is a looker!!).

My kids took me to see this and it wasn't bad but it wasn't really good either. Weak effort from Disney IMHO that will just drive a commercial tie-in somewhere for them to make $$.

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

Watched Upstream Color on Saturday. Absolutely HORRIBLE. 0.5/5. But still not as bad as Spring Breakers (a 0/5). LOL.

Watched Don Jon yesterday. Great cast. It was quite good. Some LOL moments with a more non-rom-com ending (4/5).

 

[LetTigerIn]

Watched Upstream Color on Saturday. Absolutely HORRIBLE. 0.5/5. But still not as bad as Spring Breakers (a 0/5). LOL.

Watched Don Jon yesterday. Great cast. It was quite good. Some LOL moments with a more non-rom-com ending (4/5).

For reference, did you see/like Primer? I haven't seen Upstream Color yet, either.

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

I've watched half of Primer. Thought it was good. Never got around to finishing it yet though. The first third of Upstream Color has some good ideas, but then it was like I was watching The Tree of Life for the last two-thirds. And I did not like The Tree of Life.

 

[LetTigerIn]

I've watched half of Primer. Thought it was good. Never got around to finishing it yet though. The first third of Upstream Color has some good ideas, but then it was like I was watching The Tree of Life for the last two-thirds. And I did not like The Tree of Life.

Thanks for that. I loved Primer and loved The Tree of Life. I heard Upstream Color is difficult, though.

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

^ It also bugged me a bit that Carruth cast himself as the lead actor...

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

Watched Bounty Killer last night. Post-apocalypse meets Tarantino style killing campy B movie. Pretty good! Lots of LOL over-the-top violence, great cast. Decent story too. 3.5/5.

 

[OTTo VoN BLoTTo]

I don't know, I just did not get it

I finally watched it a few weeks ago and LOVED it. It seemed to make perfect sense at the time, and if my interpretation that the entire film is simply characters and scenarios playing out in the writer's mind as he's concocting his novel is correct or even close, it's brilliant and highly underrated.


. . . . .


And then this:

Uhhh, wow. It's actually an engrossing, endearing, and really well made documentary, and no matter how big or small you ever thought you were, you'll come away feeling pretty damn confident. What Patrick apparently lacks in length and girth he makes up for in brass stones for putting himself out there to the world like that. You feel so bad for the guy that it's painful to watch at times. Also love Jonah Falcon towards the end, talking about "size doesn't matter and shouldn't define you", and lamenting how he's been used, abused and labeled a freak 'cuz of his record largeness---all as he's walking through town wearing tight stretchy white pants. I mean, flaunt it if ya got it I guess, but the thing strapped to his thigh looks like an arm-sized sock puppet with two heads and three broken backs. Ewwww.

 

[GrayPrince]

I actually watched Hanna just this week, or maybe the week before. It was a good movie, about a girl (Hanna) who was a product of a weapons experiment (genes tampered to enhance combat abilities) and who was saved by a CIA agent (years ago) when the experiment program was closed and all specimens (children) disposed. Fast forward to present, she decided to face the head of the program who has been hunting her and Hanna's known father (ex-CIA agent). Guess who was the villainess who headed the program: Cate Blanchett.

It was refreshing for me to see Cate Blanchett in such a role. I've always been a fan of LOTR and she was a totally different character in Hanna. The concept of the movie was good of course. Like what one of the critics at Rotten Tomatoes said about the movie Hanna --- What's not to like in a film about a teenage girl who was a product of genetics experiment for combat purposes?

Anyways, I still have Oblivion and Elysium to watch next, then will scrounge the web for others. I hope they won't be a bore. Fewer and fewer films manage to impress me lately.

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

^ LOVED Hanna!

VUDU code for Gordie Howe Mr Hockey is gone.

 

[chaingunsofdoom]

Watched The Wolf of Wall Street and Anchorman 2 today. Really like the former, but the latter was just too absurd at times and all over the place. 5/5 for the Wolf and 3.5/5 for Anchorman 2.

 

[orpheus]

The Driller Killer

I didn't think this movie was as good as its notoriety would suggest, but it was weird enough in the way that only a horror movie made in the '70's can be, which made it worth watching.

I want to watch MS. 45 now,