What Movies did you watch today?

[DarkJedi]

We had a thread at one time but still, there should be a place where we can all just bs around and discuss the movies you've seen that day by any medium...ie, dvd/cable/satelite. Rate them too if you don't feel like posting any commentary about em.

Today so far on satelite:

-The Village

Give it 6/10 for the starring actress alone.

-Love Potion Number 9

5/10. Cute movie, sometimes even funny. Old, though..

[neglet]

Yesterday I watched the first half of Superman III during lunch (and after that, don't know why anyone could complain about the recent Supes movie having a stupid plot). Then last night watched the first 3 eps of "24" season 3. Expect to watch another 4 or 5 tonight--Mr. Neglet is in China for the next week, and Neg Jr. looooooves his "24."

[Sgt. Awesome]

I watched The War Tapes. It was... horrific in a good way, because it was supposed to be. Go and see it.

[DarkJedi]

Well today, I watched my Chiefs get their hats handed to em(I know, not a movie...I'm getting there, I'm getting there!)....then, I watched the Niners do pretty decent(still no movies)......then the Manning Bros play each other .....


THEN.....watched the new Hills Have Eyes horror movie out. I've been wanting to see it for sometime after good reviews but finally checked it out tonight. I thought the first 34 minutes was kinda slow and I was wondering "Where is this setup taking me?" and then the horrific scene in the family's winnebego happened. That was some sickening and grotesque shit there, watching that scene unfold...

[UNCLEagent]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

I love that film!

[Metuzalem]

Yesterday I watched Ong-Bak, Casino and Nick of Time back-to-back-to-back. Anyone care to explain the end of Nick of Time to me? :smirks:

[Sgt. Awesome]

Well nine people were saved...

[rappites]

Outy and I watched Syriana. I was totally lost. I do not keep up on all of the politcal dirtiness to know what it was about. Plus, It is hard to watch a movie when you have a 5 year old and a 13 month old demanding your attention. We only have one t.v..

[Metuzalem]

Well nine people were saved...

I meant the "special interest" gimp driving away in the car at the end with the slow zoom out. Looks to me like they fancied a sequel and it never happened.

[KingVoyeur]

Watched Practical Magic which is a totally adorable film, then started to watch Perfect Blue but fell asleep. About to dive into The Simpsons Season 7 set that I just got.

[Jakester]

Watched Practical Magic which is a totally adorable film
You're so gay.

[colmatrix]

Yesterday I watched Proof starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe. It was entertaining and the story was very original. It had a really funny scene involving condoms. :D

I started watching Time Bandits for the first time, but fell asleep. It was cool as well, I'll finish it tonight.

[KingVoyeur]

You're so gay.

Yes, yes I am. Geez, you already forgot that little party we had....

:D

[Sgt. Awesome]

Today I watched pieces of...


The War Tapes
Step Up
A Scanner Darkly
Scoop
Idlewild
Little Miss Sunshine
The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Illusionist
Hollywoodland
An Inconvienent Truth
and lastly...
Half-Nelson.



Working in a Theatre is awesome for being able to say that. I also got high on Sharpie fumes... which made it seem a lot more awesome.

[Jakester]

Geez, you already forgot that little party we had....


I was tired and had a lot to drink, so I don't remember much, but I do remember that you were fucking Awesome!

[Penfold]

I watched "Rat Race". I had forgotten just how funny that movie is. You know, in a really dumb kind of way...

[Cuchulainn]

Watched two movies today. Mean Creek and The Shop Around the Corner.

[DaForce]

Star Wars: A New Hope original theatrical version, letterboxed.

Finally able to see Han blow the crap out of Greedo again.

[Deacon]

"New Port South" - a high school flick written by John Hughes's son, James. 75% of a really interesting take on teenage rebellion, with 25% of sheer two-dimensionally written frustration. Still worth a look, though, if you can track it down.

[omicron]

caught the last half of Memphis Belle. Love that movie!

Omi

[KingVoyeur]

Caught the last half of "Team America" and the first half of "Monty Python's Life of Brian" last night.

Neglet, "LoB" made me think of you last night, when Brian goes to graffiti "Romans Go Home" but is caught by a centurion who corrects his Latin grammar then forces him to write it 100 times all over a Roman building! All I could think was "geez, Negs would've been a whole lot meaner in her punishment!"

[Penfold]

Just finished watching "Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Winds." One of Hayao Miyazaki's first films. I always like Miyazaki's movies, and this one was very interesting.

[Nostromo]

Watching Planet of the Apes original tonight. Just got a nice DVD transfer for $14.99 CDN. N:D

[Al-Dog]

I saw the Illusionist today. I thought it was pretty good.

[sickness]

The Black Dhalia.

Great movie.

Except it has nothing to do with The Black Dhalia murder case and suffers from LA Confidential Syndrome. This movie was written by the same dude who did LA Confidential and it shows. Some background is established on cops who will find themselves involved in the main plot device. Cool. Said main plot device is brought in. Cool. After about 15 minutes, said main plot is dropped in favor of lurid B-plots. Not cool. With about 15 minutes left, said main plot is brought back in some contrived fashion to end the movie. Way not cool.

Not to mention that for all it's claims that it's about the real case, it's not. It's based on a book which is a hard-boiled fiction tale about the people around the case, really doesn't show how the case developed and gives us everything wrapped up in a nice little bow. Which is completely the opposite of what happened.

Typical Hollywood.

Rating: Burn some reels of this damn thing if you ever get the chance.

[Sgt. Awesome]

Uh oh... I'm not sure if I should take your rating to heart. Seeing as I do have access to said reels.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Solaris (2002)

[DarkJedi]

Watched the Broken Lizards first creation into the world of cinema, Super Troopers. Alittle off ball comedy can go a long way towards a happy heart. I couldn't stop laughing when they were messing with the stoners in the beginning and of course, Rabbit banging that bear in the woods. :D

[TrekSucksHard]

I watched Shane while lounging in the sofa...

8/10- a definite classic but it shows signs of being somewhat dated.

then after dinner I watched Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch

10/10- a classic and still very much relevant (in terms of violence, friendship and betrayal) today.

[DaForce]

Yesterday I watched Hostage for the first time (while taking a break from final projects). Pretty damn good. Makes me wish I had actually gone to see it in the theater.

[DarkJedi]

I had the same thoughts, Daforce. I watched Hostage and 16 Blocks on the same day on dvd for the first times and I was blown away. Couldn't believe they were good.

[Cuchulainn]

Watched the Broken Lizards first creation into the world of cinema, Super Troopers.

Actually, Broken Lizards first movie was in 1996. It's called Puddle Cruiser.

[DarkJedi]

Ahhhhhhhhh, thank you. Haven't seen that one yet...going to have to look for it to put it up next to my other Lizard collection.

Can't wait for beerfest to come on dvd.

[neglet]

Caught "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" yesterday. It was okay, maybe 6/10, but nowhere near as funny and fresh as the first one. (Isn't that always the way, sigh.) At least the scenery was great (and I'm not talking about the Thailand locations)!

[Sgt. Awesome]

Lucky Number Sleven... it's out on DVD now...


HOLY SHIT IT'S GOOD!

[Deacon]

"Thirteen Days" again. Aside from a few irritations - Costner's accent, the use of black and white in the early stages of the movie - it's a great, underrated film.

[DarkJedi]

I'm a couple of days behind on this one.

Tuesday, I watched Bourne Identity and on wednesday-Bourne Supremacy. I remember laughing about the ideas of Matt Damon as a spy before the movies came out and I had never read Ludlum's novels so I hadn't a clue on the story concept. That said, they are decent flicks thus far. ("Bourne Identity" and "Bourne Supremacy").

The first movie in the series was entertaining because of sheer casting and the hectic pace of the characters. Doug Liman(director of Identity) did a decent job with the structure of the film...definitely liking the mystery aspect as the beginning rolls with our lead character just floating in the ocean. Obviously, alot of the mystery was already ruined out of the film because of me knowing it was a spy movie beforehand but Damon did a good job keeping me entertained. Great cast too. Damon did good. Ponte was a hot gypsy love interest for the lead and Cooper did a great job as mastermind Conklin. I was also shocked to see Clive Owen in it, forgetting totally that he was one of the "others". He had little dialogue in the film but it was cool seeing him earlier in his career.

Supremacy was much the same as far as entertainment goes. The only thing is I sorta wish I had Doug Liman back in the director's chair for this sequel. I'm not saying Paul Greengrass did a terrible job, it was an entertaining flick..but Greengrass tried too much to focus on the chaotic quickened hectic pace with his filming techniques. It felt too "jerky" to watch at times and the fight scenes could have been better shown to the audiences. That all said, the added storyline as well as great back story on Jason Bourne was very cool and it was definitely worth buying on dvd. Like Clive Owen appearing in the first one as a trained killer, this film shows us an early Karl Urban as the very same. One thing's for sure, this series knows how to pick actors. Definitely liked the fact that Bourne's character went back to Russia to reveal himself and his deeds to the daughter of the Neski couple. Gave some sort of closure to the past which leads me to wonder what the next film, Bourne Ultimatum(2007) will be about. After all, the "real" mastermind Cox is now dead and the Pamela Landy character isn't really a villian.

Still, it should be interesting and these two movies are definitely good films to own, IMO.

[Nostromo]

"Thirteen Days" again. Aside from a few irritations - Costner's accent, the use of black and white in the early stages of the movie - it's a great, underrated film.

Indeed. Thanks for the reminder. I want to watch it again. N

[kah]

I watched Madagascar this weekend. It was mildly entertaining, but I don't think I'd watch it again. It was really weak for an animated kid's flick, and about 3/4 of the way through, I suddenly realized what the message was. I wasn't expecting one by that point, so it didn't mean very much. I'd give it a 4/10, for the kids.

[Deacon]

Saw "Clerks II". Enjoyable enough, but at the end of the 90s I was a huge Kevin Smith fan. Now I just don't give that much of a shit. And whilst the movie got (much) better as it went on, a number of the gags fell completely flat. Hell, I barely laughed at Jay and Silent Bob - and I never thought I'd be saying that. The dramatic stuff in the last third was far more interesting. Although the "Star Wars"/"Lord of the Rings" argument was killer.

Also caught "Taxi 3" on DVD. As cartoonish - and as funny - as the previous two.

[Intelligent_Design]

I just watched NightWatch and it was a pretty good movie.

[kah]

That's the low-budget Russian vampire movie, right?

[tstone]

Amen, brother. Good to see the uncut ancestor of Malcom Reynolds in action again.


Star Wars: A New Hope original theatrical version, letterboxed.

Finally able to see Han blow the crap out of Greedo again.

[rappites]

Outy and I watched Poisdeion (sp). Intense and graphics were great.

[DarkJedi]

Which one, the old one or the new remake? I haven't seen the new one yet.

[Penfold]

Three movies today:

Twelve Angry Men
Corpse Bride
The Nightmare Before Christmas

[Greyman]

Yeah. Still can't bring myself to see the new Poseidon. Don't know why, exactly...

Just saw Saw 2. Followed it up with some Muppet Show Season 1 episodes. I think I got whiplash afterwards.

[TrixieB]

I tried to watch Constantine. The DVD that I got from NetFlix is messed up. It keeps skipping and stopping. Even so, I just couldn't get into it. I keep waiting for Keanu so suddenly go, "Whoooaa, duuuuude!"

However, I did get to see Pruitt Taylor Vince and his wonderful self and in the parts that I did see, Rachel Weisz is luminous as always.

[rappites]

Which one, the old one or the new remake? I haven't seen the new one yet.


The new one.

[kah]

Ok, I really liked Constantine. I was afraid going in he'd either be too Bill n Ted or too Neo, but he wasn't. Mostly. Rachel is always great, and the kid from Even Stevens is pretty good, too. I liked the visual effects and the story runs pretty quick.

[sickness]

Constantine freaking RULES! It's one of the few movies based on a religious concept that I can watch in wonder rather than squirming.

I saw Saw for the first time last night. Completely not what I expected and that's a very good thing.

[Intelligent_Design]

That's the low-budget Russian vampire movie, right?
I don't know about low budget but yeah it was the Russian vampire movie not that Ewan McGregor crap.

[kah]

4.2 Million US. Thought so. I was just too lazy to look it up at the time.

Night Watch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_%282004_movie%29)

[Greyman]

Couldn't watch Constantine.

I like the books too much.

I like the fact that they have depth.

[Intelligent_Design]

4.2 Million US. Thought so. I was just too lazy to look it up at the time.

Night Watch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_%282004_movie%29)
The film was the first big-budget Russian fantasy film and one of the first blockbusters made after the collapse of the Soviet Union film industry. The film was produced by ORT, the government-owned TV channel, with a budget of US$4.2 million

HAHA!! I guess 4.2 million is big budget in Russia? If they can do EFX like that with 4.2 just think if the had 10 mil.:lol:

[neglet]

Saw "Hitch." It was cute, but not a classic. And that Eva Mendes is hot.

[Rowanberry]

HAHA!! I guess 4.2 million is big budget in Russia?

Well, they don't (yet) have "stars" who get paid a gazillion dollars for saying a single line in a movie... :p

[Deacon]

Saw "World Trade Center". The reviews had it right for the most part - pretty good, well made and well intentioned, but also often hokey and manipulative. "United 93" - admittedly a very different kind of movie - had ten times the emotional impact that this one had. Still worth seeing, though, if you don't mind the TV movie-ish tugging at the heartstrings.

[rappites]

I watched Final Destination III. I like the concept of these stories. Cheating death. Sort of like karma.

[DarkJedi]

Watched Shaun of the Dead.

Great movie as always. Ed always makes me laugh when something serious is going on for Shaun. A great blend of comedy, action, and drama all in one.

[rappites]

Outy and I watched Hustle and Flow. It was good. Now I have the rap songs in my head. I can't get the "F" word or the "N" word out of my head.

[omicron]

I watched Serenity last night. Never got into the Farscape, but this movie looked pretty cool.

[neglet]

Omi, Omi, Omi, if you haven't already watched "Firefly," the short series that inspired Serenity, get thee to a DVD place and rent/buy/check it out.

[Penfold]

Watched The Three Musketeers. I kept seeing Kiefer Sutherland and thinking, "So this is what Jack Bauer would've been like in the 17th century." Particularly the line "Go now, or I will shoot you myself!"

[Sgt. Awesome]

I watched "A Bridge Too Far" on one of those all movie channels. It was awesome.

Went a bit long though, missed my last bus and had to wait an extra hour till the night (bring the drunks home) busses started.

[DarkJedi]

Yes Omi, you should go out and get the Firefly(not Farscape) box set series one way or another. It's freaking awesome.

[DaForce]

Yesterday I watched Dune (the 80's version) and The Matrix Reloaded (which I have on DVD and wasn't as bad as everyone keeps saying). With Reloaded, I saw the logic train that the W. Bros. were trying to follow, and while it was fairly interesting, it's far and above the average movie goers head. That's why Jackass 2 was #1 last week.

[neglet]

Yesterday I watched Dune (the 80's version) and The Matrix Reloaded (which I have on DVD and wasn't as bad as everyone keeps saying). With Reloaded, I saw the logic train that the W. Bros. were trying to follow, and while it was fairly interesting, it's far and above the average movie goers head. That's why Jackass 2 was #1 last week.

Oh, I actually thought Matrix Reloaded was pretty good, if not as good as the first. Matrix Revolutions, however, sucked diseased donkey dongs.

[sickness]

Reloaded sucks big floppy donkey dick. Where the first movie focused on the story and character development, the second one focused on fights and effects and FAILED MISERABLY!!! To me, there is no Matrix 2 or 3. It begins with Thomas Anderson and ends with Neo kicking Smith's ass. There was no need for a sequel and it shows.

[DaForce]

Reloaded sucks big floppy donkey dick. Where the first movie focused on the story and character development, the second one focused on fights and effects and FAILED MISERABLY!!! To me, there is no Matrix 2 or 3. It begins with Thomas Anderson and ends with Neo kicking Smith's ass. There was no need for a sequel and it shows.

:eek:


Someone needs to cut back on the juice a little. :wink:



:D

[sickness]

:lol:

[Deacon]

"Training Day" again. Excellent, intelligent movie... for the first hour and a half. Then goes downhill in the last quarter - the finale is standard action movie-ish stuff, and there's a pretty ridiculous coincidence involved in the last act too. But that first three quarters makes it more than worth it.

[rappites]

OMG. . .why haven't I seen this before. This was some funny shit. I love Kevin Smith.


http://www.entertainmentopia.com/screenshots/dvd/mallrats_silentbob.jpg

[sickness]

As good as Mallrats is, Clerks, Dogma and Clerks II have it beat just on J&SB's antics alone.

[rappites]

Oh, I have seen those. And love them. I just couldn't beleive that I missed this one.

Like I said I love Kevin Smith.

[Metuzalem]

Yeah I saw it over here a couple of months ago, very impressive stuff. The world of martial arts epics mourns Jet Li's decision to retire from the genre though. One thing you can guarantee with an Eastern martial arts flick these days is that somehow Nathan Jones will pop up in the film. I mean he's in this, Warrior King and The Protector. Who would have thought a failed wrestling career and a 20 second cameo in Troy would lead to him getting typecast like this? :smirks:

[rappites]

We got our copy of X-men Final Stand yesterday. I was surprised about how many characters were killed off. Wish I could have seen it in the theater to get the full effect of the movie.

Watched Sahara this morning. I love me some Matthew.

[kah]

I cried for about 5 minutes when they killed Charles. :( Now I'm sad just thinking about it.

[DaForce]

Psst! You may want to put that in a spoiler tag.

[kah]

Seriously? Ok.

[jayce78]

Superman II and an episode of ST:NG . . . .:lol:

[DaForce]

Geronimo: An American Legend.

Gene Hackman, Jason Patrick, Matt Damon & Wes Studi. Good movie, even if it is depressing.

[Deacon]

Saw "The Departed". Pretty damn good, but this being my most anticipated movie of the year, it was something of a disappointment. Possibly because it stuck pretty close to the plot of the original "Infernal Affairs", which meant that the final act didn't provide anywhere near the punch that it did for those who hadn't seen that film.

Plus the trailer contains a shot that kinda sorta indicates the final twist (something that wasn't in the HK original), or at least dampens the surprise.

[Deacon]

Sort of. The basic plot is covered, but there's still a lot of character stuff that's not revealed. And like I say, if you haven't seen "Infernal Affairs", there're some definite shocks in the plot - the finale provoked some serious gasps at the screening I was at.

[kah]

Crazy Horse (http://imdb.com/title/tt0115969/) is better.

And you should see this Geronimo (http://imdb.com/title/tt0107003/).

[kah]

I watched Grandma's Boy tonight. Omg, Shirley Jones is such a whore! And this line is just hilarious... "I can't believe you came on my mom. You might be the biggest perv in the world right now."

[UNCLEagent]

MST3K: The Amazing Colossal Man

and (hangs head in shame) Benchwarmers

To be fair, I made it through only half before I jumped at the chance to take advantage of a telemarketer. Ugh does that movie suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DaForce]

I watched Grandma's Boy tonight. Omg, Shirley Jones is such a whore! And this line is just hilarious... "I can't believe you came on my mom. You might be the biggest perv in the world right now."

I love the ice cream sandwiches that were made for the party. :lol: that pretty much made me lol when I saw it.


I saw Fearless today. Not a bad flick, but not worth the $10 ticket either. It's a lot like Jet Li's other period piece martial arts movies. I should of just spent the $10 and bought it on VCD yesterday when I went and picked up some dim sum.

[kah]

Ice cream on whole wheat with lettuce. Grandma's Boy makes me want to get my grandma high. She's already hilarious and says inappropriate things when she's drunk, so I can only imagine what she'd say after some marijuana tea.

[rappites]

Yesterday I watched Derailed. Totally not what I expected. Caught me by surprise how good it was.

[KingVoyeur]

Rented Cannibal Holocaust the other day. Pretty brutal stuff, kind of like "Blair Witch" except these filmmakers totally deserve what's coming to them. Think the really dark side of National Geographic. Very real looking, apparently the producers were actually jailed for a short time because some people thought that it was actually a snuff film!

[rappites]

O.K. a question for you all. We watched X-Men Final Stand again today. Outy said that someone told him that there is an extra scene at the end of the credits. Did anyone see this? We did today and all I have to say "things that make you go mmmm".

[neglet]

I saw it in the theater. It was this:

They show a hospital bed where some lady had been doing research for Professor Xavier on a comatose patient. The patient sits up and speaks, sounding remarkably like Patrick Stewart, and the lady says, "Charles?"

[rappites]

Yeah, thats it.

[sickness]

That scene as well as several others are the reason I say this movie doesn't matter at all. It's just full of reset buttons.

[DaForce]

That scene as well as several others are the reason I say this movie doesn't matter at all. It's just full of reset buttons.

Dude, if you ever read the comic, those characters have died and come back so many times as to make death somewhat redundant.

[rappites]

Dude, if you ever read the comic, those characters have died and come back so many times as to make death somewhat redundant.


That is what Outy told me.

[jayce78]

I didn't watch any movies today I went to work:lol: But I had a hankerian for some Batman Begins and some Patriot Games . . . .

[sickness]

Dude, if you ever read the comic, those characters have died and come back so many times as to make death somewhat redundant.

Which is why the comic had been on the decline for quite a while until the movies -- wait. Didn't they even stop production on it? As in it sucked so bad that no one wanted it? Just because it was done in a comic doesn't mean it's a good step and comic fans realize that.

[DaForce]

Which is why the comic had been on the decline for quite a while until the movies -- wait. Didn't they even stop production on it? As in it sucked so bad that no one wanted it? Just because it was done in a comic doesn't mean it's a good step and comic fans realize that.

You're smoking crack.

They've had no less than 5 X-titles in continuous circulation since the early 90's. That's just over ten years if you're counting.

:wink:

[KingVoyeur]

Dude, if you ever read the comic, those characters have died and come back so many times as to make death somewhat redundant.

Well, the comics are mentioning it too. In a recent issue (can't remember which) Wolverine says something to the effect that he'd miss Jean Grey if she'd actually stay dead. :lol:

Oh, and the lady doing the research is Dr. Moira MacTaggart, an old flame of Prof. X's.

[Penfold]

Just finished watching Kill Bill. Saw Vol. 1 a few nights ago, Vol. 2 tonight. Interesting movie.

[DarkJedi]

Definitely interesting..


Just watched the newest version of Count of Monte Cristo with Richard Harris, Guy Pierce, Jim Cavezial....very cool movie.

[McJester]

Yeah Jedi that is a great movie! Last night before bed, I watched What Lies Beneath, well I put it on... and then through a session of insomniac I also put in a light humored something or other... "Little Monsters"

[kah]

WLB was very disturbing.

[tstone]

Watched to day, A concert video of "Yes".

[McJester]

Last night I was subjected to "The Devil's Rejects" Quite honestly dont know if I will ever see that one again... Satanic and extreme blasphamy do not scare me, but do make me want to throw up!

[DarkJedi]

I kinda got the same reaction from the original of Devils Rejects....House of 1000 Corpses.

I was excited of the movie before it came out but it was extremely dissapointing from Zombie.

I really hope Zombie has learned from House and Devils Rejects when applying his knowledge to the remake of Halloween.

If he screws up again, I will have given up on his abilities to direct movies of this genre no matter how much he loves it.

[Nostromo]

X-Men III - now waiting for the inevitable X Men IV.

[TrixieB]

I watched National Treasure. Why? 'Cause it was here and I was sick and didn't feel like going out to get something good.

It should have been a good movie. There was a great cast ... Jon Voight, Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean, even Nick Cage. However, it was predictable and not particularly fun. Even the action sequences were lack luster.

Oh, well. I have Time Bandits to watch again today.

[kah]

I watched Willow today for about the 100th time. I still really enjoy it. :o I thought the boy would like it, too, with all the little people, brownies, silliness, but he didn't really care. I love Val Kilmer, and the scenery in this movie is just fantastic. The special effects trolls and monster, as well as Razel's transformations really don't hold up at all, though. :ohwell: This is still one of my favorite childhood movies, so I love it, flaws and all.

[DarkJedi]

Newest Registered User: Willow


Someone agrees with you. :)


I agree though too. I don't care about all the smack talk, I liked Willow when I was a kid and I still enjoy it when I watch it. Sappy ending and all.



Watched Xmen 3 last night and Badder Santa tonight cause I've never seen it and I've been putting it off. Billy Bob Thorton's nastiness made me cringe at times. I wonder if someone did a curse word count for this movie. lol

[Sgt. Awesome]

I saw School For Scoundrals and The Fugitive yesterday. Both were quite good.

I was sitting and watching Fugitive with a friend when another friend calls and asks if we wanna go see School later. We agreed. Finished Fugitive, then RAN out the door to the local Cinema.

It was crazy timing...

[neglet]

Just saw "Man of the Year" in the theater yesterday (Neg Jr. insisted). I wouldn't call it a bad movie, but it was a rather weird mix of political satire, political thriller, and romance. Plus the Macguffin for the thriller bit was completely inane if you know anything about computers.

[McJester]

I watched Employee of the Month... I know its a remake, but overall, good date movie, warm hearted... a little predictable and cliche-ish, but Dane Cook was fun to watch in a starring role! Dax Shepard was also HILARIOUS, I think his character would have been the most fun to play. Even though the stereotypical antogonist, he was pretty Effinghilarious! Jessica was alright as well.

NOTE: Movie in general was not as funny as you'd think, with all the comedians surrounding the camera! But worth a viewing!

School for Scoundrals looks pretty good! I want to see The Departed!

[kah]

Bad(der) Santa is sitting on my shelf. I really wanted to see it, and then when I saw it, I wasn't sure I wanted to repeat the experience. I normally enjoy a filthy, offensive flick now and then, but I think this one may actually have crossed some line. I'll have to watch it again, just to make sure.

[omicron]

I don't know, this movie is wrong, but I did find it very funny.

You know, Bad Santa and The Ref might be a good drunken holiday doublebill. :D

Omi

[McJester]

Good Mix... My favorite Christmas movie, on the obnoxious level is Scrooged with Bill Murray! The Ref was pretty good, Dennis Leary right?? And Kevin Spacey... and whats the wife's name?

[DarkJedi]

It was definitely most disturbing to watch. Billy Bob's character was as lowly as it could be and I couldn't believe the amount of shit he spoke to all the kids in the film. Sometimes it's easy to root on for a dark character but rooting for him made it real hard by his actions in the film.

[rappites]

I felt the same way about Billy Bob's language to the little ones in that film. I wanted to smack him.

[DarkJedi]

LOL It's hard to even agree with this or even say it..I mean, I don't mind smack talk, curses, etc...Favorite comedian is of course Richard Pryor...but Billy Bob made me thinking like a prudish person..the amount of shit he talked.

Not to mention pissing on himself at times...

One things for sure. The character was supposed to be played to portray him having no purpose in life and no reason to live reallly....and Billy Bob portrayed that kind of character perfectly.

[DaForce]

I found it to be a light-hearted, family friendly, feel good holiday movie.




Is that wrong?



:D

[DarkJedi]

Yes, you sick man.

[kah]

I watched X-Men 2 today. I do really like this one. I remember seeing it in the theater and being really excited about the set-up for the Dark Phoenix storyline.

I have an issue, though. Some of those kids seemed really young. Wasn't it explained that their powers surface during puberty, usually at a time of heightened stress? I would say that more than a few of those children were under 10. Am I wrong?? My favorite parts of this movie are Kurt's assasination attempt and Wolverine protecting the house from the intruders. Once again, I am pissed off about the Anna Paquin/Rogue thing. :romy: For those of you that have heard me bitching about this more than a few times, sorry, I'm still just as pissed. For those of you that haven't, be glad. :ohwell: Scott really didn't get much airtime in this movie either. He was around a little until Charles was snatched, and then he was kept locked up until the climax, where Jean was heading with Magneto and Mystique to stop Charles. I wouldn't have known that though, since poor little Halle was the one bitching about her small role. Anyways.... :wookie:

I really like Storm's hair in this one. WTF was up with her awful hair in 3?

[Bill_the_Pony]

The Frighteners. Not bad, better than I expected...in fact, I almost shut it off, but it got much better as it went along.

Watched The Entity, too.....got that the other day, and saw it for the first time in years, and it's still scary. And not thru special effects or anything. The stuff you don't see. :( (Kah, I wrote up a longer description of it in the "horror fans" thread.....)

Also had the original; movie Ghost in the Shell playing. All these while working on the computer.

[UNCLEagent]

I didn't watch any movies today, but I'm about to watch Tomorrow Never Dies. Or maybe Goldfinger.

I'll figure it out when I get back upstairs.

[Daltons Chin Dimple]

I watched Poseidon (exponentially increased my fear of drowning x 1 million !) and the Da Vinci Code (nowhere near as dissappointing as I remembered from the theatre).

[Deacon]

Saw two French films - "District 13", yet another actioner written by Luc Besson; not bad, with great, real stunts, but marred by frenetic editing (and a lack of humour) - and "36", described as being the French version of "Heat", but it's much more than that, and goes in interesting, unusual directions. Plus Daniel Auteil and Gerard Depardieu are superb.

[McJester]

The Frighteners. Not bad, better than I expected...in fact, I almost shut it off, but it got much better as it went along.

Watched The Entity, too.....got that the other day, and saw it for the first time in years, and it's still scary. And not thru special effects or anything. The stuff you don't see. :( (Kah, I wrote up a longer description of it in the "horror fans" thread.....)

Also had the original; movie Ghost in the Shell playing. All these while working on the computer.

I Think the Frightners was underrated... Wasnt it Peter Jackson's first big budget film? Or something like that... And apparently it was a sleeper due to the fact that it got an R rating and He was desperately going for a pg-13. I think he was trying to make it viewable for all audiences and tackling more than just horror, but comedy and philosophy as well. Danny Elfman did great composing on that one! I am also a big fan of Michael J. Fox, that Parkinson disease really took him out of the hollywood scene, but maybe for a better cause huh?

[McJester]

Over the weekend I watched Amityville Horror, the recent one with Ryan Reynolds! And I watched Toy Story, just got the 2 disc set, that is truly an epic film... you could be 6 or you could be 90 and its enjoyable!

[DarkJedi]

I watched the new Amityville Horror remake with Reynolds over the weekend too when it was on one of the cinemaxs. It was just beginning so we decided to watch it since nothing was on. Turned out pretty good too. It made my sister scream and jump out of her seat in one scene. :)

[rappites]

Outy and I watched "An Evening with Kevin Smith - disc 1". Now that is some funny shit.

[Nostromo]

Terminator 1 - Special Edition
I wish he'd be back :shakehead: N

[DarkJedi]

I think it's good that Arnold isn't in the upcoming Terminator...I think Terminator if created should be rebirthed into the war and the consequences of it for humanity vs computer awareness like it's planning to.. We don't need more one liners from the Great Arnold Machine.

Let the franchise move into a different direction...

[Bill_the_Pony]

I Think the Frightners was underrated... Wasnt it Peter Jackson's first big budget film? Or something like that... And apparently it was a sleeper due to the fact that it got an R rating and He was desperately going for a pg-13. I think he was trying to make it viewable for all audiences and tackling more than just horror, but comedy and philosophy as well. Danny Elfman did great composing on that one! I am also a big fan of Michael J. Fox, that Parkinson disease really took him out of the hollywood scene, but maybe for a better cause huh?


I was growing tired of Elfman, but hey... I was a socal Orange County beach brat, and Boingo/Elfman was a big part of that time in life. And yes, even tho the Frighteners is 10 years old, it's a typical high quality job by him.

I do think it was his first "big" budget flick (Heavenly Creatures was prior)....I found a lot of it to be a bit overproduced in the way a Joe Dante movie would be, but in the end it was enjoyable, had a good cast, and made me remember what a likeable personality Michael J Fox is, and I miss his presence in entertainment terribly.

[kah]

Sorry, but after T3, I don't care if they finish the story. They took plenty long enough between 2 and 3 that it should've been the greatest movie ever, and instead it was barely average, with a barely average cast to boot.

[omicron]

watched Just Friends (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433400/) with Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart. It's not a very good movie. I can't figure out why Amy's character would come all on to Ryan's character after he spends the middle of the movie either acting like a jerk or a complete loser.

[McJester]

I was growing tired of Elfman, but hey... I was a socal Orange County beach brat, and Boingo/Elfman was a big part of that time in life. And yes, even tho the Frighteners is 10 years old, it's a typical high quality job by him.

I do think it was his first "big" budget flick (Heavenly Creatures was prior)....I found a lot of it to be a bit overproduced in the way a Joe Dante movie would be, but in the end it was enjoyable, had a good cast, and made me remember what a likeable personality Michael J Fox is, and I miss his presence in entertainment terribly.



I agree completely! I very much miss Michael's presence...
I never grow tired of Elfman's work, he has made a great stamp on the world of music, but I do get let down from time to time, mostly from his recent works...

This may be against the rules, but I've been stuck on a TV show, just now watching the seasons... SIX FEET UNDER. So it cuts into my movie watching time.

[DaForce]

Cloak and Dagger.

Loved this movie as a kid, and it still holds up even now.

[KingVoyeur]

Watched Halloween: Resurrection today, actually not too bad. The whole webcam thing really gets interesting halfway through. And Katee Sackhoff is in it! It's so weird watching her go from the buff and strong Starbuck to a completely ditzy blonde who gets her head chopped off with a butcher knife!

[Senormac]

Shaun of the Dead. Its destined to become a classic if it already isn't one.

[kah]

I finally watched Underworld:Evolution. I think the story was pretty interesting, although it would've helped considerably if I'd seen the first one somewhat recently. There were a couple things I should've known as they were being mentioned that I didn't get until after the movie was over. There was a hell of a lot more gore than the first one. I think the first movie had the violence at a better level for the film they made. I think the blood and guts in this one overpowers the story a bit. Overall, I enjoyed it. Now I need to watch it again so I know what I saw.

[McJester]

I agree, the second one was better yet alot more gore...

I saw "Running With Scissors" on Friday! Great flick, while watching I remember laughing out loud but covered by others laughter in the theater, I remember feeling dark and morbid at certain points as well... but when I left the theater I couldnt stop thinking about it. It was way over the top, and based on the kids life, it has insightful value to it and worth a viewing!

[KingVoyeur]

Tonight is horror movie marathon night! A bunch of friends and I are gonna watch horror movies starting at 6pm and going until whenever we pass out. Food, alcohol, and lots and lots of blood. Yay!

So far, we know we're watching Halloween and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but we're trying to decide what else to watch. Any suggestions?

[rappites]

My Bloody Valentine

[McJester]

Tonight is horror movie marathon night! A bunch of friends and I are gonna watch horror movies starting at 6pm and going until whenever we pass out. Food, alcohol, and lots and lots of blood. Yay!

So far, we know we're watching Halloween and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but we're trying to decide what else to watch. Any suggestions?


Ok I will fire off some that I think would be good

High Tension, an excellent horror flick made in France
Child's Play 2, one that I love
Blair Witch 2, yeah...
The Gaurdian, 90's film but great!
The Ugly, A great psychological horror
Candy Man, that one is always fun
Then theres always the slective ones like Phantasm, Hellraiser, Puppet Master, and The Dentist.
And lets not forget the master of Horror-Stephen King. Pet Cemetary, Silver Bullet, The Shinning ( there is a new adaptation more accurate to the book with Daniel Webber) Rose Red and Storm of the Century are good, and of coarse the also long but creepy Stephen King's IT.

Recently I liked Silent Hill, The Amity Ville Horro, The Omen. (Last 2 remakes; both are good.)

But steer clear of An American Haunting.... that movie was a waiste of time!

So other than that there are always the classics like Freddy and Jason, one that I find leaves an indelible impression is "Arachnophobia", has a sense of humor to it but your gonna watch Rocky Horror Picture so why not eh?

[DaForce]

Molester, those aren't half bad...but they ain't half good neither..


Blood Diner - Funny, weird, lots of blood and nekkid boobies..

Army of Darkness or Evil Dead 2 - just plain fun...and bloody

In the Mouth of Madness - Very creepy

The Thing - The 80's remake.

[McJester]

Molester? LOL! Good one... 8-]

[KingVoyeur]

DaForce, I was actually thinking about In the Mouth of Madness. I saw that one right after I saw Event Horizon, so I was kind of put off by Sam Neil for a while! I'm a huge Lovecraft fan, and ITMOM is a complete homage to his stories, plus it was directed by John Carpenter, so needless to say it scared the crap out of me! I'm seriously considering asking my friend to pick it up at Blockbuster so we can watch it, haven't seen it in years.

I'm bringing all my horror movies, which are a good chunk of my movie collection, and my friend whose house we're doing this at also has a big collection, so we've got quite the selection. Thanks!

[kah]

Ugh, I hated ITMOM. I saw Event Horizon in the theater and that was a fucking trip I would not like to repeat, so I recommend that one for Halloween viewing. Ditto The Thing with Kurt Russel. I would go with The Exorcist or Repossessed. Lost Boys is always good cheesy vampire fun. Plus you get both the Coreys, Kiefer, and Jason Patrick when he was still hot.

I forgot- Vampire Hunter D. Gotta love anime vampires.

[sickness]

KV, you absolutely must watch Shaun of the Dead!

I also recommend George A. Romero's Land of the Dead which features a cameo by Shaun co-writers (aka the star and the director) Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright. It's a quick one that'll escape you if you're not looking but you should be able to see Shaun.

Final Destination is worth a rental for just such an event.

Hellraiser & Hellraiser II.

Any Evil Dead movie.

Halloween & Halloween II.

A Nightmare On Elm Street.

[KingVoyeur]

Final Destination is worth a rental for just such an event.

Hellraiser & Hellraiser II.

Any Evil Dead movie.

Halloween & Halloween II.

A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Lol I'm actually bringing all those. And yes, Shaun is definitely high on the list, I hope my friend has it.

So much killing, so little time to revel in it all! :D

[omicron]

What is the name of the movie about the kids out in the cabin and they get some sort of flesh-eating virus? I just caught the one scene of the girl in the bathtub washing/shaving her legs and it just bleeding. Creeped me out. I hate horror movies.

[DaForce]

Oh, almost forgot...

Dawn of the Dead. The original 70's version.

For me, the isolation with all the zombies milling around outside kind of gets to ya after awhile.

Also, Night of the Living Dead, the 90's remake is pretty damn good for a remake. But I'd expect nothing less from Tom Savani.

[sickness]

What is the name of the movie about the kids out in the cabin and they get some sort of flesh-eating virus? I just caught the one scene of the girl in the bathtub washing/shaving her legs and it just bleeding. Creeped me out. I hate horror movies.
Cabin Fever.

[DaForce]

Oh, forgot another one Cemetary Man. It also goes by its Italian name, but I can't remember it. It's pretty good. About a small town where the people who die come back as zombies. The cemetary caretaker must kill the zombies as they rise, and he goes a little batty as a result.

It's got zombies, nudity, serial killing, nudity, a Fellini-esque ending, and nudity. Well worth the hunt if you can find it.

[rappites]

I watched The Wild for about the third time since Saturday. It is Madagasgar with a twist.

Not by choice BTW. . .we only have one t.v.

[kah]

I'm almost embarrassed to admit I just watched Ultraviolet. What a fucking crapfest! I haven't watched anything that bad since Ecks vs Sever, and I think EVS was probably better. The only way I recommend viewing this movie is at a nightclub where they are playing house music and you don't have to listen to the inane dialogue. The visuals are beautiful, but damn, I feel dumber for having seen it. My only excuse is that my dad bought it and it had Bill Fitchner in it. :shakehead:

[KingVoyeur]

So the marathon is well underway. So far we've watched The Others, Friday the 13th Pt. II and The Evil Dead (which has by far been the most popular). We started out with 9 people, went down to 5, then 4, now we're at 3, about to start Halloween at midnight in honor of the holiday, then finishing off with Rocky Horror Picture Show (complete with yelling lines at the screen!).

So far this has been a pretty succesful Halloween. Scary movies on Thurs, costume parties on Fri, Sat. more movies and costume contests at a local club, Sun was a breather day, just watched the old classics, and great marathon tonight. Tomorrow's gonna be a great finish. Saw III around 7, then off to haunted houses to finish off the night. Then on to Christmas! :jump2:

[kah]

Saturday night with Bogey. It doesn't really get any better. I just watched the Maltese Falcon with Bogart and Peter Lorre. What a great movie! Even Lorre, who has a tendency to overact and play creepy like he was born to it, is pretty damn perfect as Cairo. I love me some Sam Spade. :) Now I need a cigarette- watching everyone smoke gives me the itch.

[McJester]

Well over the weekend I watched Syrianna. Wow what a great movie, one you can enjoy over and over again. I really loved Matt Damon's character.
Last night I watched for the second time... Friends With Money. That is such a great story, great directing by Nicole whats her face... Jennifer Aniston was fabulous in it, I loved watching her in a different role, and doing it well too.

[omicron]

Last night I watched for the second time... Friends With Money. That is such a great story, great directing by Nicole whats her face... Jennifer Aniston was fabulous in it, I loved watching her in a different role, and doing it well too.


I think this might be reason enough to watch Friends with Money. Jennifer Aniston in a maid outfit. :Eyebrow:

http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/c9/99/b9_1.JPG

[Bill_the_Pony]

Showgirls.

:eek:

Terrible, career-ruining acting and dialogue, just about every character is sleazy and detestible, hammy dramatics, snarling bitch-diva-fights..... one of the worst movies ever!

Thank you Paul Verhoven for your complete lack of subtlety and good manners. http://www.killersklan.it/forum/smile/berlusca.gif

[Son of Gilbert]

I don't know how or why, but last night I caught Totally Awesome on VH1. It wasn't half bad. Tracy Morgan is funny through out the whole thing. It poked fun at all those cliche 80's movie, and I do mean all of them .

[sickness]

I've seen ads for this on Comedy Central DVD's recently and I've got to say it looks about as entertaining as Not Another Teen Movie. Which really wasn't entertaining at all because all it did was ape plot elements and characters from other movies and that was the joke rather than having actual, funny jokes.

[McJester]

I think this might be reason enough to watch Friends with Money. Jennifer Aniston in a maid outfit. :Eyebrow:

http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/c9/99/b9_1.JPG



LOL Nice Jennifer... very nice.... very... I mean Omicorn, nice joke there, yeah... heh heh! Good one, yeah ... anyone catch the game yesterday??? NO?

[kah]

OMG Bill, I can't believe you watched Showgirls! Hadn't anyone warned you how awful it is? It seriously goes on my top ten worst movies ever list. ~shudder~ You watched it because it's so bad, didn't you? Once you get started, it's like a train wreck- no matter how badly you want to, you just can't look away.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Exactly, my dear.

This is a subgenre of movies that I treasure. The big budget self-important box office bomb the raises the bar on badness and camp. A very similar movie of this type would be 1968's Valley of the Dolls. Just without the gratuitous sex and nudity.

There's Beyond The Valley of the Dolls for (a little bit of) that, but that's not unintentionally bad. That was a spoof all the way.

[omicron]

really, I thought the main reason to watch Showgirls was the rampant nudity. Which is lost on a viewer like Bill.:headscratch:

[Bill_the_Pony]

Ironic, isn't it. :p

[kah]

I never saw Valley of the Dolls, but I read the book on accident as a teenager. I can only imagine what the movie was like. Sheesh.

[McJester]

I would just like to add that I think "Show Girls" is a great film, a masterpiece... nothing as original as that... Seriously one of the best horror flicks to have come out!

[kah]

Well, it was vomit and seizure inducing, so it must've been horror.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Ah, you guys make me laugh. :)

Hey! :eek:

Where's the hugs smiley?! :angry:

:D

Just finished Akira Kurosawa's Dreams..... :)

now I'm off to bed.

[Rowanberry]

The Sea Hawk (1940) on TV. Classic. :cool:

[neglet]

"Stranger Than Fiction." Excellent flick.

[Nostromo]

Syriana - nasty piece of business. Interesting casting of James Callis. N

[KingVoyeur]

Just finished Transamerica (Felicity Huffman was COMPLETELY robbed of that Oscar, and I was happy there was a lot of naked, though probably only Bill would agree with me on the type of naked...) and You Only Live Twice.

[McJester]

I just watched Alien 3 last night. Which is interesting to watch as an addition to the Alien series, and also David Fincher's first directing. Does anyone know why he likes to make his movies grotesque? Everything up untill Fight Club... but even then there were parts that sickened me... Panic Room was pretty clean.

The day before that I watched For Love or Money, a Michael J. Fox movie, I think it was a sleeper. Also a Barry Sonnenfeld movie... if any of you havnt seen it... its worth a view.

[Nostromo]

I just watched Alien 3 last night. Which is interesting to watch as an addition to the Alien series, and also David Fincher's first directing. Does anyone know why he likes to make his movies grotesque? Everything up untill Fight Club... but even then there were parts that sickened me... Panic Room was pretty clean.

The day before that I watched For Love or Money, a Michael J. Fox movie, I think it was a sleeper. Also a Barry Sonnenfeld movie... if any of you havnt seen it... its worth a view.

It's my suspicion Alien 3 is what sent him down the darker twisted path.
It was his first feature film but it was a picture he inherited because nobody knew how to make it. His clashes with Fox are well documented.

Don't know which version of A3 you watched but if it left you flat - try the extended version in the Quadrilogy set. It's not a directors cut but a studio cut. It includes some great segments outside ... on the beach and does a better job of establishing the characters.

N - resident Alien nut ...
:eek: :D

[Bill_the_Pony]

That IS a much better version of Alien 3, and though it gets a bit repititious toward the end, I thought it was worthy of the trilogy.

As far as Resurrection? Uh....Notice I said "trilogy." :Tongue:

[McJester]

Actually I did watch it on the Quadrilogy set, that is a must have for any ALIEN fan. And I only watch the extyended versions for some reason, but oh well. Yeah I think its actually a good movie especially as the third take on the Alien story. I love how the characters evolve slowly as she sits in a prison full of " tough guys" and this Alien just pulls all their heads from their asses. The Alien affects werent bad either.
I just cant stand the grotesque images that to me seem un-necessary, and at points it is hard to understand what they are fuckin saying.

BTW I love the beach shots, mystical. I didnt catch what year they were in.

[Nostromo]

That IS a much better version of Alien 3, and though it gets a bit repititious toward the end, I thought it was worthy of the trilogy.

As far as Resurrection? Uh....Notice I said "trilogy." :Tongue:


I hear that. Although Pearlman's comic relief helps you grind through it. Have you watched the making of disc? Lots of subtext in David Giler's comments. I still think it's worth making A5 to wrap it up proper and bring the story full circle with
Sigourney. N

[UNCLEagent]

I just saw Casino Royale tonight.

Not much to say, other than perhaps the best Bond film in nearly forty years.

And a Bond to truly rival Connery's.

[Nostromo]

Thanks for the review UA. Hope to see it tonight. N:popcorn:

[sasquatchb]

Reading through the last page and jumping onto this forum for the first time I have these things to add:

Casino Royale was great.
I fell asleep watching IN DREAMS at 4 am
and Fincher stopped being grotesque in The Game, then returned to it for Fight Club.

But most importantly, yeah.
Casino Royale was very good. I would go see it again.

[DaForce]

I liked Casino Royale as well. Frankly, I found Craig to be the best Bond put on screen yet.

Yup.

I said it.

Best.

Bond.

Ever.


Although I still dig Lazenby's Bond, and put him in at 2nd place.

[Penfold]

Went to see Stranger Than Fiction tonight. It was quite funny...the previews were over, the movie was starting, and it said Dreamworks and Aardman. I had no idea Aardman was making live action movies now! And I didn't know STF was set in London. Oh wait, that's not STF...that's Flushed Away!

Half the theater jumped up immediately and ran out to find the right theater. It turns out that STF was showing in the Flushed Away theater, and hadn't quite started yet. So everyone there to see Flushed got really confused about why all these noisy people were storming their theater, then were even more confused to see Will Ferrell. So, about two or three minutes in, the film stopped, management came in and apologized for the mix-up. So it started again about thirty minutes late. Same commercials, same previews.

Other than that excitement, I thought it was an excellent movie.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Extended Version of Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Whether you like it or not, when you hear the commentary, you know without a doubt that his heart was in this.

[KingVoyeur]

Just finished watching all the behind-the-scenes stuff on the Kong extended edition. Great stuff, though I'm a little miffed that they didn't include the previously released Kong Diaries in this set. The "missing production diary" bit is hilarious, monitor addiction is truly a problem! Trying to get around to A History of Violence but haven't found the time yet.

Oh, and Casino Royale rocked. Went to a midnight showing on Thurs. and the theater was completely packed. Everyone applauded when it was over, and I heard several people say they're gonna see it again (myself included). Didn't hurt that the new Spiderman 3 trailer was included as well!

[sasquatchb]

Monkey Shines.

I think that was today...
They're all blending together....
I'm gonna get up from my computer and be 90...

[sickness]

Saw Casino Royale last Friday. I'll agree with UA that this is one of the best Bond films ever. And, yes, Craig is the best Bond since Connery without a doubt. I'll even agree that he rises to the same level as Connery but tie goes to the guy who originated the role.

This is simultaneously one of the most brutal, intriguing, touching, nerve-wracking and exciting Bond films. It's got everything you expect without being cliche about it. A freaking GREAT movie.

Did I mention it's got the most brutal torture-for-info scene ever? Now I did.

[DaForce]

Saw Casino Royale last Friday. I'll agree with UA that this is one of the best Bond films ever. And, yes, Craig is the best Bond since Connery without a doubt. I'll even agree that he rises to the same level as Connery but tie goes to the guy who originated the role.



You mean Barry Nelson (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/)?

:Smirk:

:D

[sickness]

Heh. TV doesn't count. An American James Bond doesn't count. I'm talking about the real, 35-mm deal.

This counts about as much as the low-budge Fantastic Four movie made about 15 years ago. Or about as much as Dolph Lungren as The Punisher.

[UNCLEagent]

Tomorrow my ex is taking my son, which frees me to see CR for a third time. I would take my son again, but he turned to me and said, "Dad. We already saw it. You really need to get a life."

That aside, I did see October Sky tonight. Hard not to watch it without getting shit in your eyes. Excellent story.

[sickness]

Ahhh... October Sky. Freaking GREAT movie. Great story, mostly accurate science (Sputnik, about the size of a basketball, was not visible from the ground), FREAKING GREAT PERFORMANCES by Chris Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern. I really need to pick this one up on DVD.

[Deacon]

Saw Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth". Pretty good, but given my anticipation for it, in part due to the apparent rave reviews it'd already received, I was somewhat disappointed. It's extremely well made, and incredibly atmospheric... but there were stretches where I found my attention wandering, and by the time the movie ended, I was kind of shrugging, as if to say, "Oh - is that it?" Del Toro's an incredible talent, though.

[Nostromo]

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Have to say I didn't know what I was getting into with this one but I was curious because Tommy Lee Jones directed. There are no good guys or bad guys - just ordinary people trying to make it in the world and screwing it up as they go along. The Jones character does have personal standards which seems to drive him and the picture. Barry Pepper was good in his role. There's also a Levon Helm cameo. The Tex-Mex scenery adds to the desperation that is part of all of the characters lives.
I give it 2 thumbs up. :popcorn:

N

[omicron]

watched Akeelah and the Bee. Heard good things about it and there wasn't anything else on. A decent flick, definitely a feel-good picture. I wasn't terribly impressed but a decent flick worth renting.

[Space Tycoon]

I stayed up late last night and watched The Untouchables again. Great movie, great performances, which almost had something to do with actual events.

Oh, and I might have caught a few minutes of a softporn film on the Latino station. Something entitled "Stripper Wives."

You know, just the occasional snippet here and there. :o



.

[colmatrix]

Last night I saw Deja Vu...man this movie was a mess. Always one step ahead of the movie, I knew what was going to happen. And it was no deja vu that gave me these insights, it was the movie's predictability. It had a few cool scenes, but that was mostly it.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Just watched Gladiator (extended version) on DVD.

Haven't seen it in a couple years, still massively entertaining. :)

[KingVoyeur]

"King Kong Extended Edition", "Casino Royale" for the second time, "A History of Violence", "Wet Hot American Summer, and an old Bette Davis flick called "The Little Foxes". It's been a busy Thanksgiving!

[tstone]

Sideways-VERY recommended.

Green Street Hooligans-Overrated, a less deep, more tribal version of "Fight Club".

[sasquatchb]

Watched The Lake House last night.
It's about a guy who mails a letter and two years later the movie ends.

Not reccommended.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Superman 2, the Richard Donner Cut.

I'd been looking forward to this for a long time. Now, after seeing it.... :Dunno:

It's worth a look. Just don't have any expectations. I think they could have done a little better. :(

I'm glad that credit for music goes BACK to John Williams, and all of Ken Thorne's score was scrapped, it was like a midi version of Williams' original. HOWEVER...at every turn, William's original score has been edited and truncated.

The use of CGI to correct a couple of hideously bad effects from the original thetrical version work well, and they stated that any new effects had to have the look of a movie made at that time, not a 2006 ver 2.0.

Long awaited scenes with Brando are hit and miss. Maybe Supe's conversation with Lara (Susanna York) in the Lester Vesrion wasn't so bad after all, except for the reality that they were a refilmed goof, and any scenes that DID require Brando used an unnamed disembodied male voice.

The movie is still a mess. It was in the theaters, it was on tv (with many Donner scenes returned to the movie to make its running time longer), and it is here.

Something wrong with the sound, too. Sounded cheap.

[KingVoyeur]

Just bought the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition set and OMG is it amazing. It's gonna take me forever to get through all the different versions of the films, not to mention all the special features.

Watched Superman IV with friends cause I hadn't seen it, and it actually wasn't too bad. Better than III definitely. I mentioned to my friend that Nuclear Man is kind of a spin on Bizarro. Imagine my surprise when we watched the deleted scenes and there's an entire part of the film (like a 10-15 minute chunk) where Lex creates a prototype Nuclear Man who is pretty much Bizarro sans the whole parallel Earth thing (basically a retarded Superman), but Supes defeats him easily. I think they cut it because it's too comical and would have brought down the more serious tone of the film.

Also watched the George Reeves serial Superman vs. the Mole Men which was ok and "Look Up In the Sky: The Story of Superman" documentary by Brian Singer and Kevin Burns. Really really good, there's so much of Supes' past I didn't know. Take the SuperPup TV pilot. Imagine a live-action version of Superman, except all the characters are dogs played by midgets with giant dog heads. I sh*t you not! Also the TV musical from the 70s with Leslie Ann Warren (Miss Scarlet in Clue) as Lois Lane, that is some crazy sh*t right there.

If you don't have this set yet, I highly recommend shelling out the 70 bucks at Best Buy before it goes back up to $100. One of the best DVD sets in a very long time!

[omicron]

I watched Mr Smith Goes to Washington and You Can't Take It With You on AMC this weekend. Both films hold up pretty good for being like 70yrs old.

[DaForce]

The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy. First time I've watched it, and it wasn't bad.

I've never been a fan of the books (mostly due to the over explanation in description in the narrative, which I found annoying), I never heard the radio program, and I never saw the tv series. I kind of relugated this series to the same realm as Dr. Who (which I never understood the appeal of) and The Lord of the Rings trilogy or world. Both of which were (in my mind) obsessed over by fans to a degree that made me cringe in fear.

Anyway, I liked the movie. It was fun, and the visuals were pretty cool. It was a neat little message that I'd like to see the sequels to in the future.

[kah]

I first read the HG when I was 8 or 9. I reread them at about 14, and it started to make sense. I reread them all again a couple of years ago, and I swear I laughed out loud at least once a page. I thought the movie was ok, but it wasn't great. They tried really hard to take what was in the book and put it onscreen, but it just didn't hold up all that well. I don't know if I'd like to see Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

[omicron]

Cmon, how can you not want to see the scene at Milliways when Ford gets drunk on Pan Galactic Gargleblasters and slides under the table? :Laugh:

‘You mean they want to arrest me over the phone? Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when cornered.’
‘Yeah, you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.’

`Hand me the rap-rod, Plate Captain.'
The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.
`I beg your pardon, sir?' he said.
`The phone, waiter,' said Zaphod, grabbing it off him. `Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.'

`I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.'



:Laugh: http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif

[DaForce]

Cmon, how can you not want to see the scene at Milliways when Ford gets drunk on Pan Galactic Gargleblasters and slides under the table? :Laugh:

‘You mean they want to arrest me over the phone? Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when cornered.’
‘Yeah, you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.’

`Hand me the rap-rod, Plate Captain.'
The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.
`I beg your pardon, sir?' he said.
`The phone, waiter,' said Zaphod, grabbing it off him. `Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.'

`I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.'



:Laugh: http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif



...and this is what I was talking about in my previous post....


:rolleyes:


:D

[rappites]

Outy subjected me to "Short Cuts" this weekend. Not Bad. Long ass movie.

I missed the scene where Julianne Moore shows off her goods. Outy said that I did not miss much. Her bits are nothing to brag about. Other than she is a natural red hed.

[sickness]

Shouldn't a movie called "Short Cuts" be... well.... short?

[kah]

Julianne Moore is gross. And painful to watch. ~shudder~

As far as HG... I really didn't go for the casting. I loved Alan Rickman as Marvin, but everyone else was less than memorable. The guy who played Arthur was good enough. He was average, and that's what Arthur was supposed to be. I didn't like what they did with Ford. He just wasn't right. I appreciate the fact that they actually made Zaphod insane, but to get whathisface to play him just because he's played a few crazies doesn't make me believe it. I don't know. I would've rather seen a little more effort go into casting than special effects.

[neglet]

Outy subjected me to "Short Cuts" this weekend. Not Bad. Long ass movie.

I missed the scene where Julianne Moore shows off her goods. Outy said that I did not miss much. Her bits are nothing to brag about. Other than she is a natural red hed.

Fine, but did you see the scene with Huey Lewis's bits?:cool:

[Jakester]

Listen three-eyes, don't you try and outweird me. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.

I liked Ford -- it was interesting having Mos Def play him. Initially, I didn't like how they handled Zaphod's second head, but understood the budgetary need to do it that way; and in the end, thought it come over fairly well.

I also loved the homages to the radio shows, books, and BBC series -- the original Marvin makes an appearance!!

[Jakester]

JUlianne Moore is a good enough actress, but seeing her naked doesn't do it for me, really. Seeing Huey Lewis' naughty bits would be amusing.

[rappites]

Fine, but did you see the scene with Huey Lewis's bits?:cool:

Yes, I saw that. He could barely get it out passed his pants. Not impressed.

[kah]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was upset about the head thing. Mos Def was good, I guess, but Ford should've been less quirky and more blatantly weird. Hell. Now I need to watch it again to explain why it felt off. :romy:

[Jakester]

He wasn't blatantly weird in the BBC show, so I guess that tempered it a bit for me.

The books are different than the radio show, which are different than the TV show, which are different than the game, which is different than the movie. I don't really have any problem with this. The major problem I have with the movie is that not enough people saw it.

[kah]

I just rewatched The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (http://www.thrillingdetective.com/virtual/www.thrillingdetective.com/fairlane.html). I really do love a craptastic movie that doesn't try to be good. Not even a little.

I had a whole decent review written, but I'm a bad typer and I hit a button that made it all go away, so I am just going to put up a link instead.

Best Quote:

Jazz: Well, that weekend was a mistake.
Ford Fairlane: Hey, look. I'm sorry I made you clean the toilets and the bathtubs, I mean, who did all the work in bed?

[DaForce]

I'm watching a really funny movie, The Last Shot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357054/) with Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tony Shaloub, Joan Cusack, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta, Pat Morrita and so on... The story is about an FBI agent (Baldwin) who poses as a producer to setup a sting for mob bosses in Rhode Island. Broderick is a guy that has a script that Baldwin "buys" to make into a movie. The whole thing snowballs and gets bigger and bigger as they near the end of production. Supposedly based on the true story of how the FBI took down John Gotti.

So far, two things that have made me laugh out loud were Toni Collette's unsolicited urine sample taken at the dinner table of an expensive restaurant, and Joan Cusack's crash course to the FBI agents in how to be the 'big dog' in Hollywood. "Clifford the big red dog with those big red balls."


:D


:Laugh:

[rappites]

I watched 16 Blocks today with Bruce Willis and Mos Def. I love Mos Def. He is just great in anything that he acts in. It was a really good movie. IMO.

[Bill_the_Pony]

V for Vendetta in HD.

Never had a chance to see it in theaters, and to say I was impressed with it would be an understatement.


:)

[tstone]

V rocked, dinit?

I just saw Blackhawk Down. Still a great film, even though it was obvious that alot of the character dialogue is shorthand for thoughts on intervention in such situations and the place of the American soldier.

Still, great flick.

[sickness]

V is in my Top 5 for the year, probably my Top 3 but I haven't really sat down and thought any order out. Great film. If there's any justice, 10 or 20 years from now, you'll be able to say "V For Vendetta was a great film. It really dove into a lot of important philosophical issues that hadn't really even been touched since Orwell's 1984 was made into a movie" and people will know exactly what movie you're talking about and why.

To put it another way, my girlfriend is not into much sci-fi, action or politics in her movies and she absolutely loves V because it so intelligent about the issues it raises, doesn't treat its viewers like simpletons and doesn't view the fictional victims contained therein as more or less a victim than anyone else. It puts down its foot and says such a turn would be a tragedy for everyone whether they like each other or not.

[colmatrix]

Last night I watched Terminator 2 on DVD. I haven't watched it in a while, and I was reminded of what a great movie this is. I believe it's Arnold's top-grossing movie, with probably his 2nd most famous catchline of "Hastta la vista, baby".

[Nostromo]

Last night I watched Terminator 2 on DVD. I haven't watched it in a while, and I was reminded of what a great movie this is. I believe it's Arnold's top-grossing movie, with probably his 2nd most famous catchline of "Hastta la vista, baby".

Do you have the T2 Extreme edition? N

[Nostromo]

Watched The Devil Wears Prada..... I'm sorry but :puke: Couldn't take more than 55 minutes. Pulled Canadian Bacon off the shelf for a hoot.
Forgot that Michael Moore once made a funny movie. N

[omicron]

I watched Cars. Decent movie, very good looking, but the story was a little weak.

[DaForce]

I watched Cars. Decent movie, very good looking, but the story was a little weak.


That's because the story was taken from Doc Hollywood. Not a very good movie to begin with.

I saw Sky High. Typical Dizknee fare. Not great, predictable, but not horrendisly horrible either. Glad I waited until cable.

[omicron]

at least Doc Hollywood has the Julie Warner getting out of the lake shot :D

[JuneGirl]

I saw The Fountain last night, it was...ummm...interesting.

[neglet]

"Runaway Bride." I don't get Julia Roberts, but Richard Gere sure has aged well.

[kah]

I just don't like her. I don't think she's worth 20 mil a movie. Besides Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich, what successful movies has she done?

I saw Runaway Bride in the theater. :OhWell: I took my ex's little sis and her best friend. It was weak, but Gere was sexy as hell, so it turned out ok.

[rappites]

Watched Ant Bully today. It was o.k.. Cute.

[DaForce]

I watched Layer Cake which was just okay. I'm glad I didn't see it in the theater.

I also watched Battle Royal which I found at this (http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/) site that has links to movies and shows that are now public domain or don't have a copyright.

[Space Tycoon]

I watched Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the one with Caesar in it. An underrated entry in the franchise.

Today they were having a Star Trek marathon, so I forced my family to watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek Generations. :anismirk:

[tstone]

The Village. A far better film than most give it credit for, imo.

[kah]

I finally saw POTC2 on Christmas Eve.


I liked it.


I wish I had seen it before The Departed and Casino Royale and X-Men 3, because it just didn't seem as entertaining as it should've been since I've seen those three. I think because I got the whole package with TD and CR, and the emotional attachment to X, that I was overwhelmed by them, and a bit underwhelmed by Pirates. I liked the character twists, and I didn't mind the ending at all. In fact, I'd prefer they do it like that rather than leave an ambiguous opening into the next installment.


Oh, and by the by- Orlando Bloom is not a sex symbol, and those of you who think skinny and whiny with ratty hair= sexy really need to get a clue.

[omicron]

Coincidentally I also watched POTC2. It was pretty good, I felt the first part was slow but it really picked up at the end.

[mckracken]

i rented Altered... give this horror flick a chance... its amazing! knocks one out of the ballpark!!!!!!

as for poor poor Julia... she's also made Mona Lisa Smile (GREAT flick) and America's Sweethearts - not so much for Julia but for John Cusack, Seth Green, Walken, Zeta-Jones, Tucci and Crystal.

(Runaway Bride SUCKED - IMO) easily her worst ever.

[kah]

I liked America's Sweethearts, and I rarely like chick flics. My point was that they are paying her 20 million a job, but her movies usually tank.

[DaForce]

I liked America's Sweethearts, and I rarely like chick flics. My point was that they are paying her 20 million a job, but her movies usually tank.

That's because she has even less talent than her brother, Eric.

[Kaeos]

What movies did you watch today

I am in movie heaven this week. FOr X-Mas we got a crap load of DVD's

X3 (which I Watched last night)
Superman Returns (Yes, DaForce I know it sucked)
Over the Hedge
Hulk
Ghostbusters 2 disk set (cool)
Polar Express

I think there's more than that too. We got A LOT of DVD's

[tstone]

Serenity, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Clerks 2

[Nostromo]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. John Candy always made me laugh. N

[sickness]

The Village. A far better film than most give it credit for, imo.
Dude. Understatement of the year. This is easily the best Shyamalan's done since The Sixth Sense and, the more I think about it, it may be his best.

[TrixieB]

Last night I watched a very odd film called "Dead Man" with Johnny Depp. It was a surrealist's western. Maybe if I'd been stoned it may have made more sense.