Just Watched

[Jacob Kobryn]

This can run parallel to the "Now Listening" thread. Post what you've recently watched be it movies, plays, TV shows, etc.

Movies I've seen recently (all were fantastic!):

A Clockwork Orange
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
Milk

Jake

[chriskot]

Finally saw The Dark Knight last week. Loved it.

The Fifth Element is on TV right now. I'm watching that since I never really saw the whole thing before.

[Alex Chow]

PAPRIKA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika_(2006_film))!

Loved the animation.

[FightingSeraph]

Iron Man on DVD
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! The Complete Fifth Season

[Psypomp]

Bullshit is awesome! Unfortunately, I've only ever watched it on Youtube.

[FightingSeraph]

Bullshit is awesome! Unfortunately, I've only ever watched it on Youtube.
The first five seasons are on DVD, and season seven is about to be on the air this year.

[Kamikazebob]

Time Bandits - Been ages since I've seen it, watched it a few days ago.
Baron Munchousen - Written and Directed by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python faim.
Brazil - Again, a Terry Gilliam movie.

[trop]

Just got back from seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which is an amazing movie

[Equality72521]

just finished Howard the Duck...yeah

[DanielC]

Slumdog millionaire... was pretty good !

[Dizon]

Just watched Contact on youtube last night! One of my fave sci-fi films.

[Kman.]

Dances with Wolves :D

[Mossi]

I actually just watched WALL-E the other day..

fantastic film!

Yes-man was surprisingly good too (though, didn´t expect much from it)

[Twiggy]

I actually just watched WALL-E the other day..

fantastic film!



same over here.

Really enjoyed it, I wish I saw all the scenes thou.

[bitjockey]

I saw Quantum of Solace on Saturday. As an action movie, it was pretty good. As a Bonder, it was average. Not my favorite, but not bad.

And then, as it turns out, Die Another Day was on TV on Sunday, so my family had a fun discussion about the merits of various Bonders. Very fun!

[Dorkthrone]

Mystery Science Theater 3000 20th Anniversary Box-Set
Why did this show get canceled again?
Nosferatu
Really suspenseful and dark, though the music is horribly selected.

[Jacob Kobryn]

Thanks to the influence of Dan, I watched a film called Adaption.

[Twiggy]

Just saw Apocalypse Now

[JailHouseRock2]

I saw Quantum of Solace on Saturday. As an action movie, it was pretty good. As a Bonder, it was average. Not my favorite, but not bad.

And then, as it turns out, Die Another Day was on TV on Sunday, so my family had a fun discussion about the merits of various Bonders. Very fun!



Yeah saw Quantum of Solace the other day as well, and did not think it was as bad as people were saying, tho no where near as great as Casino Royale.

I'm interested in going to see The Spirit as well as I really injoyed Sin city, and am a fan of most of Frank Millers work,
So has anyone seen it? and is it worth seeing?

Cheers,
matt

[ChaoticKnight]

I just got and watched the box set of The Black Donnellys. They cancelled the show after the first 6 episodes, and the last 7 episodes were neevr aired, but were put on the box set. I finally got to see the last episodes, and they were pretty good.
It was one of the most promising shows in a while, I don't know what NBC was thinking.

[Nam]

Just saw 'Lady Vengeance', -shit movie.

Then a documentary about Tool's vicarious video, very bland cut and paste documentary but a cool video (hadn't seen it yet) and a great song.

Then I watched 'Dersu Uzala', another great Akira Kurosawa movie.

[Brightdreamer]

DVDs I Recently Saw:

Rifftrax: The Best of Rifftrax Shorts, Volume 1 - Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy (a.k.a. Mike and the 'bots from MST3K) do commentaries on several short-subject films. Very fun. I wish they'd do more DVDs, but most Rifftrax stuff is only available as pay-per-download from their site. (I can also recommend The Film Crew - same group doing cruddy movies, like MST3K sans puppets -, at least The Giant of Marathon, to MSTies everywhere. Haven't checked out Cinematic Titanic - Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl, and some other MST alumni doing bad movie commentaries - yet, but I keep meaning to...)

Quark: The Complete Series - A short-lived (eight episodes) '70's sci-fi parody series. Fun stuff, but the show never had a chance to find its footing.

The last movie I saw in theaters was Bolt - rather enjoyable, though the story could've picked up the pace at times. As for TV... I mostly gave up on it.

[s.ketch]

Gran Torino. One of the best movies I have seen in a while and the only one since The Iron Giant to make me feel emotion.

[chriskot]

I saw Quantum of Solace on Saturday. As an action movie, it was pretty good. As a Bonder, it was average. Not my favorite, but not bad.

Just saw it a few hours ago and I have to agree with that. I really liked it, but not as much as a lot of other Bond movies. I do like the way that it picked up where Casino Royale left off and set itself up nicely for a sequel though. Bond #23 is supposed to come out in 2011 and Daniel Craig is doing up until #25, at least, so I wonder if they're going to try to tie them all together?

EDIT: Also, they need a replacement for Q. Desmond Llewelyn was great and all, but they can't just leave the role unfilled for the rest of the series because he died. Bond needs his gadgets. Maybe they'll bring John Cleese back in.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight. I thought it was fantastic. I also think it would appeal to all generations which is rare for a film.

[Ahim]

I saw SOLARIS - starring George Clooney, yesterday. I think it was one of the few watchable space sci-fi movies. It was short, simple, but interesting.
There are so little of these space ship movies :( I want more.

[Dorkthrone]

DVDs I Recently Saw:

Rifftrax: The Best of Rifftrax Shorts, Volume 1 - Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy (a.k.a. Mike and the 'bots from MST3K) do commentaries on several short-subject films. Very fun. I wish they'd do more DVDs, but most Rifftrax stuff is only available as pay-per-download from their site. (I can also recommend The Film Crew - same group doing cruddy movies, like MST3K sans puppets -, at least The Giant of Marathon, to MSTies everywhere. Haven't checked out Cinematic Titanic - Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl, and some other MST alumni doing bad movie commentaries - yet, but I keep meaning to...)

I think Rifftrax is the only thing I've seen by the MST3K guys...besides MST3K.

[bitjockey]

Also, they need a replacement for Q. Desmond Llewelyn was great and all, but they can't just leave the role unfilled for the rest of the series because he died. Bond needs his gadgets. Maybe they'll bring John Cleese back in.

Agreed and agreed. Besides, John Cleese makes a good Q.

[chriskot]

Agreed and agreed. Besides, John Cleese makes a good Q.
Exactly. The only reason I'm not sure if they'd bring him back is because the Daniel Craig movies are prequels to the others, while Cleese's Q replaces Llewelyn's after he retires. Then again, I'm not sure how much they care about that sort of character continuity.

Back on topic, I saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels today. That was mildly amusing.

[bitjockey]

Exactly. The only reason I'm not sure if they'd bring him back is because the Daniel Craig movies are prequels to the others, while Cleese's Q replaces Llewelyn's after he retires. Then again, I'm not sure how much they care about that sort of character continuity.

True, but they kept Judi Dench as M, and the original M was male. (Forgot the actor's name, sorry)

[Craz]

I'm interested in going to see The Spirit as well as I really injoyed Sin city, and am a fan of most of Frank Millers work,
So has anyone seen it? and is it worth seeing?


Noooooooooooooo! Stay away!!! You couldn't pay me to see that film again. It is so bad. It is so unbelievably shit that even the visuals failed to excite me. Why should I care about what it looks like if everything else it it's utter bollocks? If you see that film, you're making a huge mistake that can never be undone. And don't think I'm exaggerating this, either, because I'm not, and if you decide to ignore my warnings and go anyway, you'll see exactly what I mean.

[Renegade89]

REcently i finished watching Paranoia Agent, 13 episode anime from Satoshi Kon, i loved his movies, and this series was also nice.

Slumbug millionaire surprisingly fantastic! best movie i have seen since Carandiru which i saw a few months ago.

Then i watched Twilight...Bleh

[JailHouseRock2]

Noooooooooooooo! Stay away!!! You couldn't pay me to see that film again. It is so bad. It is so unbelievably shit that even the visuals failed to excite me. Why should I care about what it looks like if everything else it it's utter bollocks? If you see that film, you're making a huge mistake that can never be undone. And don't think I'm exaggerating this, either, because I'm not, and if you decide to ignore my warnings and go anyway, you'll see exactly what I mean.



Lol Ok cheers mate, I wont wast my time.

[Parka81]

Just finished watching The Mist (story based off Stephen King). It's a pretty sad horror movie.

[Helioth]

basketball diaries, dexter, ghost in the shell: innocence

[Carnifex]

species II
i had quite forgotten how much this one makes my skin crawl (gooory). main guy is some scary mofo too.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I watched Adaptation. again yesterday. It's a great film but it didn't have the same lasting effect as the first time I saw it.

[Smarty]

The wrestler. Not much plot or narrative but as a character study it's brilliant. The end left me wanting another 3 minutes but lots of it was very charming.

[Costau D]

Gran Torino

Great movie especially seeing it with an audience.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I just watched Sigur Rós' Heima again... it's so friggin amazing. It's definitely the best music documentary ever made. Though, I haven't seen Woodstock and that's supposed to be incredible.

[Jacob Kobryn]

The wrestler. Not much plot or narrative but as a character study it's brilliant. The end left me wanting another 3 minutes but lots of it was very charming.

I just saw it and you took the words almost out of my mouth...

[Jacob Kobryn]

I watched Fried Green Tomatoes with my family last night.

[Rummity]

Defiance (liev shrieber is a beast)

also just watched hard boiled. classic

[Jacob Kobryn]

I just got back from The Reader. Brilliantly written and the cinematography was absolutely beautiful.

[timpaatkins]

I feel i need to bring this thread back to an acceptable level, I just watched Slither. Do yourselves a favor and check it out. Old school horror with a sense of humor.

-jy6B7UpQM

[Aly Fell]

Just watched 'Valkyrie', the recent Bryan Singer movie about the July 20th plot to kill Hitler. Excellent film! Yes, you know what happens, (Titanic - the ship sinks!) but really tense, informative and relatively close to what actually happened. The acting is spot on, and Tom Cruise is watchable with some very unobtrusive CG on his war wounds. In fact CG seems to be at a minimum in a film that seems pretty 'analogue' by today's standards. Great cast, (lots of Brits). Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kenneth Branagh and the excellent Thomas Kretschmann, who I last saw in King Kong as the captain.

Highly recommended!

[FourTonMantis]

American Gangster.

Not as violent as I thought it would be, but a great movie nonetheless.

[Dave_]

Shaun of the Dead, again. Didn't find it very funny the first time i watched it, but that was on a 24-ish hour busride to rome. But i laughed a lot this time.

[Clodioz]

The grave of the fireflyes Anime '88 movie, sad sad sad.

Slumdog millionaire Fantastic, sometimes reminds me City of god (cidade de deus)

[Mock]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

I would rather shit out both of my kidneys than watch that again.

[FourTonMantis]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

I would rather shit out both of my kidneys than watch that again.

Something told me that was going to suck...I was surprised when I heard that it was #1 in the box office.

[Aly Fell]

Just watched William Shatner on the Jonathan Ross show. These days little Mr Ross does has me exactly rolling in the aisles, but the verbal jousting between him and Shatner was great fun. Why oh why is Shatner not in the new Star Trek movie?

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[Dorkthrone]

Fireproof.
I never thought something could rival The Happening as worst movie of 2008. I was wrong.

[Dorkthrone]

Gremlins and Pulse (the original, not the Hollywood remake).

Gremlins is severely underrated.

The Japanese version of Pulse is rather creepy.

[Mr.Delicious]

Dark City mmmm

[Dizon]

Just watched: The Rocker........kill me now!!!!!!!!

[FourTonMantis]

No Country for Old Men.

Very different role for Tommy Lee Jones...

[Dorkthrone]

Mongol.

Probably one of the most underrated movies of 2008, in my opinion.

I like how it focused more on Genghis Khan's rise to power than his actual power. Very unconventional approach.

On a different note, the soundtrack is absolutely fantastic.

[Dizon]

Changeling- Great movie but kinda sad, too.

[Dorkthrone]

Son of Rambow-Not too memorable but it had it's moments.

The Happening (with Rifftrax)-Not even Fireproof and Twilight are as bad as this. This is the next Plan 9 from Outer Space. The Rifftrax, however, was amazingly done. Kudos to Mike Nelson.

[Ahim]

Changeling - yeah, worth a watch, Angelina Jolie was decent, was not THAT great.

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - ( 2008 ) you must see this! This was THAT great!

[Psypomp]

I just watched a movie called Babette's Feast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babette%27s_Feast) today! It was much better than I was expecting & I recommend it for any food lover.

[chriskot]

Saw Snakes On A Plane yesterday. Basically, if you've heard anything about it, you probably know what you're in for. There's the obligatory decompression scene, the obligatory something-has-happened-to-the-pilot scene, the obligatory passenger-freaking-out-and-attacking-other-passengers scene, and plenty of snake-related violence. And lots of Samuel L. Jackson, of course. Not saying it's a terrible movie or anything, but you can probably tell beforehand whether or not you'll like it.

[Flake]

Watched "The Wrestler", liked it loads.

Also "JCVD", strange but very good. "Help! , Jean Claude Van Damme is robbing the post office..!"

The opening steadicam shot is genius. :D His entire career until now in 4 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pX3CvWospo

Also, watch "In Bruges" because it's awesome. (Belgian tangent)

[Dizon]

Inkheart- Just an average fantasy/adventure movie. Although it lacks both.

[Chompo]

What's eating Gilbert's grape.
an oldie. Just felt like watching it again =)

[Straight Edge Ryan]

Just saw Gandhi on cinemax the other night. Instantly became one of my favorite movies

[Dorkthrone]

They Live--Between this and The Thing, John Carpenter was a badass back in the 80's.
Hell, this may go with Predator, Aliens, and Robocop in my secret list of genuinely good 80's action.

[KonnA]

Watched Snatch, RockNrolla and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels last night... AGAIN.

[FourTonMantis]

Gran Torino.

Awesome movie.

[Hideyoshi]

checked out some submarine movies:
Crimson Tide, Hunt for Red October, K-19: Widowmaker.
I liked them best in this order. Denzel and Gene Hackman rule!
Still need to rewatch Das Boot.

Mirrors: meh, this was '24 - the horror version'. I think Kiefer Sutherland is typecast as Jack Bauer forever now... :/ "Damnit!" :)

Dead Man Walking: awesome film about a convict on deathrow. Directed by Tim Robbins, yay! And the Oscar for the female lead was well deserved! Although Sean Penn could equally have won it. Powerful performances all throughout!

Taken: damn, Liam Neeson is just badass! :) This is one of the better Hollywood action movies. ;P

[algenpfleger]

Just saw Paprika, it was mindblowing, just mindblowing... overflowing of life and creativity. Awesome film.

[Rist]

"Just Watched" Happy Feet. A very profound animation which hits on a lot of serious issues at the moment.

[Dorkthrone]

Gremlins 2.

Actually pretty hilarious. In a good way.

[Ahim]

THE FALL - This is a fantastic movie! PURE ART, no CGI, real locations, such beautiful scenes! Absolute must watch

[Uli]

THE FALL - This is a fantastic movie! PURE ART, no CGI, real locations, such beautiful scenes! Absolute must watch

Ah, thanks for telling, I was thinking about watching this one. Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY

I saw
Dr. Who, all new seasons and specials
Torchwood
True Blood
Hellboy 2

Loved them all. Dr. Who has some amazing shit in it, like the eternal highway (though some weaker episodes too), Torchwood was really engaging, a nice cross between Buffy and X Files. I was surprised that I enjoyed True Blood so much. And I kicked my ass for missing Hellboy 2 on the big screen.

[Carnifex]

wall-e.
heartwarming and genius.
:)

[Rummity]

the wrestler- one of my new favorites movies. such a great character with a great story. RAM JAM RAM JAM

[Rei Rei]

The Professional

I'm really surprised how much I still like that movie.

[Ahim]

Waltz with Bashir - Wonderfuly animated and very nicely drawn movie, cool soundtrack, and it's a true story also, a documentary actually.

[Dorkthrone]

Role Models- One of the better comedies I've seen in recent years. Suprisingly funny.

Synedoche, New York-Good stuff, but what the hell is going on? I think it needs some repeat viewings in order for me to get it.

[Dorkthrone]

Milk-Very well-made. Easily the best "mainstream" film Gus van Sant has ever done. I'm still not entirely sure if Sean Penn deserved best actor for it, but he was very good in the movie.

[Dorkthrone]

Moral Orel-Season 3:

It's definitely the most actually adult show on Adult Swim. Probably the sharpest contrast I've seen in a TV show. Seasons 1-2 of MO pretty much run on one joke about fundamentalist Christians. Though they do it very well.

But Season 3 is surprisingly very emotionally complex. It's like they're two different shows at some times.

[Alex Chow]

Dragonball: Evolution
























:(

[Dorkthrone]

Futurama: The Wild Green Yonder:

Best of the four Futurama movies.

I'm about to watch Twilight, and it looks absolutely terrible.

[Dorkthrone]

I saw most of Twilight.

It was probably even worse than I ever imagined.

It totally ruined an awesome Muse song for me.

[central]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - pretty slow start that almost put me off, but loved it in the end. Highly recommended.

[AsaB]

I saw most of Twilight.

It was probably even worse than I ever imagined.

It totally ruined an awesome Muse song for me.
Who EVER thought that these two could mix?! Because usually awesome and awful don't.

Do I even want to know which song got butchered? :(

[Hideyoshi]

I saw Gran Torino the other day and thought what a brilliant movie it was.
And then I watched Seven Pounds and the former got pwned.


Hard.

Well, of course both of these are absolutely recommended (no, must-see!)!

[Dorkthrone]

Who EVER thought that these two could mix?! Because usually awesome and awful don't.

Do I even want to know which song got butchered? :(

They used Supermassive Black Hole.

Road House-It is the '80s in a nutshell.

[Dorkthrone]

Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter

Possibly just as good as the movie. I'm not entirely sure how Zak Snyder could effectively blend Tales of the Black Freighter into the actual Watchmen movie, but he'll probably find a way.

I am very stupid for purchasing it now. Not because it's terrible. In fact, it's awesome. But I'll probably end up going for the Watchmen/Black Freighter double-dip when it eventually comes out.

[Dorkthrone]

I managed to get into an advance screening of Adventureland 2 days ago since my brother works for a college newspaper.


I highly recommend that you guys see it.

[kelly x]

Just watched Botched, starring Stephen Dorf, I was laughing my ass off!!! starts slow and you would think it's just another dumb Dorf movie, then your stomach hurts about half way through from the laughter... Maybe this should be in under rated?? Good thread.

[ceberae]

Just watched "Escape from NY" and "Escape from LA". The later I've seen a looooong time ago, so it was more of a refresher in context with me watching "Escape from NY" which I was watching for the first time ever :D

This was preceded by me watching "The Prince of Darkness", "In the Mouth of Madness" and bits and pieces from "The Thing" (pun somewhat intended) the day before.

Yep, it has been a fabulous John Carpenter appreciation weekend.

[Hideyoshi]

Planet B-Boy
Awesome breakdancing documentary!

[Hookswords]

Genghis Blues - An awesome documentary about a blind blues singer that learns to throat sing and goes to Tuva to take part in a throat singing competition.

[chriskot]

Spiderman 3
Not as good as the first two movies (the second one was my favourite), but not as bad as a lot of people made it out to be. It had its good points and the villains and special effects were pretty well done.

Cloverfield
I never get motion sick, so I had no problem with it, but my dad had to leave after about 3 minutes. The shaky camera can get a little irritating, but I guess it worked in the way they planned it too. It also worked really well in making the special effects look convincing. I thought the ending was a bit of a disappointment though.

[Dorkthrone]

Observe and Report-It's like if Taxi Driver were made as a comedy. It's extremely dark, but well worth seeing. I'm predicting it will be cult classic material.

[Dorkthrone]

Pi: Faith in Chaos-Interesting and very thoughtful.

Half of Battle Royale- Entertaining to say the least. Criterion needs to release their own version because the subtitles on the Netflix DVD are horrible.

[LORD M]

Just watched "The Resurected", which is based on a HP Lovecraft book. One part of the film was so scary I had to turn on the lights in the room, the build-up until that part had me shivering. I am the kind of person who have watched many scary movies and seldom get scared, so I recommend this if you wanna get scared.

[Hookswords]

Ong Bak 2 - It has nothing to do with the first one, so I dont understand the title. The story is fragmented and sparce with some scenes that seem tacked on. But story isnt really the reason most people watch martial arts movies. The fights are incredible. Tons of styles and weapons are used. Some very invetive ways to make it not the same old stuff.

[Dorkthrone]

The Wrestler: Why didn't Mickey Rourke get Best Actor for this?

[maxblack]

X-Men Origins...Wish that the writing was better!! Wish that the story was enough to pull me in from the beginning to the end. Wish that they would let a comic book writer actually write one of these movies. Joss Whedon wrote a great run of X-Men and also Firefly(Serenity). If wishes were horses.....I'd be knee deep in horse crap.

[Dorkthrone]

Evil Dead 2-I think I love Turner Classic Movies for airing this completely uncensored. Fantastic.

The Iron Giant-Genius. I love the animation style, and the ending is beautiful. Almost good enough to make me cry.

[Dorkthrone]

I'm watching Notorious right now. It's okay, but I wish it were better. Notorious BIG is seriously an awesome rapper, but I'm not really sure if this film does justice to him.

[FourTonMantis]

The Fifth Element

Had not seen it before...didn't really dig it. I know, I know, the art direction was pivotal; it was pretty good, but personally I thought Blade Runner looked better.

[Moai]

Serenity.

Holy shit what an enthralling, fun, brilliantly entertaining movie. I'd never seen this or any of the Firefly episodes, but this made me an instant fan. Pure movie magic.

[xerenity]

Serenity.

Holy shit what an enthralling, fun, brilliantly entertaining movie. I'd never seen this or any of the Firefly episodes, but this made me an instant fun. Pure movie magic.


Also just watched Serenity :D Would highly recommend watching the series, because it's hella better than the movie is, although both are awesome ^_^

[Dorkthrone]

Cigarette Burns: Easily the best movie John Carpenter's made in decades.

[Dorkthrone]

Blood Freak: Apparently drugs turn you into a turkey-headed, superstrong turkey vampire.

[Dorkthrone]

Wristcutters: A Love Story- The only time I'll see Tom Waits and Will Arnett in the same movie. So it was awesome.

[Jon Sun]

Ip Man

Absolutely incredible.

[strings]

just watched the Bluejays lose 9 straight. oh oh movies.. Hitchniker's Guide to the Galaxy series. What kickass concept.

[Zapp!]

The Lost Boys. I think this is the best vampire film ever, with a great soundtrack. Not seen the second, don't if I want to. I'm scared it might ruin the original.

[Dorkthrone]

Up: Bambi, you have just been topped for the most brutal opening to a Disney movie ever.

The movie itself is actually pretty funny, but Pixar's storytelling is getting better and better.

Drag Me To Hell: The most intense horror movie that's come out in recent years. Sam Raimi, you are hereby forgiven for the horror that is Spiderman 3.

Seriously though, it's just as good as the Evil Dead movies.

[AeonPhoenix]

Domino - When you take a story about a Bounty Hunter and let Tony Scott mess with it, movie was enjoyable

The Blues Brothers - I love this movie so much :|

[Mat Kaminski]

I watched Taken last night with ma lady... I HAVE to say... that is probably up there now with my favorite movie.

The action is ruthlessly fast paced. And for a retiree, he can seriously kick some ass.
If you are a fan of action, you will definitely like this movie!

[FightingSeraph]

I saw The Dark Knight again, and it still kicks ass. I would like to see the CGI film Ark again, that is possibly the best movie that no one else has seen.

[Dorkthrone]

Outlander-Somehow a bit smarter than I expected a movie that's basically Aliens vs Vikings to be. And actually kind of ....good?

Teeth-Exactly how you'd expect a horror movie about a vagina with teeth to be.

Be Kind Rewind-Still good. Still very good.

Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus-Fun in a Snakes in a Plane kind of way. It's still godawful, though. This clip shows you pretty much what to expect.
skYRZ_-RXtk

[Jacob Kobryn]

Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter

Possibly just as good as the movie. I'm not entirely sure how Zak Snyder could effectively blend Tales of the Black Freighter into the actual Watchmen movie, but he'll probably find a way.

I am very stupid for purchasing it now. Not because it's terrible. In fact, it's awesome. But I'll probably end up going for the Watchmen/Black Freighter double-dip when it eventually comes out.

He's going to release a version with both like the book?

[Droid]

The Wire
Thick as Theives

Also one of my recent favourites is The Fall, great imagery in it, such a visually stunning film.

I recommend it to all you fellow artists, being very visual people and all

;)

[Dorkthrone]

He's going to release a version with both like the book?

From what I've heard, that's the plan. I'm not sure if it would work in movie form because the sudden cuts to Freighter would be very jarring.

[Dorkthrone]

Hellboy 2- A lot better than most summer movies.

Pineapple Express-Just got around to watching it. Good stuff.

Into the Wild- This is a hell of a movie.

[FightingSeraph]

Tropic Thunder: Funny as hell, but some parts were rather boring.

[seba_boi]

I was in a Korean film binge lately (I saw like twenty just this last week) but the best and one I highly recommend is Antique Bakery--not a big fan of yaoi but for a Korean movie based on a yaoi manga I'm staking my manhood here and say that I found it really funny and also the film contains one of the most original editing I've seen in any movie in a while, foreign or whatnot... I really liked it story-wise and structure-wise... :drinkup:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/090120_p15_film.jpg

[Jacob Kobryn]

I saw Waking Life and it was pretty astounding. It was one of the most thought provoking films I have ever seen. I don't know if any of you would know this unless you're watching my Facebook but I've been practically obsessed with Lucid Dreaming for the last month or so and that is one of the topics of this film. It went far beyond that though... Really intriguing stuff!

[gnarl]

I saw Waking Life and it was pretty astounding. It was one of the most thought provoking films I have ever seen. I don't know if any of you would know this unless you're watching my Facebook but I've been practically obsessed with Lucid Dreaming for the last month or so and that is one of the topics of this film. It went far beyond that though... Really intriguing stuff!

Just watched this on google, it's a trip. I think the coolest quote from it was:

"i had a friend once who said the worst mistake that you can make is to think that you are alive
when really you're asleep in lifes waiting room..

the trick is, to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possiblities of your dreams."

Fuckin love that line. Awsome film.

[Dorkthrone]

Moon: Easily the best of 2009 so far.

[tobbA]

Just saw Watchmen. I liked it. The people I watched it with thought it was boring because it had too little action in it though...

Should probably read the comic so I know what it was supposed to be like :P

[karupoiss juhan]

rocknrolla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-D3c25_3l8

[Liffey]

Coraline.

[wiggum]

Going back about a month and a half (not listed in any particular order):

Gran Turino-Exellent film, couldn't have asked for anything more.

Terminator Salvation-Good, but not great

Transformers 2-Good...I guess

The Hangover-Very, very funny

Pineapple express-also very funny

Strangeland-Watched this on onDemand the other day. It was a pretty shitty movie, Dee Snyder looked like a clown, and not a very scary clown, more than anything else.

The Ruins-Not bad at all, kind of bummed me out though.

The Skeleton Key-Better than it got credit for. I think there should be more movies about Voodoo.

[Raoul Duke]

I just saw Hurt Locker. Best movie I've seen this summer. Probably the best war movie since saving private Ryan. Definitely the best Iraq war movie but that's not saying much.

[central]

Duplicity .. Clive Owen, Julia Roberts .... pretty good actually.

Also agree with everythin about Wakin Life ... was really into lucid dreaming techniques too myself ... even had a pretty amazin one.

Edit: I see ya waking life quote and raise ya ...

"You want to go with the flow. The sea refuses no river.
The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving.
Saves on introductions and good-byes. "

[Dorkthrone]

Funny People: Funny, but very disjointed. I can get the serious, almost-dramedy tone, but the end feels like an entirely different movie.

The Hurt Locker: Great movie. Like Raoul Duke said, it's the best Iraq war movie, but is there really any competition? Very well-paced.

[Hookswords]

Sunshine - Interesting concept, good cast, soundtrack by Underworld.

[Sleep-B]

Hmmm....

District 9 - Amazing, I'd see it again

The Cove - There was a limited theatrical release in a town close to me, so I went and saw it, very powerful ending.

[Parka81]

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

It's now my favourite Miyazaki movie. Smiled all the way.

[Dorkthrone]

MST3K: Hobgoblins: God, I miss Mystery Science Theater.

[El Jeremie]

Just saw GI.JOE. This is probably the worst movie since transformers 2. Worst acting ever, Channing tatum is as good as a cow. Even the cgi were crappy.
The good point is that we can't stop laughing after the movie.
Yo joe

[Fallout]

Dylan Moran - Monster (Live DVD)

Hehehe, this guy is just brilliant! Cock talking doesn't get better than this.

[AsaB]

Inglourious Basterds - Fantastic film, absolutely loved it. And for godsakes, someone give Christoph Waltz an Oscar. That man owned the film, every scene with him was so goddamn perfect!

[Zaknafain]

Inglourious Basterds - Fantastic film, absolutely loved it. And for godsakes, someone give Christoph Waltz an Oscar. That man owned the film, every scene with him was so goddamn perfect!

second that! i think its tarantinos best movie yet, and holy fuck for Cristoph Waltz!!! I can't imagine the movie without him...

[AsaB]

Zaknafain - Agreed, Waltz was beyond fantastic! I highly doubt the film would've been as enjoyable without him. Tarantino even said so himself recently, that if he hadn't found the right actor for Landa, he wasn't sure if he would want to make the film at all! Glad that didn't happen ;)

[FightingSeraph]

Meet The Feebles
This is mother fuckin' hilarious!

[Hookswords]

Renaissance, a french animation from....2006 I believe. It was all done with motion capture and then rendered in a stark black and white. Very cool look and an interesting story.

[Jabo]

Pandorum – and I actually liked it. Except for the action scenes, which were handycam'd to death. But other than that, it was kinda thrilling.

[Hookswords]

We Are The Strange - I dont know how to explain this movie. 8 bit anime might be the best way to put it. Definitely a contender for oddest movie I've ever seen.

[tobbA]

What Dreams May Come

Really great movie. Both visually and story-wise :)

[Dorkthrone]

Trick 'r Treat: So goddamned good. You keep expecting Halloween movies to capture the spirit of Halloween and it never happens. Trick 'r Treat is that film that actually manages to capture it.

[Dorkthrone]

Ben Hur-From a visual standpoint, it's amazing. I thought the ending was really ridiculous and heavy-handed.

[FightingSeraph]

Renaissance, a french animation from....2006 I believe. It was all done with motion capture and then rendered in a stark black and white. Very cool look and an interesting story.
It came out in '07, and I have to agree with you on that Hookswords. I enjoyed that more than most other animated films released this decade. As for what I just watched: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). The very first part with the corpse photography was creepy, but wasn't scary at all. However, it was well made for an independent horror flick, and I liked it.

[Dizon]

MOON....just...wow...

[kelly x]

Just watched "Rec" an amazing Spanish zombie movie, hand cam all the way. And Super Bad for the second time, love these guys!!

[Dorkthrone]

The Thing-It amazes me that despite this being my fourth viewing of it, it still manages to make me jump.

Suspiria-I thought the story left a little bit to be desired, but the cinematography is amazing. I mean really amazing.

[Costau]

MOON....just...wow...

Yes! Very good film.

Hell, it even had one of the best trailers... it wasn't just a jumbled mess with a narrator that had to explain everything to you. It gave you a taste just enough to really want to see it.
twuScTcDP_Q

[Ryan K]

Moon, blew my mind. The best movie I've seen in I don't know how long.

[Dizon]

Saw "500 Days of Summer" a few weeks ago and loved it! Not too much into RomComs and I only saw it cuz of Zooey Deschanel, but it turns out to be a good film after all.

[FightingSeraph]

Halloween 2: This was pretty damned scary, but it had one plot hole. (Note: I didn't see very much of it, because of that aforementioned plot hole.)

Challenge of the Go-Bots: For something as cheesy and laden with animation mistakes; I still get a kick out of watching it. It does have a kick ass intro song and four of the Transformers voice actors also did characters for this. (Peter Cullen as Tank, Frank Welker as Scooter and Res-Q, Marilyn Lightstone as Crasher, and Arthur Burghardt as Turbo and Kop-tur.)

[kelly x]

You guys are right, Zombie Land was awesome, It made me want to jump around and bash things!! So funny! And guest stars are great too.
Dizon, I'll see this movie just because of Zooey Deschanel, I love her, she's so quirky and cute.
I want to see Moon now too. The lead guy was in a movie called Frost/Nixon that I just rented and was excellent, a Ron Howard award winner.

[Aly Fell]

'Let the Right One in' - absolutely stunning! Tone, pace and characterisation were wonderful.

'Jennifer's Body' - Not the greatest film ever made but it was fun. Silly fun!

[Moai]

The Bourne Identity- Great! I had to move the next two to the top of my Netflix queue immediately.:)

[Dorkthrone]

I've been on a Akira Kurosawa binge lately.
Rashomon is really interesting, especially in how they framed the story.
Seven Samurai is a classic.

Also, I saw Adaptation.

[Aly Fell]

Just been watching clips of DARK STAR on Youtube. I only have it on VHS now. Very early John Carpenter film, and written by Dan O'Bannon who created Alien. Brilliant film with the intelligent bomb who argues philosophy.

qjGRySVyTDk

[FightingSeraph]

Riki-Oh Wall of Hell: Not as violent as the live action movie, but just as badass. Now, if only Child of Destruction was subtitled...

Galaxy Angel: This has some nice mechanical designs, but it could be much funnier.

[GriNGo]

I just watched GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES... good movie... but it isn't the "it'll bring to tears!!" cryfest that everybody rambles about. Or maybe I'm insensitive...

[Irishdrunk]

Spartacus (1960)

3 hours of my life well spent. Was quite a relief from the huge blockbusters I've seen this year. And probably my favorite of this year.

It's on hulu, btw. (http://www.hulu.com/watch/104106/spartacus)

[nauvice]

"Kids".... so good.

and I think I will definitely check out Moon now, wow cool trailer

Gringo, you insensitive motherlover, I cried my eyes out

[nauvice]

So I saw Moon (SPOILERS)

I still dont get why the first Sam was seeing things in the beginning??? but GREAAATTT movie

[Dizon]

So I saw Moon (SPOILERS)

I still dont get why the first Sam was seeing things in the beginning??? but GREAAATTT movie

I guess that's some kind of side effect since he was nearing his expiration date.

[Twiggy]

Fist Of Fury with Bruce Lee.

Next time I'll be watching Enter the Dragon.


Be water my friends.

[PlasmaErnst]

i just watched A Beautiful Mind. Man, i had the tears - incredible... puhhhhhh :davi:

[Costau]

Lawrence of Arabia... o.o I completely forgot how good this movie is, and to see it in HD was even better. Very long movie though.

216 Minutes

[AsaB]

Rewatched Titanic, haven't seen it for at least some 10 years.
I was one of the crazy fangirls, being 12 when the film was released and seeing it multible times in the theatres :^^: I haven't seen it since, so seeing it with neutral eyes was a different but nostalgic experience. It may not have been the masterpiece I insisted it was all these years ago, but it still managed to shake me up pretty well and tug at the heartstrings!

[seba_boi]

I've been on a Akira Kurosawa binge lately.
Rashomon is really interesting, especially in how they framed the story.
Seven Samurai is a classic.

I looooove Akira Kurosawa's B&W films!... Seven Samurai had so many fantastic scenes... His direction is top-notch for both this and Rashomon.... You should watch High & Low (my personal favourite from him)... One of the best police investigation movies since Fritz Lang's M...

[Hunin]

Kitano's Zatoicho- great stuff. Also been watching BBC show The School of Saatchi (modern art reality show) and the BBC modern beauty season

[Ice Dragoness Sam]

300, great film! Sunshine, interesting film. Underworld:rise of the lycans: One of my favourite films!

[tobbA]

Guess I'm a bit late to the party, but, Twilight...

It wasn't a total disaster. I guess it was like watching a cheap teenage novel made into a movie...

Makes me wish true blood would start again sooner

[Dizon]

2012....fuckin ridiculous. sorry.

Hurt Locker- Intense! Must see.

Zombieland- Cool concept and funny, too!

Bruno- Just crazy!

[LORD M]

Judas and Jesus - just saw this newly released cartoon, made in the same spirit as Ren and Stimpy, was totally crazy and hilarious, pretty NSFW aswell. Loved the way it was animated, very retro styled. :P


http://www.interfilm.de/shop/images/JJ_cover.jpg

[ReggieFran]

Well I didn't just watch them but they were the last movies I saw recently.

"Ninja Assassin"-I probably should have expected the crazy amounts of blood in it. The story was whatever, but it was pretty good for an action flick.

"New Moon"- I was dragged by my sister, I didn't really enjoy myself. It was alright for a movie, but I think you have to be a fan to fully get it.

[Parka81]

Planetes

One of the best animes around. Finished watching it few days ago, it was so good I'm watching it again. 26 episodes.

[kelly x]

Rented and saw "Grand Torino" for the first time!! Amazing movie! Just catching up. It came out in 2008 and I love this movie!!!

[Kaztx]

Just saw Paranormal activity it had its moments :D but there where a waiting game to see the end :)

[Dizon]

Rented and saw "Grand Torino" for the first time!! Amazing movie! Just catching up. It came out in 2008 and I love this movie!!!

I just saw it. Had me in tears.

[kelly x]

Dizon, I know me too!!! I really watch so many movies and this one sent me over the edge!!! It also made me violently angry about gangs!! I may form my own gang and do a drive by on their asses, I'm sure this is not the intent of the movie but what can a girl do?!?!?!?!? Really one of the best movies EVER!!! Hope you stop crying soon:)

[Jabo]

Moon.

And I'm still feeding from it. What a wonderful film.

[tobbA]

The Three Musketeers from 70-something, great movie :)

[Dizon]

Donnie Darko....Could someone explain to me what the heck just happened in that movie? LOL

[Dorkthrone]

We Jam Econo.
Basically, I really miss the Minutemen and D. Boon now.

[PxelSlayer]

James Cameron`s Avatar...Don`t expect much from the story, but visually you`re in for a treat. Just...wow...:drool:

[Dizon]

I just saw Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven". Kind of a tragic story in a way.

[Téa_Passer]

Yeah, I also saw Grand Torino some time ago, great movie.

Just watched District 9 and liked it. Never knew what was coming, lol, couldn't predict at all. I guess the filming style made it look more like real life in which nothing happens how you plan. I guess the authors succeeded in that one. The only thing that made me discouraged was that the aliens were very much human-like in their behavior, esp. Christopher, who at times felt even more human than some of the people in the movie. I'm a psychology major and I was hoping to get an insight into alien behavioral patterns and perhaps even culture. Well, maybe next time.

Oh yeah lots of gore too.

[Dorkthrone]

Drag Me to Hell.
I like how it mixes the standard Raimi style of horror movie with some nice, tense moments. Great movie.

[Dizon]

Avatar rocked! I wished I saw it in 3D though...

[Dizon]

"This is It"....Man, Michael was a genius. Highly recommended!

[seba_boi]

I haven't seen a movie in months that tonight and last night I binged on watching a bunch of films in a row (from YouTube):

. The Painted Veil (1934, Boleslawski) - quite different (and tame) than the Norton/Watts version, but at least Garbo was freakin' gorgeous... 6.8/10.0

. The Scarlet Empress (1934, von Sternberg) - "Exit Peter the 3rd. Enter Catherine the Great."... Marlene Dietrich being cute and seductive... Very neat rise-to-power story with lots of funny characters and moments... And the tzar was effing creepy... 7.4/10.0

. Shanghai Express (1932, von Sternberg) - Anoter Marlene Dietrich flick with lots of humour and drama... Nothing too special IMO... 6.5/10.0

. The Mortal Storm (1940, Borzage) - A very sentimental and slightly overdramatic anti-Nazi film but not without some fantastic scenes--like the pub-singing scene... And a great cast as well... 8.1/10.0

[Irishdrunk]

The Men Who Stare at Goats
OMFGLMFAO!!! This was a brilliant movie. I recommend it, George Clooney can really sell a character.

Just remember the breathing exercise while phasing through walls.

[kelly x]

Just watched INK I loved this movie concept!!! Low budget all done by two brothers and even though the sound mixing was a little off, it totally rocked, rented on Net flicks. Has anyone else had an issue renting on net flicks -- we use x-box live and it freezes a lot, other than that the service is great especially the delivery.

[kelly x]

I sooooo want to see Avatar!!!! Merry Christmas by the way!! In two hours.

[wiggum]

Rented and saw "Grand Torino" for the first time!! Amazing movie! Just catching up. It came out in 2008 and I love this movie!!!

That was an amazing movie. It was actually shot here in Detroit (well, parts of Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Allen Park (or was it Highland Park?), among other places). I went into a hardware store and everything looked kind of familiar and then it hit me! I was in the store that was in the movie! I was standing where Clint Eastwood stood! Thats so cool...

Anyways I just watched UP yesterday and I loved it so much I watched it again today. I'm just glad to know that there is still some creativity left in this world.

[FightingSeraph]

The old Fleischer Popeye cartoons: They still withstand the test of time and I liked that 3d effect that they had via Stereoptics/Rotograph. It preceded computer 3d technology by at least 45 to 50 years.

[wiggum]

The old Fleischer Popeye cartoons: They still withstand the test of time and I liked that 3d effect that they had via Stereoptics/Rotograph. It preceded computer 3d technology by at least 45 to 50 years.

You sir are a man of astonishingly good taste. I'm a HUGE fan of pretty much everything the old Fleischer studio did (everything from Koko the Clown, to Betty Boop, to the features and Superman cartoons).

I find it a sad fact that when people think of cartoons they will usually think of Disney or Warner Brothers first. There are too few who remember the Fleischers and what they accomplished.

If you have some extra Christmas Money lying around I would strongly suggest Picking up Volume 1 of the Theatrical shorts. It has 60 cartoons on 4 discs, two large documentaries, several shorter ones, and maybe about 15-20 silent cartoons from back in the day (these include the origional Koko cartoons and Felix, I think they even have the full version of the little Nemo cartoon). I must sound like I work for the DVD's distrubuters, but in all seriousness if you have any interest in Classic cartoons these collections are brilliant.

[FightingSeraph]

@Wiggum: Sure thing, and what's the name of that Theatrical shorts DVD?

Heckle and Jeckle: Terrytoons is the most underrated of all of the old animation companies back then, and this is proof of that.

There Will Be Brawl: For something made on a low budget, this is pretty damned good. However, there were some plot holes in the conclusion.

Ralph Bakshi's speech at the San Diego Comic-con: What this man has said is just inspiring. Too bad I don't have his Unfiltered book.

[Dizon]

9- I thought it was a good movie. Loved the concept, visuals, and characters. It was just a bit confusing with regards to what *should have happened in the story.

It Might Get Loud- Musicians( guitarists in particular) will probably love this documentary.

[FightingSeraph]

Ranma 1/2: I've only seen this dubbed, but I thought it was pretty damn funny. I'm also familiar with Urusei Yatsura, by the way.

Smokey and the Bandit: Still beats the Fast and the Furious any day of the week.

[LORD M]

Just watched New Moon. I want to vomit.

[Dorkthrone]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Seriously such an an amazing movie.

[squidmonk3j]

My Dinner With Andre.

still highly relevant, imho.

[Dizon]

Man....I just saw another confusing movie called "Primer". I don't think these kind of movies are my cup-of-tea at all.

Awesome premise but confusing as hell. I don't really have the time to go through it again.

[kelly x]

Finally saw AVATAR!!! It's all they say and more, 3D, sorry Dion ;( All I can say is that now I really want to fly!!
Rented Ellen Page's "Hard Candy" this is a good one if your a woman and need to feel empowered, Ellen Page Rocks!!

[Rusty]

Watched Avatar 3D the other night, story is predictable but good enough to keep ya interested, but the CG, action and visual design is just EPIC! well worth a watch. Also, 3D you can really appreciate the jubblyness of Michelle Rodriguez's breasts!

[henrinaiara]

Just watched Sherlock Holmes.
A really great movie.
And Downey really played his part as Holmes there.

[Dizon]

Ponyo- Great film! It has its own visual look and the animation is the best I've seen from Miyazaki.

Daybreakers- Good film overall! Loved the look and the concepts.

[Dorkthrone]

Brazil-Amazing movie. The world seems incredibly fleshed out and natural, especially for a comedy.

[FightingSeraph]

Arrested Development-To be honest, I chuckled a few times, but I don't think that it justified the hype it has gotten.

Riki-Oh: Child of Destruction-For all the blood and gore that it had, the story is pretty good. However, I wish that there was a subtitled version on YouTube.

Dirty Pair (the tv episodes): This is one of the few instances where the dubbed version outdoes the original voicetrack. Only four the eps were subbed, but they had lousy video quality.

[Liffey]

Just finished the 4th season of Dexter! jaw is on the floor :O

[wiggum]

Sky Captain and The World of Tommorrow: I lasted about 20 minutes before I gave up on this movie. I liked the idea, but it was just painfully obvious that the actors were only taking to greenscreen that it soured the whole thing for me.

[mpdpsy]

Just saw Moon, such a fantastic film, I was disappointed by Avatar it seems bland next to this, the soundtrack is great as well, very haunting.

[Liffey]

I saw Moon as well, it wasn't what I was expecting but was still quite good. :)

[nauvice]

Saw both Wolfman and Shutter Island.

Wolfman is an ok movie. If you can think of it as a B-movie, you'd enjoy it. I enjoyed it. But what's spectacular about it is greeeaaattt set and costume design. If you're ever looking for Victorian era reference, make note of that movie

Shutter Island is SO GREAT. period.

[Irishdrunk]

Art School Confidential

Was a funny movie from an art student perspective. However it gives every non-artist a bad example of what it takes to be successful.

[FightingSeraph]

Dragonball Evolution: Not good, but at the same time, not a complete pile of shit.

Goku Midnight Eye ep. 2: It's been a long time since I saw the first episode, and after seeing this subtitled; I thought it was awesome.

I might have to check out Moon, along with 9, Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Sherlock Holmes (even though I steer clear of Guy Ritchie's movies), and Ninja Assassin.

[Vardia]

I saw Treasure Planet. Very good movie, I liked it a lot!

[Raoul Duke]

Ponyo! It's pure Miyazaki awesomeness. The plot is basically the little mermaid, just set in modern times.
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/CCI-Disney-Ponyo-Poster-web.jpg

[Dizon]

Ponyo! It's pure Miyazaki awesomeness. The plot is basically the little mermaid, just set in modern times.
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/CCI-Disney-Ponyo-Poster-web.jpg

I love the animation and the simple style.

[Irishdrunk]

Shutter Island.

No. Yes. Wait. What? Okay. Huh? Fuck.

[Noa K]

saw in the passing two weeks or so..

OldBoy (2003) - a man is prisoned for 15 years without knowing why. simply blew my mind away

dread2 - gore and psychological thriller? damm!

The invention of lying - saw it yesterday. great great great! how didn't anyone think about befor? great cast!

princess and the frog - a bit dissapointed, but maybe had too much expectations. the animation and art great, but just didn't move me...

hmmm.. I watch too much movies....

[macabre]

OldBoy (2003) - a man is prisoned for 15 years without knowing why. simply blew my mind away


I just watched as well. Such a beautifully, fucked up film. I've never seen anything like it. My mind was just blank for like 20 minutes straight after.

[Brendan N]

Some things with rudimentary ratings:

Deliverance - A
The Boat That Rocked - B+
Flight of the Conchords (S1) - B+
The Fantastic Mr Fox - A
Sherlock Holmes - C+
Fringe (S2) - E
Californication (S1) - A+
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - C
Planet 51 - D
Where the Wild Things Are - B
Snippets of "Paranormal Activity" - F

[nauvice]

I just watched Tarsem's THE FALL, and its soooooooo good. Not a lot of people know about it, I only heard of it by seeing a picture of one of the scenes. And its a beautiful art movie. not art related but very artistic in the way its film, the sets (which are all 100% on location, not greenscreen) and the costume design.

google image the name is all you need to be convinced! :P

Brendan if you had given WtWTA, an A+ I would agree to the whole list (for the ones I've seen anyway)

[Brendan N]

you know what, zwarrior - I think I was a little harsh on that one. Technically it was great in all aspects. Great direction, cinematography. Acting was topnotch, effects were surprisingly convincing. Original story and plot structure. Little slow to start, but then so was Deliverance. I guess my only gripe with it was that it wasn't memorable enough - it felt like I should really have connected with some of the characters and rooted for them, but some of them were just a tad too flat or annoying. Still, an A- would have done justice :)

[Flake]

Oldboy is sweet.

It's one of those movies that you know is sweet because people keep stealing your copy of it.

Just watched "Ninja Assassin", it's basically an 80s action flick with modern sfx. It's dumb but good and I can't help but smile at their enthusiasm for 80s style carnage.

You will want to sneak around in shadows wearing black.

[FightingSeraph]

Spicy City- It's too bad that HBO wanted to take the show out of Ralph Bakshi's control as a means to keep it on the air, but this is one underrated TV series that everyone here needs to check out. I wish there were more cartoons like this series...

Gumby- I wasn't into Davey and Goliath, but I kinda like what Art Clokey had during the late '50s up until the early '90s. I also want to see the documentary Gumby Dharma as well.

Sparticus: Blood and Sand- As much as I liked the Sparticus movie, this is also one badass show; even moreso than Dexter.

[Moai]

Dr. Strangelove. It was even funnier and more brilliant the second time around.
Eastern Promises. Very disappointing. Too little actually happened.

[Baron Impossible]

This month I have mainly watched

Fourth Kind - liked it, very well done - 8/10
Paranormal Activity - OK but slipped into cliched horror and ultimately disappointment - 6/10
Irreversible - the most miserable, pretentious film I've seen for some time. Better than Memento, but then again a DVD stuck in the gullet would be better than Memento - 5/10
Moon - Watchable but why did they reveal the "secret" so soon? - 7/10
Eden Lake - Possibly the best of that type of film. Unfortunately that isn't saying much - 7/10
In The Loop - Tried too hard but worth watching if you've broken your leg and the TV's on - 6/10

[Dizon]

Crazy Heart- Story's familiar, but Jeff Bridges makes it worthwhile.

Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus- I was just left confused in the end. Great visuals as expected from Gilliam, but I don't think I enjoyed it that much.

[Brushcommander]

Crank 2 - Bad. There were some scenes that were good and some scenes that would have been good in the right movie but overall it's pretty shitty. It's like a pile of shit you have to dig in to find a tiny piece of gold or two.

From Paris With Love - Very cool if not taken too seriously. I expected some kind of Bruce Willis movie and I wasn't too off with that. John Travolta played a very cool and unusual (at least for him) role in this one and I wonder if the movie would have been as good without him. I think not.

[seba_boi]

Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)

http://www.collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/I/Inglourious_Basterds/Slices/slice_inglourious_basterds_cast_slice_01.jpg

Tarantino has done it again!... The trailers and the publicity surrounding this movie makes it look like a Brad Pitt vehicle... And perhaps it was a good idea to draw the audience that way... But who would've thought that he'd make you watch a funny and suspenseful, and not to mention beautiful, foreign-language film instead?!... This movie is genius!... The man deserves all praises... The dialogue is delicious, the characters memorable, and the music fits with every scene and I mean every scene...

And one review I read was absolutely right--this movie was more about the love for movies, our love for movies, than actually about World War II... One main character owns a movie theatre; there's a film-buff soldier turned movie star; one is a famous actress posing as a female agent; one lieutenant is a professional film critic; they mentioned Garbo, Chaplin, Emil Jannings, Clouzot, G.W. Pabst, David O. Selznick among other film personalities; we learn that nitrate film back then were highly flammable (and took an excerpt film footage from Hitchcock's Sabotage); the soldiers were playing movie character card-guessing in the thrilling tavern sequence; and one of the most important scenes in the film takes place in a movie theatre...

Oh, actually the only thing I didn't like about the movie was Eli Roth... His face just annoys me and I hate his acting... Blech!....

[FourTonMantis]

Stalker

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Stalker_poster.jpg

What an amazing film. Anyone else seen this?

[Moai]

Gran Torino. I was a little disappointed with it at first--the script and the performances were awkward at times, and the film doesn't have a subtle bone in its body--but as the story got going I liked it much better. Good film.

[Bill]

The Blind Side. I cried like a little girl.

[Moai]

Jeremiah Johnson. I think it's a beautiful movie, and for some reason it is also, for me, one of the most emotionally affecting movies I've seen. I've seen it four or five times now, and every time it fills me with feelings of vastness, solitude, beauty, and loss.

Also, Moon and Se7en. Both good.

[Farvus]

I just watched "The Men Who Stares At Goats" and I loved it :)

[Auslander]

Finally saw THE LOVELY BONES. Nowhere near as bad as the critics said, and actually quite moving. Also syncs up pretty well with my Buddhist beliefs.

[tobbA]

Tokyo Godfathers. Really sweet film, although a bit disturbing as well. Maybe a bit out of season now though :P

Satoshi Kon did it again, I say :)

[IKV Nexis]

Just purchased and watched the blu-rays of Casablanca and Doctor Zhivago.

Both excellent movies but Casablanca had a few processing anomalies. Still F-ing fine after all these years.

Doctor Zhivago was of course excellent in all ways. Even at 3 hours and 17 min it rarely dragged. And of course David Lean's direction and cinematography is always spectacular.

[FightingSeraph]

Heavy Traffic-Highly underrated, I'm surprised that there aren't any more R-rated American animation that isn't from Seth McFarlane or Trey Parker.

[Nakhon]

Watched Wong Kar-Wai's 'Fallen Angels' for the first time...freakin' brilliant movie. :D

[Moai]

Death Proof. Tarentino is so self-indulgent with this movie that he's practically masturbating, but damn if I don't love it.