people might not have beaten each other up as often anymore but they sure as hell didn't all go to the same parties

Why not?

2012- C

No real point in seeing this if you've ever seen a disaster-type movie before, can't think of many redeeming qualities about it. The accents in this movie were fascinatingly terrible, much like the whole thing which is utterly drowned in cheesiness.

bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans - fantastically bad. herzogs fingerprints are all over this, and it shows. the camera work and music and bizarre moments are nearly perfect, and this is the only kind of piece of shit movie that gets better because nicholas cage is in it.

you're gonna miss me (presented by alisonmonster) - badass documentary about someone i only knew of as having made music, but nothing about his life or dramas in it. great use of just letting crazy people do the work and not asking lots of questions. i didnt get to finish watching the follow up extras. there are some fairly awesome moments capture of schizophrenics showing off the best of their psychosis.

sunshine - great soundtrack and visual filter, but overall really awful because of the concept alone. and a bit too much like event horizon (which i enjoy watching). i will probably enjoy watching this again, as it isn't terrible, but it also isn't really amazing other than the aforementioned visual candy and special effects were pretty good too.

men who stare at goats - i really, really, really liked this movie and i know a lot of people probably won't go for repeat watchings of this, but i loved all the characters in this movie so much. makes me feel lebowski fever and get a little giddy and want to drop acid.

funny people - pretty good, but i'm sick of apatow and rogan. sandler was great, and the story line was pretty good, but i'm just annoyed with most of this shit now.

up - i enjoyed it, but i think i need to be on hard drugs to get the full experience.

inglorious basterds - Col Landa is one of the best characters to appear on screen in a long, long itme. instantly amazing, and comically throughout at just the idea. so even the serious parts i found myself pre-emptively laughing. eli roth is great, as is the supporting cast, but i actually thing brad pitt was more than annoying in this. i wanted to learn why he had a scar around his neck, though. one of the best overall movies i've seen in a while. fuck a horse.

star trek - enjoyed it far more than i thought i would. nice spark to the old bullshit that had already gotten tired and awful after the first sequel. i hope they do more of these. the stylized for the 20's/30's crowd worked. it felt like mtv or vh1 just had a very heavy hand in it somehow too. a bit too bubblegum overall i guess. show some nipples next film.

has anyone seen best worst movie?

(presented by alisonmonster)

How is Alison?

inglorious basterds - Col Landa is one of the best characters to appear on screen in a long, long itme.

Yes.

lots of movies


paper heart C +

it was cute but in the end,it was so contrived.

stir crazy A+

legendary

sleepwalkers B+

the way horror movies should be, and great cameos too.

terminator salvation C

it was just ok, i mean it is hard to be worse than t3 but it was not better than t3 at all so...

katt williams pimpalicious? pimptastic? B+

it was damn funny.

kevin nealon, now hear me out B+

also damn funny

30 rock season 1 B+

it really only started getting awesome towards the end, but awesome it got my friend. i guess that is all i remember

30 rock season 1 B+

it really only started getting awesome towards the end, but awesome it got my friend. i guess that is all i remember

Yeah, it had a slow start, but it's getting better and better.

Why not?
because there were groups of people hating other groups of people and shunning some people entirely

Yeah, we had those groups as well - we still got drunk together.

were you one of those patriotic CLASS OF 07 NEVER FORGET kids

Terminator 4 - I really like this because Linda Hamilton was in this

Futurama Movie 4 - what a shame

were you one of those patriotic CLASS OF 07 NEVER FORGET kids

I was no class nothing.

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carriers C-

good idea shitty movie.

public enemies C-

if depp gets you wet, or you adore 30 gangster movies this is a can't miss.
if you like movies that do not suck, and are not borring then you should skip this. at least now i know why i never watched heat, colleteral, miami vice.....

the godfather A-

best org crime movie ever really. i can not give it an a plus because it is kinda hard to watch.

Inglourious Basterds - A
I like Pitt's performance less and less while continuously enjoying Waltz more and more.

Whatever Works - edit: Watched this again more attentively: A+
Larry David and Woody Allen? Fuck yeah. It's obvious that most of the script is over thirty years old, and seeing as Allen's recent movies were not exactly very good, IMO, that's probably not a bad thing.

superbad - b, good acting, weak plot, couple great jokes, bit cliche at times, fun in any case

Transylmania - A and F

incredibly good but ill never watch it again

superbad - b, good acting, weak plot, couple great jokes, bit cliche at times, fun in any case

NO
F-

A

A

i see the netphoria glitch is changing your words into A's again

The Ladykillers - Awesome.

at least now i know why i never watched heat, colleteral, miami vice.....


i can't quite understand what this sentence is saying but i know it's dumb anyway

Superbad is a classic.

Ninja Assassin

Kill Bill with a quarter of the plot and quadruple the over-the-top action. Enough said. I was entertained though, because ninjas are awesome.

B-

Ninja Assassin is more like Street Fighter with a quarter of the plot.

Nah, Ninja Assassin was much better. Jean-Claude Van Damme sucks.

An aside:

Question - What's the difference between Kickboxer and Bloodsport?

Answer - About 10 minutes.

Funny People - B+
The first Apatow movie I really, really liked.

Over The Top -> with my dad last night

Extract - D-
Pretty much every remotely funny part was put in the preview. Really disappointing, I can't stress that enough. At least I got to look at Jason Bateman though.

Following - B+
A really short film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Sort of what you would expect from the guy who did Memento - the end wraps up everything nicely but not in the way you expect. Well worth a rental.

Clockwatchers - C+
Sort of reminds me of Office Space, though the writing isn't as sharp and the movie itself has more dramatic stuff in it than I thought it would. Just gets sort of weird at the end.

Super High Me - B
Admittedly, I am sooo not the demographic for the movie but it was still pretty enjoyable. I am not familiar with Doug Benson but it was nice that he balanced out the parts with him enjoying being super high all the time and the parts that explained the medical marijuana thing somewhat seriously.

The Motorcycle Diaries - B-
Pretty good and well-acted but it felt like the people who made the film felt the need to make it really, really obvious at certain points to remind us that who we know as Ernesto will eventually become Che. I would think that most people knew the story coming into the film and don't need Ernesto making this huge anvil-type statements about how shit is unfair and how tolerant he is. A little bit of subtlety would have gone a long way. I mean, it doesn't happen a ton but the few times it does were really annoyingly obvious.

Grizzly Man - C
Alright. You can't help but admire a guy who obviously wanted to make sure these animals remained safe or whatever, but when a couple of people (one of them especially) who spoke about him getting a little too comfortable with the bears was really foolish on his part I couldn't help but agree with them.

The TV Set - ?
This movie had David Duchovny in it. In the movie, he has a beard. He's like a writer or something and some stuff happens with his pilot. I think he wife is pregnant and he ends up selling out to make some money? I honestly do not remember that much. I didn't hate it, I didn't like it ... I just sort of nothing it. I watched it, stuff happened, it was over and I still don't really have an opinion on it. I did watch it though.

i saw doug benson last night, he wasn't that good. i did get super baked and watch home alone 3, which is pretty great

I didn't think he was that funny in the movie either but I still liked it.

Ninja Assassin is more like Street Fighter with a quarter of the plot.
sounds pretty good

Outrage: Do Ask, Do Tell - B-

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - 7.7
As much as I DESPISE Nicholas Cage, and as campy and weird as this film is I honestly enjoyed it so much it's ridiculous. It might just be one of the weirdest movies I've seen in a long time. It's a film you will either HATE or LOVE, there is no in between. Herzog is awesome.

In The Bedroom - 7.9
Excellent piece about revenge, great metaphors, great performances, highly recommend to anyone with half a brain.

Little Children - 6.9
Same director as In The Bedroom but definitely not as enjoyable or as poignant. Jennifer Connelly is WICKED hot in this though.

The Station Agent - 6.0
Film about how much being a midget sucks, trains, and this really nice and sociable hot dog vender. Sounds more interesting then it actually is.

Pandorum - 6.5
The Descent meets Aliens meets Event Horizon, except not as cool as either of those 3.

Rec 2 - 6.7
Very different from the original Rec, but still enjoyable. Liked the supernatural aspect of this one.

Precious - 8.0
Probably the most depressing grim as fuck film I will see this year (until I see The Road maybe)
Really great performance from Mo'Nique, she should win an oscar for best supporting actress imo.

Taking Woodstock - 4.0

Stupidly boring, overly long, and not funny. I love Dmitri Martin but this sucked hard. It felt like it was 8 hours long.

The Missing - C+
Four Christmases - C+
Taking Woodstock - C-
Whale Rider - B
New Moon - C+
The Fifth Element - B+
Brothers - B+

eyes wide shut is a horrible movie d

but then again i hate everything kubrick has done except for strangelove

i mean everyone else can fellate him if they want but it seems like he did a pretty good job of it himself

He was an old pervert and he died making a film he wanted to be remembered by.

Dr. Strangelove was a masterpiece. Full Metal Jacket is pretty great. Barry Lyndon was okay and so were parts of a Clockwork Orange but I never really understood what seems to me like hero worship.

And Eyes Wide shut really is a horrible film.

Singin' in the Rain - B

Meh. It was fun and pretty funny at parts.

All That Jazz - B+/A-

I think this is a movie I need to watch again.

Moulin Rouge - C/C+

I appreciate its ambition. And it was pretty cool looking. And Ewan McGregor is gorgeous. Lop a half hour off of it and I might be able to say I liked it a lot.

barry lyndon is better than full metal jacket

2012 - 3.9

idk why i even watched this to be honest, i guess I was somewhat curious as to how crappy it would be but... it was even crappier than I thought.

the only somewhat redeeming quality was the destruction sequences which were too few and far between. the actual non destruction sequences was like watching a really awful tv movie soap opera thing.

cheesiest most cliche dialogue i've ever sat through

cheesiest most cliche dialogue ever huh. have you ever seen a summer blockbuster effects film before?

I'm actually going to defend 2012. Roger Ebert's review is pretty much spot on about it.

This is fun. "2012" delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year. It even has real actors in it.

...

Emmerich's budget was $250 million, and "2012" may contain more f/x in total running time than any other film. They're impressive. Not always convincing, because how can the flooding of the Himalayas be made convincing? And Emmerich gives us time to regard the effects and appreciate them, even savor them, unlike the ADD generation and its quick-cutting Bay-cams.

...

The bottom line is: The movie gives you your money's worth. Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it one of the year's best? No. Does Emmerich hammer it together with his elbows from parts obtained from the Used Disaster Movie Store? Yes. But is it about as good as a movie in this genre can be? Yes.

the main points being, that Emmerich takes the camera back from the action unlike most of the current MTV-gen quick edit fx films like Transformers that can be borderline unwatchable blurs of CGI. and that as far as a massively expensive end of the world film goes, it's as good as you're likely to get.

I was actually fairly impressed by the lack of ridiculous soliloquies and speeches other than the one near the end. and yes there are real actors in this movie. was it implausibly ridiculous? yes. but plausibility isn't the point. and it's a huge improvement in terms of film-making over Emmerich's other films, Deep Impact, The Core, Knowing, things of that nature.

it was still a fucking terrible movie, even for a "summer blockbuster effects film"

it was also way too fucking long and dragged out way too much for what it is.

Emmerich is garbage, his only decent films are The Patriot and Independence Day

Do you realise how much work goes into Roger Ebert's ratings? I give his ratings an 8.3.

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at least now i know why i never watched heat, colleteral, miami vice.....


I'm not going to watch these movies. I feel somewhat compelled. Maybe one day the director will release a movie and i will find it to be boring, and it will explain these strange urges to me. Speak to me, future self.

Also, Roger Ebert only has eight (or nine? does he give out 0 stars?) possible ratings for movies, so clearly he has no idea what he's talking about compared to Gossamer.

am i still allowed to dislike 2012 and all films in that vein

uh i don't think you noticed but Ryan Patrick just defended the movie.

the main points being, that Emmerich takes the camera back from the action

The surveillance camera shots were pretty hilarious, like when the dad is trying to get the cable out of those giant cogs, and there's a camera RIGHT THERE IN HIS FACE.

And just the whole thing where the family are in some side-hatch thing of the ship, and they're being monitored by the crew over the PA, everyone cares SO HARD that this all-American suburban family makes it alive, while about 6 billion people get fucked by the earth falling apart.

all the tv series i've watched over the past few months, with no explanation of ratings:

weeds: B-
it's always sunny in philadelphia: B+
six feet under: A-
how i met your mother: A
dexter: C+
californication: B
the eyes of nye: B+
eastbound and down: B+
true blood: C+

and currently watching:

deadwood: B-
curb your enthusiasm: A

Hey, Weaver, save something for the movie. Speaking to Channel 4, Dana Barrett spilled all kinds of shit about Ghostbusters 3 that you may not want to read if you'd rather not know whether or not Oscar is going to be Ghostbuster (oops, spoilers alarm!):

I’m afraid to say it [Ghostbusters 3] is happening, I hope people are excited about that. I don’t know if I’m going to be in it, I have had a couple of calls asking ‘would you read the script’.

I know that my little son Oscar – who was kidnapped from me – I think he has grown up to be a ghostbuster.

I might be in it; I see nothing wrong with being in it, although I don’t think I will have a big part. I think Bill Murray has a little more to do with it - he’s a ghost.

Venkman's dead? I would honestly be saddened by that, if only it weren't such a good emo band name.

dexter: C+


Is this the whole series thus far or just season one?

There is no way it is on par with true blood.

Is this the whole series thus far or just season one?

There is no way it is on par with true blood.the series thus far. i may have been a little harsh with this rating, but the writing of dexter's voiceovers sometimes gets on my nerves. too dramatic for me.

Venkman's dead? I would honestly be saddened by that, if only it weren't such a good emo band name.

Murray has said for years that the only way he'd do Ghostbusters 3 is if they killed off Venkman and made him a ghost.

That said, I just hope that if they do GB3 that it's a last hurrah for the original cast instead of a "Meet the newer, 20-something, sexy Ghostbusters (with small cameos by four old guys)" sort of thing.

And they better figure out how to get Rick Moranis out of retirement too. He was the only thing missing in the video game.

men who stare at goats - B
pretty funny

blu-ray rentals:

Robocop (1987) - A
Superman (1978) - A

Jarhead - A-

If I were taking into account just how much goes into a film I would give it 7.9 out of ten. It would be 8 if it weren't for a barely discernible continuity error around 47:12.

Also, Days of Glory - B+. Pretty good film about Algerian soldiers fighting for France in World War Two.

Sicko- B.65

i'm not sure i've ever seen anything more self serving in a film than the scene with the old british politician talking head saying "there's an element in thinking of some people that, 'we don't want intelligent, healthy, and confident people because they'll get out of control'" and a quick cut to moore's smiling, bobbling head. in a movie with a ton of pat-myself-on-the-back moments, that one really took the title for me. you never see him directly in any other interview. what a little bitch!

Whatever Works - 5.9

As much as I love Woody Allen AND Larry David and all of their wonderful Jewish rants and idiosyncrasies, this kind of just seemed really forced to me. I've never seen a film with so many unlikable characters. I really enjoyed certain parts of it but it just left me feeling a little empty and disappointed. It's a shell of their best work.

Paper Heart - C+
lead actress gets on my fucking nerves, but it was overall not the worst movie.

Jarhead - A-

If I were taking into account just how much goes into a film I would give it 7.9 out of ten. It would be 8 if it weren't for a barely discernible continuity error around 47:12.

Also, Days of Glory - B+. Pretty good film about Algerian soldiers fighting for France in World War Two.

Have you watched Battle of Algiers?

500 Days of Summer - 9.0

If it weren't for Inglorious Basterds, this would be my favorite film of 2009. It is this generation's Annie Hall imo. Incredible directorial and screenwriting debut.

godfather - A
godfather part 2 - A
godfather part 3 - B-

that is what i believe is called post-controversial

Vertigo. A-.
Public Enemies. C+.
Antichrist. B.
12:08 East of Bucharest. B-.
Funny People. C+.

I have been lazy lately.

Public Enemies: I have no idea, I was way too high when I watched this.

Public Enemies was a well directed mediocre script.

Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Darkside - 7.5/10
Their Star Wars movies are awesome.

"Who are you supposed to be?"
- "Raggedy Andy!"
- "Get the FUCK out of here."

Good enough for my simple tastes.

can we Rarely Gossamer

whoa you're cool

Have you watched Battle of Algiers?
Been meaning to see this for a while.

it's pretty goo

Public Enemies was a well directed mediocre script.

plays fast and loose with history too

nobody does action like michael mann though

godfather - A
godfather part 2 - A
godfather part 3 - B-
This is a pretty good post

the wackness - C+
i really wanted to like this

the road was really interesting
an education was solid
both movies were good for making you think

I Love You Man - A-

Damn funny

beverly hills ninja - best high movie ever

500 Days of Summer - 9.0

If it weren't for Inglorious Basterds, this would be my favorite film of 2009. It is this generation's Annie Hall imo. Incredible directorial and screenwriting debut.

it's not very good

katy deschanel sucks

nah you're wrong, it's the The Birth of a Nation of the new millenium

i need to keep a list of what i've seen this year, i have a very poor recollection of what i've seen

up (good)
coraline (okay, very pretty though)
the wackness (meh except for ben kingsley)
julie & julia (meryl streep half okay, other half horrible)
inglourious basterds (correcto)
district 9 (crap)
star trek (crap)

i know i've seen a lot more than that but i have no idea what they were

WHERE IS MY MEMORY

In the Loop is one of the best films I've seen this year.

It's really clever and funny. Go watch it.

Gomorrah - HOLY SHIT ITALIANS ARE HILARIOUS!

Best feel good comedy since Home Alone!

beverly hills ninja - best high movie ever

every high movie is the best high movie ever

Gomorrah - HOLY SHIT ITALIANS ARE HILARIOUS!

Best feel good comedy since Home Alone!

did you go watch this on your date?

that scene with the two kids running around the river bed wearing their undies and tennis shoes firing bazookas and machine guns was pretty epic

did you go watch this on your date?

that scene with the two kids running around the river bed wearing their undies and tennis shoes firing bazookas and machine guns was pretty epic


It was a pretty great and really depressingly realistic movie. No date movie though.

watched a bunch of films recently, some good, some okay.

The Fugitive - 6.9
Fairly good and sometimes great action flick with Harrison Ford, mediocre twist and ending though.

Sexy Beast - 7.6
Really enjoyed this one, it was beautifully shot and Ben Kingsley was one of the best villains ever.

The Hurt Locker - 7.0
Solid film about the Iraq war and what soldiers go through on a daily basis. A little overhyped though.

Funny People - A-

I can definitely see how some people think this is too long and drags, but it worked pretty well with me.

requiem for a dream - C

no, Requiem For A Dream is excellent.

get out of here with that C bullshit

Waitress (2007)
summary:
Felicity bakes magical pies, with best friend Cheryl (Larry David's ex-wife) and cranky-but-actually-nice father figure Matlock, is miserably married to unstable, bipolar Billy (Brenda's brother from six feet under) but then meets super nice gynecologist, and adulterer, Malcolm Reynolds.
review:
Whimsical, sweet movie. Nothing groundbreaking (except for people with a pie fetish - this is it!) but the character(s) that are meant to be likable are indeed likable and vice versa. That sounds like a small accomplishment, but in fact, this doesn't happen often with me. The knowledge that the director/writer/supporting actress was murdered a couple months before the movie came out cast a huge me<dfsd>ta pall over this film -- it probably affected how much I enjoyed (or forgave any flaws) to this film. Jeremy Sisto as the childish retarded violent husband was pretty hilarious/sad/scary.
grade:
B-/C+

Waitress (2007)
summary:
Felicity bakes magical pies, with best friend Cheryl (Larry David's ex-wife) and cranky-but-actually-nice father figure Matlock, is miserably married to unstable, bipolar Billy (Brenda's brother from six feet under) but then meets super nice gynecologist, and adulterer, Malcolm Reynolds.
review:
Whimsical, sweet movie. Nothing groundbreaking (except for people with a pie fetish - this is it!) but the character(s) that are meant to be likable are indeed likable and vice versa. That sounds like a small accomplishment, but in fact, this doesn't happen often with me. The knowledge that the director/writer/supporting actress was murdered a couple months before the movie came out cast a huge me<dfsd>ta pall over this film -- it probably affected how much I enjoyed (or forgave any flaws) to this film. Jeremy Sisto as the childish retarded violent husband was pretty hilarious/sad/scary.
grade:
B-/C+

This movie is my second least favorite movie ever (#1 on the list: Wedding Crashers). I don't know why, because objectively it's a disposable piece of fluff...thoroughly mediocre, but competently made. But somehow every single detail of it got under my skin in a bad way. I think I found every single character in the movie save Andy Griffith's to be despicable human beings. I definitely did not see it as being whimsical or sweet. I thought it was, at its core, cynical and mean.

But maybe it did something right, I've seen a lot of bad movies. It takes a special breed to make me mad at it.

I saw Bruno the other day. It was mostly bad. I thought Borat was okay, but the best parts about Borat was extracting reactions out of people and then using that reaction as commentary/satire. There was no such depth in Bruno, nothing beyond making rednecks uncomfortable with this heteronormative/adolescent idea of how a gay man is. Yeah Sasha, we already know. rednecks=homophobic. Gets a D

i guess waitress just caught me in a good mood, plus i already had a prior affinity to keri russell and nathan fillion. eh. I can totally see how somebody can hate this movie. i won't disagree that it's pretty sappy. typical movies I don't like induce boredom, and this movie cleared the not-boring bar.

the only movies that make me mad are michael bay/roland emmerich/mcG movies.

yeah bruno was awful. i loved borat though.

Bruno was better than Borat. He did a lot more with the character than he did on his TV show and the pranks were a lot more elaborate than the ones he did in Borat.

On June 6, 2008, a riot ensued at a stunt orchestrated by Baron Cohen and the producers of the film as they staged a "Blue Collar Brawlin'" in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Patrons were lured to an event billed as cage fighting, held at a convention center, by print and Craigslist advertisements, promoting "hot girls", $1 beer, and $5 admission. Approximately 1500 people attended the event and were greeted by signs that informed them that they were being filmed. No mobile phones, video, or cameras were allowed inside. The acts taking place became homosexual in nature, with Bruno inviting a man up to fight him, who turned out to be Lutz. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" starts to play and they both start kissing and stripping, the place went wild and people threw chairs and beer at the performers. The performers were Brüno (Baron Cohen) under the ironic gimmick, "Straight Dave" and Gustaf Hammarsten portraying his opponent Lutz.

That is fucking awesome. That and the focus group where they had to watch a dick bouncing up and down.

ONCE AGAIN NETPHORIA, YOU ARE COMPLETELY FUCKING WRONG.

I hate this thread.

the best parts about Borat was extracting reactions out of people and then using that reaction as commentary/satire.
indeed, and this is why the series was also superior to the film

yeah i think i laughed maybe twice when i watched bruno. and it was my fave ali g show skit. solid d, there.

other recents:
star trek - n/a (fell asleep)
disclosure- c (the last half hour is a completely different movie, and hilarious at that. HAUNTING DEMI MOORE ICON IN VIRTUAL REALITY)
doubt- a- (didn't realize how "christmas-y" it actually was. solid all around, just, okay, i get it, amy adams is real good at naive)
orphan- c (awful, but extremely entertaining. possibly the most attractive cast of a "horror" movie ever)
drag me to hell- b+ (HIGHLY entertaining)
precious- a- (actually more heartwarming/inspirational and funny than i thought it would be going in, considering the subject matter. mo'nique is an effin monster)
funny people- b+ (agree with turylon or whatever his name is)
global metal- b (not as good as metal: a headbanger's journey, but entertaining. japan was my favorite part)

so the avatar hype train is on track

I was dubious from the trailers but the reviews... plus the golden globe best picture nomination...

7.0


why not a 7.1?!

Recent for me:

The Ugly Truth - C-

I really don't like Katherine Heigl. She's hot as hell, but there has to be a reason she plays a bitchy shrew in every movie she's in.

Bad Day at Black Rock - B

I think this was my first Spencer Tracy movie. Neat little, pseudo-western (though the setting was just after WWII).

WALL E - B-

Another overrated Pixar movie. The visuals were nice and all, but the plot was a little thin.

The Road Warrior - B+

Mel Gibson was pretty awesome at one time.

Lethal Weapon - B-

Mel Gibson was pretty awesome at one time.

Zombieland - B

Will never catch Shaun of the Dead as the pinnacle of zombie-comedy films, but it was entertaining. Decent gore + Bill Murray = good enough.

Strangers on a Train - B+

Hitchcock movies are always fun to watch. The carousel scene at the end was great stuff.

Les Diaboliques - C+/B-

Kinda meandering I thought. I did like the ending though.

Orphan - B+

I liked this way more than I thought I would. I guess I was expecting the usual old "killer kid" movie with no teeth (like The Good Son). But this movie was a lot of fun.

Letters from Iwo Jima - B-

Not my fave from Eastwood. I think WWII movies generally are kinda played out and done to death, and this movie kinda bears that out. It was well shot and very well acted, but I just couldn't care too much as it was all kind of been there done that.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father - B

A documentary that starts off detailing the life of the director's murdered friend as a way for the director to gain closure, but then twists and turns into something else entirely. This was a depressing little movie. I think it would have had more impact though if I hadn't looked up the details of the case as I watched though. Go in cold and spoiler free if you're thinking about watching it.

Doubt - B-

Streep was Streep. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Amy Adams did not impress me. Overall well acted, but I wasn't blown away by any of it except for the lady who played the alleged abuse victim's mother.

Surrogates - B-

Decent, cheesy little sci-fi flick. Can't go wrong with Bruce Willis.

Corganist you are the dumbest piece of shit in the history OF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.

I really shouldn't be bothered but Jesus fucking Christ you are stupid.

Corganist you are the dumbest piece of shit in the history OF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.

I really shouldn't be bothered but Jesus fucking Christ you are stupid.


:confused:

Did I accidentally confuse the political board with the movie thread or something? WTF did I do to you?

Junior :erm: F

Wall-E is a solid A in my book. That shit is magical, son.

Watched Orphan today because I kept hearing how it was actually a pretty decent drama and not so much a terrible horror movie like the trailer portrayed. Plus I think Vera Farmiga is a total hottie http://lancemannion.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/departed_vera_farmiga.jpg

But yeah, the movie sucked big time and it was typical hollywood horror trash.

4.5/10

Wall-E is a solid A in my book. That shit is magical, son.

Yeah, I have a pretty cold heart when it comes to Pixar films I guess. I think I'm the only person in the world who didn't absolutely love "Up" either.

Watched Orphan today because I kept hearing how it was actually a pretty decent drama and not so much a terrible horror movie like the trailer portrayed. Plus I think Vera Farmiga is a total hottie

But yeah, the movie sucked big time and it was typical hollywood horror trash.

4.5/10

Whoever told you Orphan was a drama really misled you on that one. But I wouldn't call it typical Hollywood horror trash (though I definitely expected it to be). It's trash, but it's fairly well done and entertaining trash. It was much better than the typical PG-13, bloodless, boring crap horror that Hollywood keeps churning out.

The Boys from Brazil - A+

This is basically the perfect movie even if the portrayal of the Hitler clones was kind of clumsy clumsy (Gossamer, would you bump your rating down to a 9.99 because of this?)

Idk, I rarely give out 9's in the first place.

Haven't seen that one.

What are you folks thoughts on invictus?
I heard they did some pretty stupid shit, like when the airplane flew over the stadium, pretending Mandela and his security weren’t expecting it and panicked. That they played up the racism a bit and such.
I read a good review from someone here:
Fumbled by Americans | Mahala (http://www.mahala.co.za/movies/fondled-by-americans/)
and here:
Missionary Position Filmmaking | Mahala (http://www.mahala.co.za/movies/missionary-position-filmmaking/)
from bits of both of those, I am curious to watch it. I am also a big rugby fan.

Yeah, I have a pretty cold heart when it comes to Pixar films I guess. I think I'm the only person in the world who didn't absolutely love "Up" either.



you're absolutely not the only one. i thought it was a pretty bad movie. i liked the first +/- 15 minutes but after that everything's so cheesy. fuck the dogs.

a children's cartoon movie was cheesy, shocking

Up was adorable and fun and extremely well made.

who doesn't like wall-e? i mean, come on

Yeah, it was adorable and fun and extremely well made

who doesn't like wall-e? i mean, come on

i refuse to watch a movie based around a supreme cuteness factor that was obviously made to pry open the wallets of anyone dumb enough to go "aww" at the previews

In the Loop is one of the best films I've seen this year.

It's really clever and funny. Go watch it.

oh yeah, i saw that. it was funny enough but totally unconvincing. otherwise-idiotic characters shouldn't bite back with the same kind of belabored hyper-cutting witticisms as the angry scottish guy

werd there was plenty about it that was ott

difficult difficult lemon difficult was an amazing moment for me this year

Those aforementioned witticisms were gold, though.

"Just fucking do it! Otherwise you'll find yourself in some medieval war zone in the Caucasus with your arse in the air, trying to persuade a group of men in balaclavas that sustained sexual violence is not the fucking way forward!"

I liked how the movie is about them planning this war in which people will die horribly and it's just office politics and the regular pointless power games.

He sputters out on a rant about halfway through near the end "I'll take your fucking arms..." which is probably the most he comes to showing a genuine emotion the entire flick aside from pure, seething rage.

come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off
- malcolm tucker

a children's cartoon movie was cheesy, shocking

well that's the thing. if you're able to make a children's cartoon movie that's still not too lame for older people, then you've really succeeded for me.

cos then you and your girlfriend can both enjoy it hurrr hurr hurrrrrrr

i wanted to rep thaat but it seems i've repped you too much

avatar - C
cool effects horrible story and acting

big surprise captain wanna be hater is hating

eat sack trotzkie

Avatar - A

fucking cool. see it imax 3d obviously if you can. some "hollywood" dialogue holds it back from an A+, but that's the price to pay for a $400 million cameron movie.

move it to my thread. i need more people in there that don't have their head up their ass.

blade runner - A

BRIGHT STAR- a
should win for best costumes but young victoria will probably swoop in, or whatever. wow.

Heat blu-ray - A

haven't seen in years, so nice

futurama: bender's big score: C
futurama: the beast with a billion backs: C+

Hard Candy: B-
I really enjoyed the movie, but there were things I just didn't like. The ending, for one, is pretty lack luster. Ellen Page's character is severely underdeveloped, probably on purpose, which I can accept I suppose. She is pretty much a pathological liar, yet when the final confrontation between her and Patrick Wilson happens he trusts her like she hadn't been fucking with him for almost two hours. Sandra Oh was pretty much pointless. She came into the movie like an hour too late and didn't provide any real progression to the story. Lot's of stuff just left me wondering 'why?'

isn't the whole point that ellen page is supposed to be this anton chiurgh type character that you don't know much about

Yea, I'm willing to believe that, but she contradicts herself in the movie. About halfway in Patrick Wilson says for her to just kill him and she said killing him would be too easy. Then at the end she basically guilts him into committing suicide. It just seemed like it was contradictory to the first half of the film. I guess the viewer is just supposed to assume she just lies about everything.

hard candy was awful, but somehow i felt compelled to sit all the way thru it

I did like that it jumped into the movie really quick though. Got my attention very fast and it didn't go where I expected it to. It has that going for it at least.

Saw VI
It was ok, at least better than Saw V.

Saw VI
It was ok, at least better than Saw V.

No movie deserves so many sequels.

i might watch carrie tonight if i don't find anything better to do

i've never seen it. weird.

Watched The Short Films of David Lynch.

"The Grandmother" was probably my favorite.

just watched the first part of this 70-minute brutal dissection of phantom menace and I think i will end up watching the rest.

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EDIT: this is pretty fucking funny

comedians of comedy live at the troubadour - B

futurama: bender's game - C

^^ yeah i watched that on comedy central last night too. it was ok

Into The Wild - B-
I've seen this before... I really love the story/book but the movie just doesn't really do it for me. I think with a few structural changes it could have been a lot better. Fuck Kristen Stewart having to be in every goddamn movie making the same stupid face. Ugh.

Fly Away Home - A+
Tears

Maiden Heist was a really fun movie. Morgan Freeman, William H Macy, and Christopher Walken were excellent together.

^^ yeah i watched that on comedy central last night too. it was ok
not ok by futurama standards

Snatch. - B

Into The Wild - B-
I've seen this before... I really love the story/book but the movie just doesn't really do it for me. I think with a few structural changes it could have been a lot better. Fuck Kristen Stewart having to be in every goddamn movie making the same stupid face. Ugh.
that movie was the first time i saw kristen stewart and i thought she was the hottest chick ever and awesome and now 18 months later i'm fucking sick of her. and not just cause of twilight either, she just sucks,.

not ok by A standards

dont bother with into the green yonder or whatever. it makes the first three movies look like Futurama's top writing ever.

futurama: into the wild green yonder - clearly the best of the four, felt like a stretched out futurama episode, B(-)

it felt like a season 14 simpsons episode

perhaps. maybe with the characters being slightly less obnoxious

BRIGHT STAR- a
should win for best costumes but young victoria will probably swoop in, or whatever. wow.

I really liked this one too. Seems like it has been ignored though.

The Godfather Part II - A
For some reason I never had really given this a watch until now. Even the first movie is one I've only watched a couple times. I definitely can see why it gets mentioned in the "sequels better than the original" category, though I think the original still reigns by just a little. I think the duel storyline kinda took away the flow of the movie just a hair, though Robert DeNiro's performance made the young Vito Corleone scenes worth it.

Mixed Nuts - D+
The girlfriend forced me to watch this one, saying it was one of her favorite Christmas movies. Ugh. I introduce her to Bad Santa and Die Hard, and this is how she repays me? Steve Martin is great when he's on his game, but he can be oh-so-bad when he's not. He wasn't on his game in this movie.

Downfall - C+
The guy playing Hitler was good, but the movie was so slow-paced to me. It was interesting as a historical reenactment, but it really didn't seem to have any kind of overriding story or narrative to it.

The Host - C-
I've had this on my Netflix queue forever, but I decided to give it a watch after seeing some praise for it in another thread on this board. Having watched it, I don't really get the praise for it. There was some decent CGI and creature design, sure, but I thought everything else was really uneven...even for a b-level monster movie (which I couldn't tell if the film was homaging, parodying, or straight up trying to emulate). I've heard people say this is somehow the quintessential modern monster movie. Hardly. Even for all of Cloverfield's flaws, it wiped the floor with this. This was basically the Korean version of Godzilla '98.

The Host - 4.9

Overrated dreck

Downfall - C+
The guy playing Hitler was good, but the movie was so slow-paced to me. It was interesting as a historical reenactment, but it really didn't seem to have any kind of overriding story or narrative to it.
This is a joke right?

Avatar - went to this with B. and some of her family. Saw it in 3D; it was probably my favorite movie I've seen in a couple of years.

Kinda seemed to drag and fake-end a few times, but well worth it.

Downfall - C+
The guy playing Hitler was good, but the movie was so slow-paced to me. It was interesting as a historical reenactment, but it really didn't seem to have any kind of overriding story or narrative to it.


dude

District 9- B.28

A pretty entertaining sci-fi film. Lots of unexpected turns as the movie went along, some surprising (in a good way) and some really puzzling. The first half was much stronger than the second half, but the second half had robot mechs spectacularly blowing shit up and alien weapons vaporizing people and making their heads explode, which was enough to distract me from some of the goofy plot shit that went down. Visually it's really fucking good.

Home Alone II - C+
It's great to have cable at work.

This is a joke right?

I know enough history to recognize it was a pretty good reenactment of what went on in Hitler's bunker, but reenactment in and of itself does not a good movie make. And it's not like it didn't try to be a good movie. I could have respected a choice to merely show the highlights/lowlights of what happened to Hitler and his cronies in the last few days in an episodic/documentary sort of fashion if that was what the director went for. It's all fascinating enough to keep an audience engaged just on the historical angle alone.

But the shoehorning in of "I'm a Nazi, but I'm not a Nazi" side characters for the audience to identify with derailed things in my view, because they distracted from the main plot of what was going on with Hitler and his people (i.e., the people whose fates we're really concerned with) and killed the movie's pacing. Why spend so much time (or any at all) on the Hitler Youth kid who was taking out Russian tanks in the streets? Or the doctor? Even the secretary who we're seemingly supposed to believe is a main character doesn't really do anything in the movie except fawn over Hitler (the "Oh! I got so swept up!" interviews with her that bookend the movie smack of "too little, too late")...but we follow her fate to the very end even after the bunker has fallen. I couldn't figure out why these characters' stories were considered interesting enough to abandon the main thrust of what was going on. Regardless, they would have been fine except that they made it a 2.5 hour movie that felt like a 2.5 hour movie.

Overall, I thought it was a decent movie with great acting. Nothing more. I'm certainly willing to hear what is so great about it that I'm missing though.

I watched Dr. Strangelove for the first time and I don't think I really got it.

Then I watched Night of the Hunter and my brain exploded. :eek:

Why do you think that? What didn't you get?

cold mountain - B
its a wonderful life - dslkfjslkfjls. i hate this movie

Home Alone- A+

up in the air - B
sad

Up in The Air - A-

too cliché for an A, but a wonderful film. clooney is clooney. awesome as always. i really, really liked it.

i don't think i've ever seen a good film with george clooney in it

just watched the first part of this 70-minute brutal dissection of phantom menace and I think i will end up watching the rest.

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EDIT: this is pretty fucking funny

To somebody who saw the original movies really late and has never even seen the prequels, this is still really funny.

Why do you think that? What didn't you get?

I just wasn't sure what was so amazing about it. I thought maybe it was one of those "you had to be there" kind of movies but plenty of people call it Kubrick's masterpiece. So I dunno. Didn't really do it for me.

i don't think i've ever seen a good film with george clooney in it

Movies you must view immediately: Good Night and Good Luck, Michael Clayton

Now.

Three Kings is also fun.

How about Out of Sight? That one is awesome enough to neutralize the Jennifer Lopez factor.

From Dusk Till Dawn....

Really? I thought that movie was pretty awful. I haven't seen it in a while though.

Sherlock Holmes A
Really, really enjoyed this movie. Went in with luke warm expectations and was very pleased. Robert Downy Jr. is wonderful as usual, Jude Law and him have great chemisty and it is fun to watch them banter, and Rachel McAdams is terrific eye candy. Top notch sleuthing, twisting plot, fun action, and humorous.

Watched some fantastic movies lately:

500 Days of Summer - 8.7
Well written and very funny, one of my favorites of the year. Jason Gordon-Levitt is the fucking man.

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans - 8.8
Probably the most polarizing film I've watched this year. I wasn't sure if I was going to love it or hate it after the first 5 minutes but God DAMN, probably the most entertaining movie I saw this year other than Inglorious Basterds. Herzog and Cage shine. Even better on the second viewing.

The Road - 7.5
Loved the cannibalism scenes, Viggo, and how grim as fuck everything was, but I expected a bit more from it and I don't think it was adapted as well as No Country For Old Men was.

First two movies I watched in 2010: Up & Zombieland. Third time watching Up and I got even more jokes than I heard the first 2 viewings. The tonal shift from the end of Up to the beginning of zombieland is kind of jarring (see the "Precious memories" heartwarming ending credits photo montage of Up and go right into the bloody "For Whom the Bell Tolls" opening credits in Zombieland. And Zombieland totally has the best opening credits sequence of 2009). But they're actually both about disparate people forming an unconventional family so they actually work together better than you would expect.

Oh and Jesse Eisenberg "land" 2009 movies: Zombieland>> Adventureland.

And Jesse Eisenberg's quality of leading ladies in both hotness and acting ability in the aforementioned "land" movies: Emma Stone >>>>>>> Kristen Stewart

Fellini's 8½

Pretty excellent film. Loved the soundtrack too - A+

My Gossamer parody rating is 8.5

Up In The Air- D

This makes 7 movies in a row I've walked out early on.

Extract - C+

Up in the Air was pretty sweet for the first hour and kinda pussed out at the end.

8.5 isn't an A+

well it shouldn't be

No, the 8.5 bit was just a stupid little joke

Up - B?
We watched this on New Year's morning, and I didn't really pay attention. Seemed okay, but I'll have to watch it again.

Miami Vice - B-/C+
I usually like both Farrell and Foxx, but this was weak. At least they gave us a sex scene every three minutes, and the soundtrack was pretty good. It's weird hearing Mogwai in such a movie.

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince- C.478

I feel bad for people who only watch the movies because, man, I don't know how you could follow them and become invested in any of the characters without having the memory of the book plot to help you get from A to B. Shit is so glossed over and major plot points advanced so quickly that, as a viewer, you don't have any time to process anything. By the time Snape says "I'm the half blood prince", who gives a shit? It's not like finding the identity of the HBP was given much attention in the film in the first place. Most of the Potter movies have been average at best, and this one falls in line with that.

The Messenger (2009) - excellent movie ... plus you get to see jena malone's tits, if you're into her

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama - I love behind-the-scenes political movies like this. If anyone has any reccomendations, let me know!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - D
I could have probably watched this on mute and still have followed the plot, down to the massive amount of cliches and bad puns coming out of their mouths. I wasn't that interested in seeing it given how much the third X-Men movie sucked and I am really glad I didn't get my hopes up. I remember some of the comic book fans bitching a bit about this when it came out so I suppose it was a worse experience for them, the only reason I'm giving this a D is because Ryan Reynold's quip about Sabretooth having bag lady fingernails at the beginning. A little bit of Ryan Reynolds goes a long way.

The Invention of Lying - C+
This had a ton of actors that are usually bright spots in even the crappiest of movies for me, along with Rickey Gervais (who has one of those laughs that almost instantly makes me laugh, too) and I found myself really disappointed. There were some genuine laughs but plotwise the beginning reminded me of a SNL skit and the other half just seemed like a bit of a mess with a neat and tidy ending. Maybe I just expected better considering all who was in it but it seemed like one of those things that had a great concept but wasn't quite pulled off.

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans - 8.8
Probably the most polarizing film I've watched this year. I wasn't sure if I was going to love it or hate it after the first 5 minutes but God DAMN, probably the most entertaining movie I saw this year other than Inglorious Basterds. Herzog and Cage shine. Even better on the second viewing.


yeah this is the last one i watched, BAD LT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, a solid b+. thoroughly entertaining, campy enough, some fun cameos, and best of all, absolutely no moral resolution (which i also loved about HALF NELSON)

i wanna watch BROTHERS or UP IN THE AIR. if the weather was better, i'd be getting the chinatown rips at the dollar store down the street.

i'll try to make this quick and not too painful

ocean's eleven - C+
big men in little cars - C+
songs from the second floor - C-
paris, texas - B-
shooting dogs - B+
brat - B
he's just not that into you - E

the last title on this list had just about everything there's to hate about movies. it's not an F because there's scarlett johanson to watch.

ocean's 11 is better than that if you mean the clooney one

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3867/poca2u.jpg

Waitress - B-
Not really the type of movie I usually watch but a friend of mine recommended it. It sort of straddled the cute / annoying line a bit but the likability of the cast and the fact it didn't fall into every other small town movie cliche was a nice surprise. Just a short, sweet, sometimes quirky movie that you'll enjoy if you just sit back and let it happen. Oh, and it has Nathan Fillion in it.

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince- C.478

I feel bad for people who only watch the movies because, man, I don't know how you could follow them and become invested in any of the characters without having the memory of the book plot to help you get from A to B. Shit is so glossed over and major plot points advanced so quickly that, as a viewer, you don't have any time to process anything. By the time Snape says "I'm the half blood prince", who gives a shit? It's not like finding the identity of the HBP was given much attention in the film in the first place. Most of the Potter movies have been average at best, and this one falls in line with that.

I have just recently finished the books but have only thus far seen the first movie. Given that the book it was based wasn't as complex as the latter ones, I am almost tempted to skip the other ones but I'll probably end up watching them just to watch Alan Rickman as Snape. Talk about perfect casting.

I have just recently finished the books but have only thus far seen the first movie. Given that the book it was based wasn't as complex as the latter ones, I am almost tempted to skip the other ones but I'll probably end up watching them just to watch Alan Rickman as Snape. Talk about perfect casting.

Yeah. Too bad he's criminally underused in the series.

Alan Rickman is criminally underused in general.

Alan Rickman rules

Up in the Air. B. it was good but lacking in greatness other than maybe the last scene.
Inglourious Basterds. A. second viewing. classic already.
Inherit the Wind. B+. great courtroom scenes, a little over the top at times.

Dawn of the Dead (original). A+. yeah I have seen this movie probably 10+ times. watched it over christmas with my brother and sister and was thinking that this movie is as old to her as the original Night of the Living Dead is to me. eventually it will be as antiquated and uncontroversial as Dracula and the Wolf Man. she liked it other than the intestine eating at the end.

is your sister hot

idiocracy - C+

idiocracy - C+

Such a fantastic and funny concept, and yet the execution fell so short...

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - ?
Meh. Not comparable to the show.

I have just recently finished the books but have only thus far seen the first movie. Given that the book it was based wasn't as complex as the latter ones, I am almost tempted to skip the other ones but I'll probably end up watching them just to watch Alan Rickman as Snape. Talk about perfect casting.

The third movie was pretty good compared to the books, easily my favorite - though I do have a bit of a hard on for sirius black/gary oldman.

At least watch that one.

Fight Club (on Blu Ray) - A

Love this movie so hard. Everything is great - the story is fun, editing is tight, sound is awesome. The blu ray looked really nice, my brother said he couldn't tell much of a difference, but I have seen the movie too many times and could see the detail in the fabrics and skin. Some interesting new features. Highly recommended.

I love the original Dawn of the Dead.

Probably give it a 7.9

I have just recently finished the books but have only thus far seen the first movie. Given that the book it was based wasn't as complex as the latter ones, I am almost tempted to skip the other ones but I'll probably end up watching them just to watch Alan Rickman as Snape. Talk about perfect casting.

The next movie(s) better make up for how they've castrated his character. Probably the most disappointing thing about the last movie was how little stock was put into the big climactic killing and subsequent fleeing/ambiguous teaching Harry a lesson scene. That was so well done in the book and it just came across as soulless and devoid of import in the movie.


The third movie was pretty good compared to the books, easily my favorite - though I do have a bit of a hard on for sirius black/gary oldman.

At least watch that one.

Yeah, the third is probably the pinnacle of the movie series.

funky forest - dlkfjsal;dfjl;asjfsa;kl

Salami Aleikum - B
I was impressed, I had no expectations or hopes, and immigration comedies rarely do much for me. But this was funny, kind of clever and well acted. Mhm.

Up In The Air - 8.0

I was extremely entertained and impressed by this even though the subject matter was pretty depressing.

The writing was fantastic, it was well shot, and George Clooney was a perfect casting.
Highly recommend it, one of the top 5 films of the year and I wouldn't be surprised if it won best picture.
This is my favorite Clooney film in quite some time.

ricky bobby - C

the breakfast club - that was awesome but i still feel bad for the nerdy kid

Lionheart - this fukken van damme movie had no sex scenes

very bad things - a

man, this was awesome!

Sherlock Holmes - B-/C+
I don't think I would have gotten much out of this if I hadn't read most of the Doyle stories. A lot of the character interaction seems to presuppose that you're already somewhat aware of the nature of the relationships...otherwise I think it'd come off as everyone bitching and sniping at each other for no good reason. It did get the characters right on for the most part (Rachel McAdams's Irene Adler being the glaring exception), but the story was just so-so. Holmes did more deducing in the fight scenes than the crime-solving scenes.

500 Days of Summer - B
This was pretty good. It was very charming in places and kept my interest, but I think the leads kept it from being all it could be. I don't know what the fascination is with Joseph Gordon Levitt, but there was nothing in this movie to justify it. And Zooey Deschanel is really cute and all, but she just doesn't have a lot of screen presence. All the artificial quirk heaped onto the characters couldn't hide how bland they were, and the actors did nothing to help that.

The Bicycle Thief - B-
Very bleak.

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sherlock holmes - B-

this was ok

Joseph Gordon Levitt rules.

Youth in Revolt - B-

some glaring omissions from the book version [my favorite book ever] but, for having a limited running time, they did ok in fitting the major points of the book.

youth in revolt
i can't decide if this was great or total bullshit. actually enjoyed justin long in this

Whip It! - D
Juno lives in a small town in Texas and decides to play roller derby. She falls in love and has her heart broken by Stupid Haircut Hipster Band Guy. During their brief courtship, they find an abandoned indoor pool and undress underwater while also attempting to make out in one of the most annoying scenes in a movie ever. Her and her best friend (Maeby Funke) have a fight and then make up. They work at a BBQ place with a boss who is not much older than they are and he has a terrible sort of mustache. Her and her mom, whose postal service employee uniform I sort of covet, have a falling out and make up. Jimmy Fallon manages to ruin all the actual roller derby scenes with his dumb commentary. There are Belle and Sebastian songs played in the background sometimes. Like, when things are SAD. Juliette Lewis sort of plays a character similar to how I imagine her in real life. Kristin Wiig is in it, too. There is a lot of skating and elbowing, and their "coach" wears cut off shorts and a sort of backwards fanny pack with a headband. He has a nice beard though. He sports a knee brace towards the end of the movie and this is not explained and it kind of really annoyed me. Oh, and all of this was TWO HOURS LONG. No, not an hour and a half but two LONG HOURS.

Youth in Revolt - B-

some glaring omissions from the book version [my favorite book ever] but, for having a limited running time, they did ok in fitting the major points of the book.

I agree. The movie was pretty funny. So the book is infinitely better then? My girlfriend hated the movie.

fred willard shrooming was gold

youth in revolt
i can't decide if this was great or total bullshit. actually enjoyed justin long in this
def not great, and not total bullshit. kinda in between; as a hardcore YIR fan, i thought it was pretty ok.

I agree. The movie was pretty funny. So the book is infinitely better then? My girlfriend hated the movie.
oh yeah, book is 1,000x better.

you get more of the lefty best friend & the political old man; also, there's a whole bit about him hiding out in a friend's house and meeting an old lady/movie star. THAt'S where he got the dresses - not a dress store.

also, the ending was b.s. the book ends with carlotta and sheeni in bed. bu they added the movie ending to have a "funny" ening i guess.

another thing: sheeni is totally miscast in the movie. the actress totally doesn't have sheeni's personality right. in the book, sheeni was very calculating and manipulative, hardly giving nick a chance to think he's getting anywhere with her. and really, he isn't in the book until he starts doing shit to win her back. and even then, in the book she's still seeing/dating trent; she's not all happy when he keeps trying for her affections - she's annoyed by him. but in the movie, she start "falling for him" within the first meeting.

one thing they left out that i wished they would have put in was when he went to the showers at the trailer park and ran into the old religious lady.

i've read the book like, 5 or 6 times. i've even read the two "sequel" books a few times. it really is my favorite book of all time. another note (i know, i have a lot): they didn't even have a chance to develop vijay. he was a total backstabber in the book.

and yeah, i really liked fred willard in this. of course, he's almost always really good in his movies.

Zombieland - A-
A lot of fun.

I watched some old ones again this week:
Adaptation: B
United States of Leland: B+
Hijack Stories: B+
The Grudge (US Remake): E

CHILDREN OF MEN AGAIN A+

(500) Days of Summer. C-. I could have told you from day one Joseph, girls that like The Smiths are bad news. this movie seems like the kind of movie teenagers would think is deep and clever when clearly it's just a bad American version of Amelie. made me laugh a couple times though and the dance sequence to YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE is great. that song is kick ass. also another fucking movie with Zooey singing in it. I'm pretty sure it's required in her contracts.

i agree on both accounts RP

veronica guerin - B-

american amelie doesnt sound too bad

how does bad american amelie sound, good or bad

i dunno you might like the things about amelie i disliked

watch Rusalka instead, a good Russian version of Amelie.

I'm giving this a D is because Ryan Reynold's quip about Sabretooth having bag lady fingernails at the beginning. A little bit of Ryan Reynolds goes a long way.

it's not ryan reynolds it's deadpool

Well, if you want to get all nerd on me he wasn't even Deadpool at that point in the movie yet SO SUCK IT.

Daybreakers

Reminded me a little bit of Children of Men. Some good ideas, and some really fucked up imagery (in a good way) but the execution just wasn't there for the most part. Sam Neill is a great creep though, and Williem Dafoe looked like he was enjoying himself. With another rewrite or two and a bigger budget, this could have been something special, but as is, it's just a semi-decent sci-fi horror B-movie with flimsy, heavy-handed allusions to social commentary.

C+

Sherlock Holmes

Loved it. Can't sing the praises of it enough. Guy Ritichie turned Holmes into a legitimate badass with brains and made it work. Robert Downey Jr. has rarely been better, and Mark Strong was solid as well. I just wish Ritchie had given Jude Law and Rachel McAdams a little more to do other than, respectively, snipe at Holmes and look pretty, but we can hope he will once the sequel comes out.

B+

Up In The Air - A-
This was really not bad, I like Clooney in more serious roles.

TCHOCKY'S TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2009:

10: The Hangover
9: Avatar
8: (500) Days of Summer
7: Up in the Air
6: Precious - Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
5: Zombieland
4: Star Trek
3: The Hurt Locker
2: District 9
1: Inglorious Basterds

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Invitcus, Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Up

This really was a mediocre year for movies.

The Men Who Stare at Goats - B
Went and saw this at the dollar cinema here in town, and I actually enjoyed it a lot. The cast was great (I like George Clooney and/or Jeff Bridges in just about anything) and the movie had a really weird humor to it...though my friends and I seemed to get a lot more than anyone else in the theater (a few people left early for some reason).

Public Enemies - D
So disappointed in this. I like Johnny Depp. I like Christian Bale. I like Michael Mann. John Dillinger had an interesting and bloody story that should have translated well to the screen. The pieces were all there, but it was just a mess. It was like everyone who had a hand in this film, from the screenwriter all the way to the caterers, were on autopilot. (I'm pretty sure that for one scene Mann just restaged the bank robbery scene from Heat...it came off as more lazy than stylistic). That the talent involved in this movie came together to make something two LONG hours that barely approached "mediocre" was just disconcerting.

12 Angry Men - B+
Fills in another gap on my "classics I need to see list." Very well acted, well made film that held my rapt attention despite it just being 12 guys arguing in a room. I actually got into it to the point that I was arguing with the characters out loud as it went. Only qualm I had was that the ending made me mad, though I don't hold that against the movie.

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus: C

This movie was kind of a mess. The plot and characters were totally unengaging and pretty uninteresting. Replacing Ledger with three other actors for the 15 minutes he didn't film before he kicked the bucket was retarded. The CG was pretty cool and I thought the idea was cool. Did not deliver. The chick was hot.

Couples Retreat - D
I never really thought Vince Vaughn was all that funny but this has Jason Bateman in it and that suckered me into watching it. I laughed maybe once during the entire movie. I watched it to the end but fast forwarded it a lot. Bleh.

The Science of Sleep - A

Loved everything about this movie.

lock, stock, and two smoking barrels - A+

Well, if you want to get all nerd on me he wasn't even Deadpool at that point in the movie yet SO SUCK IT.

that was the only point of the movie where he was even remotely something like Deadpool. the only real difference was that his face was fine and not just scar tissue. but yes, fart jokes in the elevator = deadpool

whatever that was at the end was fucking stupid.

Oh. Well that sucks because he was pretty boring at the end. I mean, the fight scene was alright but he was much more entertaining when he was yammering and not all mute.

deadpool is "the merc with a mouth" so when they did that to him it was just stupid, i didn't really understand why they had to fuck with the character so much in a movie where probably 80% of the audience aren't familiar with him already. normally i don't complain about discrepancies with comics and cinema but when it's something like that, where they just completely go out into left field with it and has no basis in any book ever then I'm left scratching my head. and when it's a character i actually like, well that's much worse. especially when the casting and script were spot on at the beginning.

there's talk of a deadpool movie with reynolds that sticks to the original character more and will have nothing to do with wolverine but unless they make it really funny and completely fucking stupid, like a send up of superhero movies it's not going to work.

Up In the Air - B-

Skins, Seasons 1 and 2 - A-

British rural teen dramedy. how could it not be awesome? I really felt for a few of the characters (most notably Jal, Chris, and Sid). I would recommend it. Totally melodramatic, but the writing is good.