Moon - C+
Completely overhyped. Sam Rockwell was good carrying the film on his own, but overall it was a simple pastiche of tired sci-fi cliches with a totally predictable plot.

control - too drunk for thiw movie

Memento- A-

Pretty excellent, I'd have to see it again to catch some things I missed.

gaymento

I watched Ed Wood again for the first time in ages and ages. It's really quite clunky in a lot of parts, especially in the first half. But it really is insanely fun watching them recreate a lot of the Hollywood scenes and B-movie cliches and visual touchstones. The secondary characters like Criswell and Vampira and Bunny are a lot better then the main ones, except for Bela. I really think that's one of my favorite performances of all time, Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi. The scene with the octopus always cracks me up.

Anyway. Ed Wood! I wish Burton could go back to making movies like this.

The Hurt Locker - B
This was pretty good, but not mind-blowing or anything. It had a few good intense scenes, but really didn't have a lot of character development, theme, or even much gravity to it. It was teetering on the edge of becoming "Lethal Weapon in Iraq" the whole way through. As an action-thriller type movie, it was good enough. As a critically-acclaimed, award-nominated rumination on the Iraq war, it falls a little short.

The Road - A-

pretty much just like the book

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.

i got some of this on my pc, i dont know where it came from.
I watched a bit and got bored, but I suppose I had a bunch of new stuff i was keen to get into. I might have deleted it. If not, I'll watch it.

i'm almost done with episode 3 of season 3 of skins and i'm not really getting into it

it's a fucking shame. i'll end up finishing it anyway though i'm sure.

I'll be honest, based on how you've described it, it sounds pretty shit. But I'll give it a bash, just cause someone else mentioned it, and I had no clue what it was.

Samson and Delilah - A

This film was so good

I'll be honest, based on how you've described it, it sounds pretty shit. But I'll give it a bash, just cause someone else mentioned it, and I had no clue what it was.

well yeah. if melodramatic teens piss you off then it will probably bother you. but i think it's reasonably self-aware. it's the shit people try and fail to pull off all the time in the U.S.

i'll give the melodramatic english teens a bash.
But dont expect anything Eulogy, dont you <i>dare!</i>

i won't! but i do hope you enjoy it.

eulogy, do you have facebook?
you're one of like 5 people i'd consider adding. I have like 4 netphorians on my list. they're all totally cool.

The Road - A-

pretty much just like the book

I give the book a B and the movie a C.

The movie really didn't capture the horror and left out some of the most significant parts related to that.. Also the dialogue reads well in the book but is just so sparse and boring in the movie without the rest of the awesome narrative that the book has.

I love post apocalyptic stuff but I was letdown by the movie.

FANTASTIC MR FOX

i dunno, didn't quite work for me and i really like most wes anderson movies. the stop motion is frigging rad though and there are all the usual little nuggets of awesome. i dunno. it's jarringly self-aware and the characters aren't sufficiently developed (yeah yeah they're animals whatever) or something, fuck off. i need to see it again

can you guys quit with the grades already and just say what you thought ("it was good" doesn't count)

FANTASTIC MR FOX

i dunno, didn't quite work for me and i really like most wes anderson movies. the stop motion is frigging rad though and there are all the usual little nuggets of awesome. i dunno. it's jarringly self-aware and the characters aren't sufficiently developed (yeah yeah they're animals whatever) or something, fuck off. i need to see it again

can you guys quit with the grades already and just say what you thought ("it was good" doesn't count)

B-

GET IT

ryan patrick

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - B
I hadn't seen this movie in a good ten or fifteen years, at least, and watched it again to see if I still liked it as much as I remember liking it as a kid. Still pretty enjoyable even if it does show its age. Maybe not as well revered as other John Hughes films, but it should be.

Sherlock Holmes - C+
A bit disappointing, to be honest. I expected it to have more action than the stories do, both because Ritchie was directing and to attract a bigger audience, but it went too far in the sense it didn't really feel like Holmes to me. God knows I love Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law's Watson was a nice foil but I think if it had been toned down just a bit it would have been a better film. Maybe some Watson narrating or something more in the film drawing on the tone of the stories would have helped, too.

cool pbe. only watching john hughes films these days

ferris buellers day off - C+

review might or might not follow, depending on how much i long for lds's love that future moment

I hope they serve beer in hell

one of the most misogynistic movies i think i've ever seen. and yeah, okay, that's the point, the dude's a douche.

but did he really get anything thrown back at him - did the movie make any serious attempt to maybe squeeze in an anti-woman hating point of view? none at all. i was waiting for him to really get his and ... shitting in a lobby? is that it?

i was literally dumbfounded by this god-awful fucking movie.

tetsuo - I have no idea how to rate this. It was uncomparable to anything i've seen before and that's a pretty good sign. Every moment in this movie was utterly intense.

... shitting in a lobby? is that it?



this is what it all boils down to. yes, that is it.

These are my top 10 favorite films of 2009 so far:

Honorable Mentions: The Road, The Hurt Locker...



10. Public Enemies

9. Thirst

8. Precious

7. Star Trek

6. Up

5. Broken Embraces

4. Up In The Air

3. 500 Days of Summer

2. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

1. Inglourious Basterds



Still have to see: The White Ribbon, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Uncertainty, A Serious Man, Invictus, In The Loop, & The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Would highly recommend any of the films on my top 10 list though.
All solid and worth your time.

Book of Eli - B

Still have to see: The White Ribbon, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Uncertainty, A Serious Man, Invictus, In The Loop, & The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
In the Loop is fantastic

just starting natural born killers

why does everyone like Avatar? it's fucking shit

natural born killers - slgjsd;lfksjd

It's a B+ redbull. Rodney Dangerfield's role makes the movie.

been watching lots of 80's movies lately.
my favorite of which is "munchies".

recently i watched

american psycho: i was totally with it and really enjoyed the first hour or so, but became pretty confused toward the end as it became unclear what actually happened. loved all the yuppie lampooning though. probably will have to watch this again sometime.

iron maiden - flight 666: awesome documentary of iron maiden's somewhere back in time world tour. i love the way it was edited although it started feeling a little routine and formulaic after a while. the band members' personalities are all really, incredibly british and i found that charming.

encounters at the end of the world: documentary by werner herzog about people living and working at mcmurdo station in antarctica. nice scenery and most of the people had pretty compelling stories but herzog's narration was a little distracting. the whole tone of the movie seemed a little self important but overall it was enjoyable.

district 9: enjoyed how seamlessly the home movie style blended with the big budget action sequences and it was compelling to try and draw parallels between the plot and the whole apartheid thing. of course there were some things that were ridiculous and improbable, just like with almost any sci-fi film but beyond that i thought it was decent

marie antoinette - i'll be honest, i watched this for the soundtrack. it had beautiful scenery and costumes but other than that it kind of put me to sleep. generally kind of a middling film

i saw the vh1 docu about 80s metal band Anvil, it was pretty awesome

STORM RIDERS

amazing Australian surf movie from 1982.

Goodbye Solo - I enjoyed this, but didn't love it. Definitely excellent if you like these types of movies (setting, general aesthetic, etc.)

been watching lots of 80's movies lately.
my favorite of which is "munchies".

on a VCR, right?

on a VCR, right?

no silly. i just dl them to my ps3.

saw Daybreakers on an date. i give it a c+.

i saw the vh1 docu about 80s metal band Anvil, it was pretty awesome

man i want to see that AW MANNNN

recently i watched

american psycho: i was totally with it and really enjoyed the first hour or so, but became pretty confused toward the end as it became unclear what actually happened. loved all the yuppie lampooning though. probably will have to watch this again sometime.

iron maiden - flight 666: awesome documentary of iron maiden's somewhere back in time world tour. i love the way it was edited although it started feeling a little routine and formulaic after a while. the band members' personalities are all really, incredibly british and i found that charming.

encounters at the end of the world: documentary by werner herzog about people living and working at mcmurdo station in antarctica. nice scenery and most of the people had pretty compelling stories but herzog's narration was a little distracting. the whole tone of the movie seemed a little self important but overall it was enjoyable.

district 9: enjoyed how seamlessly the home movie style blended with the big budget action sequences and it was compelling to try and draw parallels between the plot and the whole apartheid thing. of course there were some things that were ridiculous and improbable, just like with almost any sci-fi film but beyond that i thought it was decent

marie antoinette - i'll be honest, i watched this for the soundtrack. it had beautiful scenery and costumes but other than that it kind of put me to sleep. generally kind of a middling film

with respect to American Psycho: He didn't kill anyone really. He imagined it all hence why the last killing sequence was so surreal what with the atm talking to him, cars blowing up from a gunshot, and the helicopter chasing him out of nowhere..

I fn loved this movie.

i saw the vh1 docu about 80s metal band Anvil, it was pretty awesomejust watched this a couple of nights ago and i agree. i loved it.

so many movies here are the highlights, ones i remember.

the trouble with harry B+

awesome

dog day afternoon A+

i loved leon.

spies like us A

three amigos A

die hard B

moon A

40 year old virgin B

this is the only decent movie apatow has done.

nashville A-

it's a great movie, good plot line and all, but if you hate country music and i do, then i would avoid this movie all together

a history of violence A

the last movie ever released on VHS!


theres lots more but i'm done

where the wild things are: i was unimpressed. thought the plot was pretty weak and didn't really care for the characters. it was way more juvenile than i expected and turned out to be pretty forgettable.

i've watched these movies for a second time in the past few days as well

moon: i realized this time that i really like what little music there is in this

no country for old men: not really as awesome as i remember. everyone is still great in it but i didn't get much more out of a second viewing.

murderball: i still get a kick out of the fact that mark zupan grew up in my hometown and went to my high school. so there's always that. also, joe soares comes across as such a colossal dickhead it makes me want to puke. but this is a good movie A++++ would watch again

with respect to American Psycho: He didn't kill anyone really. He imagined it all hence why the last killing sequence was so surreal what with the atm talking to him, cars blowing up from a gunshot, and the helicopter chasing him out of nowhere..

I fn loved this movie.
doesn't the book paint a more ambiguous ending? it's been a while since i read it.

The Commitments: B

It was kind of jarring seeing it immediately after reading the book, which I think I prefer (even though the music scenes in the book are almost nonsensical and the music scenes in the movie are far and away the best part of it).

Just finished Drag Me to Hell.

Holy shit. So good.

gah i really need to see that movie

doesn't the book paint a more ambiguous ending? it's been a while since i read it.

i thought the whole point was that the real estate agent cared more about selling the condo than reporting the murders, consumerism, etc

gah i really need to see that movie

you will like it

Just re-watched The Road again, and I'm giving it an A+.

Daybreakers - C - I didn't have my hopes up about this anyway.
It's Complicated - C - It was worth one viewing.
Precious - B+
Avatar - C+
The Lovely Bones - B

for some reason every gay person I know raves about Drag Me To Hell.

what's the deal with that?

also, Dog Day Afternoon is amazing.
9.0/10 for me.

My favorite Al Pacino performance.

Infernal Affairs - B+
I was surprised by just how exactly Scorcese remade this into The Departed. Both movies hit almost all the same plot beats exactly the same way, but surprisingly Infernal Affairs didn't suffer for it. I was sucked in even though I knew exactly what was going to happen. I do give The Departed the slight nod though just because the cast was so awesome and I like the tacked on "happy ending" better than the Infernal Affairs ending.

Gigantic - D+/C-
Boring and nonsensical. Another one of those weird indie movies that think that heaping massive amounts of quirk onto their characters somehow excuses it from having decent plot or dialogue. And I'm really starting to get tired of Zooey Deschanel (once again playing the same character she always plays). She's cute and all, but I've always thought that her sister is hotter. And now I'm pretty sure her sister is a better actress as well.

The Prestige - B
Really liked this for some reason. It was as predictable as all get out, and it got really silly and goofy in places, but it was entertaining. I'll watch Michael Caine in anything, and I think I enjoy Christian Bale more than a lot of people.

The Invention of Lying - C+
The premise (man learns to lie in a world where no one else knows how) was great. They got quite a few great gags out of it. And Ricky Gervais is always entertaining to watch. But the middle of the movie dragged something awful as it got bogged down and turned into a satire of religion that wasn't nearly as funny or clever as it thought it was. That and the fact that Jennifer Garner was bland as bland could be as the love interest really kept this movie from being more than disposable.

Extract. it was bad but I guess not enough for me to really hate it.

The Hurt Locker. way overrated. a mediocre movie with a shallow plot that doesn't really make sense. positives would be the opening scene and the sniper scene. the negatives would be any that are supposed to be developing the soldiers' characters.

Spirit of the Beehive. really good. all around. the second half especially.

Il generale della Rovere. the first Rosselini movie I've watched. good. the way it evolves is a bit unexpected so that was nice. starring De Sica. looking at his IMDB page that guy stayed busy, I had no idea he acted so much.

Wedding Daze. this was on TV one night and I kind of watched it. Michael Ian Black apparently wrote/directed this. no one should let him do that again.

Zombieland - The best part was definitely the Bill Murray scene... It's a funny and entertaining movie and I liked the narration but I couldn't help feeling it was all kind of pointless at the end. C

The Hurt Locker - It's realism in cinematography,tone and pacing is what makes this movie great. It had some bits of nationalistic pride that I think are unnecessary but overall it's a solid movie. B+

Moon - One of my favorites this year, big year for sci-fi. When it started it seemed like a silly homage to 2001 but as it keeps going it really kicks in. Great performance by Sam Rockwell. I don't know what to say about this film without revealing some spoilers... I'd be an awful critic. I'll probably watch this movie a lot. A

Jennifer's Body - Such a mess of a film... not funny, not scary, not even hot, yet it's not THAT bad. This movie really struggles to find its tone and pace. It had some interesting visuals though. I hope the phone won't ring... C-

A Serious Man - Every little thing in this film worked great. The performances, the cinematography, the score, the ending... fuck it's just a great movie. Up there in the Coen's best, and the best film of the year for me... I liked the lack of resolution through all the movie. It approaches all the humanist themes in a masterful way and it's really funny too. A+

The Invention of Lying - From the trailers I wasn't expecting this movie to be as strong as I think it is, but at the same time it could have been so much better. Ricky Gervais is perfect. The ending was of course lame as hell, but at some parts the film reached an interesting height raising some good questions and satire. B

Man, writing this post really made me realize how out of touch I am with my english skills.

why does everyone like Avatar? it's fucking shit

Thank you! I just came home after watching it, and I don't understand what all the hype is about. Yeah, cool planet and all, too bad the story sucks. If you're gonna spend a 100 billion or whatever on special efects, you might wanna throw a couple grand at a decent scriptwriter too.

Also to the guy who commented on American Psycho, yes the book (like the movie might I add) has an ambigious ending.

Blade Runner - B
Though visually superb, this movie bores me every time I have to watch it again.

i'm going to rent a bluray movie for the first time tonight what should i get

pornography

NINJA ASSASSIN!


was expecting it to be shit but it fucking ruled!

A++

Bloodsport. Ripped the soundtrack, too.

Bloodsport. Ripped the soundtrack, too.

classic. watched it about a week ago. it never gets old.

manhattan - much better than i remembered, funny and touching and stylish or whatever im not too good with adjectives

take the money and run - how much more entertaining do films get, i love his sense of humour

why watch anything but woody allen films

first blood II

The kid that plays Jean Claude as a teenager is hilarious. Good for the mentally challenged community, though.

loudQUIETloud: a film about the pixies - C

burn after reading: it was funny. the story was a bit unsatisfying but the characters were really great.

whatever works: god this was a wordy movie. annoyingly self-aware at times but it was alright.

the iron giant: i remember loving this when i was younger. it was still pretty good but it came across as a lot more saccharine this time around

Inglourious Basterds: A

This movie is quite a departure from most other Jews vs. Nazis type films. Nearly any other that I've seen or heard of basically revolves around hopelessness, and how the Nazis absolutely dominated the Jews. In these films, usually a handful of Jews manage to escape narrowly, but that's as far as they get to outsmarting the Nazis.

Brad Pitt really brought the whole cocky, take no no prisoners attitude to the film. One of the intriguing characteristics the film has is its slow pace. Most of the individual scenes are unusually long and drawn out, long enough for a whole scene to be designated its own 'chapter'. The violence/action scene to dialogue scene ratio was also surprisingly low, but the dialogue scenes were gripping enough (and fucking tense enough) for you to consciously want to pay attention, even though you may have been expecting a lot more action before you saw the film. The movie relies on a lot of subtitles, so it is interesting to see where subtitles are omitted. For example, in a scene where a French women and a German soldier are having a conversation in French, and the German soldier is interrupted several times by German speaking admirers, there are no subtitles, even though any non-English language spoken in the film is subtitled. The French woman doesn't know German, so we can only understand as much as she can (unless of course you know how to speak German).

I don't know how to conclude this other than to say that it is an extraordinary film that is engaging and intriguing for all the wrong reasons. That is to say, they aren't wrong because the techniques shouldn't be utilised in a movie, but because they rarely ever are, and rarely ever work.

fear & loathing in las vegas - A

had to get the wife to see it

drag me to hell - awesome, classic sam raimi horror. something about his style strikes me as really iconic. surprisingly funny, too.

triplets of belleville - really cute characters and story. the animation was incredible, interesting and really rich, and it was only augmented by the fact that there was almost no dialogue. the music was neat too

the invention of lying - slightly better than an average comedy. i realize it was for comedic effect, but i had a hard time accepting the fact that just because humans wouldn't lie they also wouldn't filter their speech at all and continually blurt out anything and everything that came to mind. but it did have a few good laughs

and a few i'd seen before:

pan's labyrinth - still awesome and surprisingly graphic. i may be biased on this issue but it seems like the spanish language really lends itself well to poetry and fantasy. something about the emphasis and cadence of sentences i guess.

the prestige - man, every time i watch this i see another layer of depth to the story. i really have no grievances with this film at all.

the invention of lying - slightly better than an average comedy. i realize it was for comedic effect, but i had a hard time accepting the fact that just because humans wouldn't lie they also wouldn't filter their speech at all and continually blurt out anything and everything that came to mind. but it did have a few good laughs



this bothered me as well. along with the fact that somehow since people can't lie they are also all completely superficial and only mate for genes.

more woody goodness

bananas: kind of a mess but plenty of classic scenes

play it again sam: of course it's a test run for annie hall but it has everything a good woody allen film needs. really good, him at his most awkward

A Serious Man - B-

Legion - flat out waste of time. Jesus, man.

Story of Anvil - B -

Bright Star - A -

The Jacket - C +

The International - D

Midnight Express - B +

Emma (bbc 2009) - B +

Nine - b -

Taken - b -

Knowing - F

The Cove (docu) - A -

being john malkovich - jesus this was awesome. i am pretty sure i loved everything about it.

whip it - this was a lot of fun and aside from the overwhelming "we are all so young and hip" vibe i got from it, i enjoyed it quite a bit.

The Boat That Rocked - B+/A-
Fantastic cast, very entertaining plot, satisfying humor.

loudQUIETloud: a film about the pixies - C

Was this the one about their reunion tour? I watched the first half hour or so and turned it off, it gave me the impression that they were just doing the reunion/movie for the money, they also seemed pretty uninteresting as individuals.

Zombieland: B

The Hogfather - A-

the Death of Rats is too fucking cute.

I was iced in all weekend (Arkansas shuts down the second a snowflake hits the ground and sticks), so I had lots of time to watch stuff.

This Is It - B+
Worth a look if you're into Michael Jackson as a performer any amount at all. There was nothing groundbreaking here, but it at least did give the impression that Jackson really was trying hard to step back out and put on something worthwhile after being a weird recluse for so many years. As someone who really thought that his whole London concert series was never a really serious idea, this movie did impress me in showing just how close the whole thing was to being realized before Jackson died.

Gamer - B-
This was basically a remake of The Running Man, but not as good. The cast (except for Gerard Butler) made it a lot better than it should have been though. Michael C. Hall as the villain was especially awesome, and I hope his success with Dexter will get him more of these kind of roles. I like seeing my favorite TV actors in big movies.

Post Grad - D
Pretty terrible. Alexis Bledel is pretty and all, but she can't carry a movie. It upset me that Michael Keaton has been reduced to playing "goofy dad" roles in movies like this. He tried so hard to elevate the horrible script and mediocre directing, but you can only do so much with a badly written bit part.

Step Brothers - C-
Yet another case of a concept managing to get a few laughs, but not being enough to fill in for a total lack of plot. Longest 90 minute movie I've sat through in a while.

The Maiden Heist - C
Never had heard of this one until my girlfriend rented it, but it's Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, and Morgan Freeman perpetrating an art heist. Sounds a lot cooler than it actually was though. It wasn't bad or a chore to watch, but I expected much more from that cast.

Oldboy - B+/A-
This was really twisted and fucked up, in a good way. Thought it dragged in a place or two, but the plot and the action/gore kept me hooked in.

Sunshine - C+/B-
Danny Boyle seems to have a pattern with his genre movies. Great first two acts, then the third act makes it all fall apart. Same thing happened with 28 Days Later. This was a great sci-fi movie until the the last act, when it turned into a bad remake of Event Horizon (which wasn't all that great in itself).

Avatar (3D) - B-

I reckon it's about a four star, not five stars that nearly every critic was jerking it off with. The 3D wasn't worth the extra money, and it didn't live up to the innovation it was hyped up to. It just looked like animated cardboard cutouts at different distances.

I don't think I'll ever see another 3D movie again, unless the technology improves. This movie was supposed to be the best that 3D technology could offer, but it left me with disappointment and worn out eyes.

The film itself was great. The action was tense, the concept, plot and story was interesting and wasn't confusing, but the acting was a little too stereotypical of Hollywood melodrama, which always leaves me thinking that "people don't act like this in real life". Thankfully it didn't happen too much, but when it did, it was pretty cringe-worthy.

I really liked all of the different fictional creatures that live on Pandora, whoever created of those had some imagination. The graphics were awesome, but I'd have liked to have seen it without the 3D gimmick. It was that impeding to me that I often took off the glasses during some of the non-3D scenes.

Trivia: The main protagonist is wheelchair-bound. The film is set in 2154. WUT???

Step Brothers - C-
Yet another case of a concept managing to get a few laughs, but not being enough to fill in for a total lack of plot. Longest 90 minute movie I've sat through in a while.

stop acting like a fucking dinosaur and get a job

Trivia: The main protagonist is wheelchair-bound. The film is set in 2154. WUT???

It was briefly mentioned early on that the technology existed to fix his legs, but he couldn't afford the procedure. That's why he agreed to go to Pandora in the first place. He salvages the investment in his brother's avatar, and they repay him by fronting the cost of restoring his legs.

SUNSHINE CLEANING- B

not as annoying as i thought it would be, good stuff, just wrapped up all too conveniently at the end. though i kinda wanted it to cuz no one was unlikable in the movie.

Die Brücke (1959) - A
maybe taking post war german cinema was a good idea

It was briefly mentioned early on that the technology existed to fix his legs, but he couldn't afford the procedure. That's why he agreed to go to Pandora in the first place. He salvages the investment in his brother's avatar, and they repay him by fronting the cost of restoring his legs.

That's not my point. My point is that he's in a wheelchair. More specifically, a manually operated wheelchair.

Gladiator-Blu Ray-A+

love this movie. A lot of controversy over the transfer of the film on this blu ray edition. they used a lot of digital noise reduction. Still the video wasn't nearly as bad as people bitching about it made it out to be. in fact i still thought it looked great and probably is the best transfer we will have of the film for a while. the movie itself is still great

500 days of summer- A-

i really liked this movie. thought it was pretty funny and a realistic romantic comedy. if you can even call it a romantic comedy. loved the beginning bit about any similarities to people in real life were unintentional....

about to watch moon and i just bought pans labyrinth on blu ray.

The Lookout - A
Really, really liked this movie. It had a great opening sequence that tells you a bit about the main character without revealing everything about him. Nicely paced, doesn't drag at all and has a satisfying ending without it being wrapped up too nicely or being way cheesy. The directing debut of the screenwriter who also did Out of Sight, which I also loved. Highly recommended.

(Made this list over a month and a half ago <a href = "http://www.viewmag.com/film.php">and remember you can read this and more at viewmag.com/film.php . Plug!</a> and it hasn't changed at all, but I do have to watch "A Serious Man" at some point. So with Oscar noms hours away for 10 best picture nominations, here's my crack)

Best of 2009
Honourable Mentions: Inglourious Basterds, The Hangover, Watchmen, This Is It, Up in the Air, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Terminator Salvation, The Road, Extract, The Informant!, Drag Me to Hell, Friday the 13th, Thirst, Observe and Report, State of Play, Bruno, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Tetro, Tyson, The Girlfriend Experience, Avatar

<B>10) In the Loop</B>
War is Hell and office politics are worse. When a minor British official declares invading Iraq is “unforseeable” it launches political in-fighting between the U.S. and British government. This is a bitter, dark comedy that uses wacky bureaucratic characters for a cynical chuckle. Kind of like the BBC version of “The Office” with more profanity. The numerous rants by Peter Capaldi as a political enforcer makes In The Loop a winner.

<B>9) Zombieland</B>
Survivors of a zombie outbreak fight the undead as they travel across America. Woody Harrelson is a badass zombie smasher, Emma Stone is endearingly amusing and Jessie Eisenberg is an awkward hero. It’s very funny with cool splatter (garden shears zombie decapitation FTW!), interesting effects work (the way the film’s “rules” blend into the frame) and the zombies are deadly and fast. At its heart, Zombieland is about how these people form a happily dysfunctional post-apocalyptic family. Also, best cameo ever!

<B>8) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</B>
Prolific German auteur Werner Herzog’s remake of Bad Lieutenant is weird, delightfully trashy, and full of prostitution, corruption, crack, and violence. Nicolas Cage is absolutely nuts as a drugged, amoral cop trying to solve a gangland murder of a family in New Orleans. You can never tell what side he’s on. The multiple screw-jobs in the finale are amazing. Any flick that ends with a character tripping balls and chuckling at fish is something special.

<B>7) The Hurt Locker</B>
Iraq war movies usually moralize about the rightness of it, but Hurt Locker is thankfully devoid of moral authority. Instead, it focuses on a bomb disarming squad led by Sergeant James (Jeremy Renner), their deadly job, and their sanity fraying while the clock ticks to the end of their tour. It has a sly sense of humour, interesting characters, strange digressions, one sweet sniper shoot-out, and the white knuckle bomb defusing sequences have a visceral and gritty immediacy. The film’s closing seconds are plain awesome.

<B>6) Up</B>
Pixar’s latest film concerns an old man and a kid Wilderness Explorer traveling in a floating house to an isolated mountain full of rare creatures, an obsessed hunter, and a dimwitted mutt named Dug. With exciting action sequences and very funny gags, every frame is a wonder to behold. Up balances an emotionally wrenching opening with crazy stuff like talking dogs that fly airplanes and hyperactive annoying birds. Somehow, these two extremes hold together.

<B>5) Moon</B>
Sam Rockwell puts in two great performances as the sole man on a lunar mining station whose only companion is a robot named GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey). The isolation may be driving the astronaut mad or there may be a larger conspiracy at work. Duncan Jones’ direction is chillingly effective and the plot keeps coming up with fascinating twists. But the real marvel here is Rockwell as the lonely spaceman coming face to face with himself, literally, and his job’s dark history. Moving and mind-bending.

<B>4) (500) Days of Summer</B>
A quirky and heartfelt romantic comedy that skips along the timeline of a 500 day relationship between Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Summer (Zooey Deschanel). Both Gordon-Levitt and Deschannel are perfect; he’s a hopelessly lost romantic prone to mindless dish-smashing and she’s the unattainable flighty girl with a gleam in her eye. First-time feature director Marc Webb gives visual pop to an intimate character piece, throwing in musical numbers and an
avant-garde black and white interlude with balloons floating away to signify sadness.

<B>3) Anvil! The Story of Anvil</B>
A documentary about the Canadian metal band Anvil who have been plugging away for 30 years, still working at regular jobs and moonlighting as rock stars. It follows them through failed European tours, the pain of recording their thirteenth album, and trying to get a record deal. Lead singer and guitarist Steve “Lips” frequently freaks out as drummer Robb frequently quits the band. But the power of metal keeps them together, keeps us enthralled, and keeps warhorses like Anvil knocking ‘em dead.

<B>2) Star Trek</B>
Director J.J. Abrams slaps a shiny coat of paint on an old sci-fi standard for a new audience. When James Kirk’s (Chris Pine) fate is thrown off by a time-traveling villain, he boards the starship Enterprise to save the galaxy. Abrams’ Trek has action, humour, and iconic characters as it zips to beautifully shot sequences. If you don’t know “Star Trek”, it’s easily accessible. For Trekkies, there is an undercurrent of destiny as the crew comes together. Thanks to the inventive time-travel story, it’s the first movie ever that is a sequel, prequel, reboot, and remake all at once. A seprebootmake!

<B>1) District 9</B>
Wikus (Sharlto Copley) is a corporate official forcibly relocating stranded extraterrestrials out of a South African slum who contracts an alien disease that makes him a wanted commodity amongst the military and slumlords, and salvation lies with the aliens he tried to evict. Allegory for race relations, segregation, and corporate greed? Check. A robot blowing up a guy’s head, aliens attacking humans, and somebody morphing into a monster? Double check. District 9 mashes together documentaries, body horror, sci-fi epic, buddy films, sociological analogies, first-person videogame shooters, personal redemption stories, and action flicks. What else do you need?

Here's the worst movies of 2009 too:


<B>5) The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past</B>
On the eve of his brother’s wedding, smarmy Matthew McConaughey is visited by three spirits of his romantic life in an effort to turn into a perfect chick flick boyfriend. Featuring Lacey Chabert as a screeching Bridezilla, Jennifer Garner being bland, and some guy from Road Trip in old man makeup. Emma Stone in an acid-wash jean jacket and 80s hair trying her damndest to make the flick work can’t save it.

<B>4) Hannah Montana: The Movie</B>
Teen pop sensation Hanna Montana/Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) goes to the country to lean the joys of Republican life. Generic tunes, Cyrus hamming it up, and Billy Ray Cyrus in an achy-breaky romantic subplot ensues. It completely sells out its own convictions by the end because point of the movie is “you can’t be Hanna, you gotta be Miley” but at the end, to hell with it, Miley has to be Hanna cause she’s kewl! Uh, what?

<B>3) Obsessed</B>
Absolute trash and not fun trash. Ali Larter is obsessed with her boss (just like the title, get it?), slowly becoming crazier and extremely irritating as the movie goes on. Didn’t they stop making female stalker thrillers in the 90s? Seeing “Sasha Fierce” as a suburban mom is laughable. When the movie pulls out an exploitive catfight that can’t raise more than an eyebrow, you know it’s in
trouble.

<B>2) Land of the Lost</B>
Will Ferrell headlines an FX comedy about a scientist transported to a land of dinosaurs, aliens, prop comic gags and tacky set design. This movie doesn’t appeal to kids because of its scatological and sex humour, and it doesn’t appeal to adults because it’s nauseatingly juvenile and stunningly unfunny. Including supporting role by the anti-funny, Danny McBride, who oversells every line.

<B>1) 2012</B>
This movie does NOT MAKE A LICK OF SENSE! The reason for the end of the world is gobbledegook about solar flares and Mayan calendars. The impossible escapes are insulting to anyone of moderate intelligence and the FX lose their appeal after about five minutes (it’s a two and a half hour movie). Someone tell me why the ship was going to crash at the end besides contrived writing? Anyone? Didn’t think so.

any similarities to people in real life were unintentional....

:(

Ugly, Inglourious Basterds is missing from your Top 10. Also, don't watch A Serious Man, it's definitely the Coens' worst movie to date. Even if you're into very black humor and/or are of the Jewish faith, I suppose.



Electric Dragon 80.000 Volt - A-
Amazingly well-shot progressive Japanese movie, but way too short.

everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask

too goofy for its own good, C

pulp fiction - pretty good although it was kind of all over the place for most of it. enjoyed the closure at the end.

dazed and confused - liked this, especially the ending. especially liked how there doesn't seem to be any climax or anything, it all just sort of happens and that's it.

the thin red line - found this pretty boring and way too long.

second (or more) viewings:

man on the moon - it's been a while since i watched this and it was pretty great. it's really easy to sympathize with him and find all the inside jokes funny when you're a part of them, but i don't know how i would have viewed kaufman during his life from the audience's perspective.

children of men - i think the best thing about this film is the verisimilitude. all the near-future technology seems entirely believable to me and adds a lot to the overall atmosphere of the movie. a lot of the longer uninterrupted shots were pretty cool too.

pulp fiction - pretty good although it was kind of all over the place for most of it.

s'called nonlinear storytelling BRAH

s'called nonlinear storytelling BRAHi hear that!

the illusionist - didn't really care for this. the twist at the end was far less satisfying than it should have been.

zombieland - i enjoyed this but was slightly disappointed. i think i expected more having heard people rave about it. but where did they get gas and all the power for the amusement park? zombies running the utility company? it's a minor grievance but that kind of thing just distracts me sometimes.

style wars - B+

Ugly, Inglourious Basterds is missing from your Top 10.

I haven't seen Zombieland, but surely it can't be better than Basterds.

zombieland - i enjoyed this but was slightly disappointed. i think i expected more having heard people rave about it. but where did they get gas and all the power for the amusement park? zombies running the utility company? it's a minor grievance but that kind of thing just distracts me sometimes.

Yeah. That bugged me too. Especially the fact that they would choose a Hummer of all vehicles to drive cross country in a world of limited resources.

i hear that!

the illusionist - didn't really care for this. the twist at the end was far less satisfying than it should have been.



I confused the illusionist for the prestige when I first saw it. I expected christian bale, but got Jessica Biel. Fair trade I'd say.

prestige > the illusionist

Yeah. That bugged me too. Especially the fact that they would choose a Hummer of all vehicles to drive cross country in a world of limited resources.
yeah why would people do that in a film

yeah why would people do that in a film

Bad writing.

style wars - A+

THIS IS IT! THIS ISS ITTTTT! WOOOOOOOOOO!

Bad writing.

Well it is a comedy.

Maybe they thought it would be funny for them to drive a hummer?

prestige > the illusionistby far

Ugly, Inglourious Basterds is missing from your Top 10. Also, don't watch A Serious Man, it's definitely the Coens' worst movie to date. Even if you're into very black humor and/or are of the Jewish faith, I suppose.


I'm a big fan of Basterds but I have a minor gripe about it's pacing, especially the tavern scene. And with all the dialogue in it there isn't anything that stands out as much as funny or as well written as anything in Pulp Fiction. It made my "Almost but not quite" list, though and it's totally worth a watch, especially the last 30 minutes which totally rock. I'd pick Zombieland over it because that movie is as tight as a drum (whoo, 89 minutes!) and manages to be about a core group of characters forming a post-apocalyptic family and is much more focused. And I think Zombieland improves over Shaun of the Dead, while Shaun of the Dead is definitely a funnier movie, Zombieland keeps a consistent tone with the threat of the zombies being dangerous, as opposed to Shaun keeps having jokes at the zombie's expense for most of the movie that THEN gets totally serious and deadly at the end, but when Zombieland takes into a darker, action turn the zombies have been set up as credibly deadly.

Haven't watched A Serious Man yet, but I dig Cohen movies anyway. The only Best Pic noms I haven't seen aside from it are Precious, An Education and, uh, The Blind Side (haven't seen Blind Side but, c'mon, Star Trek has to be better). I hope there's DVD rips of all of those out by now.

And Prestige destroys Illusionist. The ending of Illusionist is downright insulting.

Oh, and as for Oscar noms, I think Christoph Waltz from Basterds should totally 100% win for Best Supporting Actor and probably has it in the bag anyway. The only 2 categories I'm pulling for Avatar to win would be FX (well, duh) and for cinematography. Hurt Locker, Potter, and Basterds are all extremely pretty movies (or, in Hurt Locker's case, very gritty. Haven't seen White Ribbon) but Avatar was an entirely new 3-D camera system built from the ground up that was worked on for years, and it deserves an award for just that technical achievement. The fact that Avatar's frame as so much depth to it, which actually makes a very CGI movie seem more immersive, is pretty awe-inspiring.

Gladiator-Blu -A+

love this movie. A lot of controversy over the transfer of the on this edition. they used a lot of digital noise reduction. Still the video wasn't nearly as bad as people bitching about it made it out to be. in fact i still thought it looked great and probably is the best transfer we will have of the film for a while. itself is still great

I re watch this because Joaquin was great, especially before he went nuts. Great film.

And Prestige destroys . The ending of is downright insulting.

Yes!

king of california: not bad but didn't really strike me as anything special. the funny parts were only kind of funny and the rest was sort of depressing. i don't know.

re-watched:

the foot fist way: way better than what i remembered. i hope danny mcbride doesn't beat this role to death (it's generally the same character he plays in eastbound and down) because he's good at it. my only issue was with the actress who played his wife; she was pretty bad.

Gladiator-Blu Ray-A+

love this movie. A lot of controversy over the transfer of the film on this blu ray edition. they used a lot of digital noise reduction. Still the video wasn't nearly as bad as people bitching about it made it out to be. in fact i still thought it looked great and probably is the best transfer we will have of the film for a while. the movie itself is still great
so bad films all of a sudden become A+es because they come out on blu ray?

Ugly, Inglourious Basterds is missing from your Top 10. Also, don't watch A Serious Man, it's definitely the Coens' worst movie to date. Even if you're into very black humor and/or are of the Jewish faith, I suppose.



Electric Dragon 80.000 Volt - A-
Amazingly well-shot progressive Japanese movie, but way too short.

It's one of the Coen's best, you're insane.

And I think Zombieland improves over Shaun of the Dead, while Shaun of the Dead is definitely a funnier movie, Zombieland keeps a consistent tone with the threat of the zombies being dangerous, as opposed to Shaun keeps having jokes at the zombie's expense for most of the movie that THEN gets totally serious and deadly at the end, but when Zombieland takes into a darker, action turn the zombies have been set up as credibly deadly.



Nigger, you dumb.

At least 4 supporting characters die from zombies and 1 main character actually turns into a zombie.

There is plenty of danger in Shaun of the Dead.

crazy heart a-

liked how it went, ending was just what it shouldve been, everyone was good in it but i didn't see anything that merited maggie gyllenhaal a supporting actress nod.

I'm a big fan of Basterds but I have a minor gripe about it's pacing, especially the tavern scene. And with all the dialogue in it there isn't anything that stands out as much as funny or as well written as anything in Pulp Fiction. It made my "Almost but not quite" list, though and it's totally worth a watch, especially the last 30 minutes which totally rock. I'd pick Zombieland over it because that movie is as tight as a drum (whoo, 89 minutes!) and manages to be about a core group of characters forming a post-apocalyptic family and is much more focused. And I think Zombieland improves over Shaun of the Dead, while Shaun of the Dead is definitely a funnier movie, Zombieland keeps a consistent tone with the threat of the zombies being dangerous, as opposed to Shaun keeps having jokes at the zombie's expense for most of the movie that THEN gets totally serious and deadly at the end, but when Zombieland takes into a darker, action turn the zombies have been set up as credibly deadly.

Haven't watched A Serious Man yet, but I dig Cohen movies anyway. The only Best Pic noms I haven't seen aside from it are Precious, An Education and, uh, The Blind Side (haven't seen Blind Side but, c'mon, Star Trek has to be better). I hope there's DVD rips of all of those out by now.


you idiot, the tavern scene is the best part of that entire movie

It's one of the Coen's best, you're insane.

That's clearly a matter of opinion.

That's clearly a matter of opinion.

I completely agree, but c'mon... if you're a coen's fan at least you have to concede it's better than love actually, the ladykillers, burn after reading, etc...,

I'm a big fan of blood simple, fargo, the man who wasn't there, miller's crossing, the big lebowski, no country for old men... but a serious man is a very solid effort and I may have yet to put it into perspective with their best films, but after three viewings I think it's definitely one of their bests... beautifully executed, brilliant acting and scritp... and the subject matter is right up my alley... I know it's entirely subjective but seriously... I really have no idea why'd you put it among their worst efforts, specially after their weakest films which I mentioned above...

Hey, I totally agree, it's beautifully shot, and its humor was so dark it killed me (probably because there's no significant Jewish population in Austria - heh), but come on.. It completely fell flat. All this biblical imagery, for nothing. No relief, no climax, not one finished story line...
Strong actors? Sure. But the Coens can do better than this..

Also, yes... Shaun of the dead is 10 times better than zombieland... It's a fun movie but that's it, no wit... laughable sentimental moments and poorly written... the best character is that new michael cera guy and woody harrelson... but it has nothing on shaun of the dead and its clever humour...

Hey, I totally agree, it's beautifully shot, and its humor was so dark it killed me (probably because there's no significant Jewish population in Austria - heh), but come on.. It completely fell flat. All this biblical imagery, for nothing. No relief, no climax, not one finished story line...
Strong actors? Sure. But the Coens can do better than this..

The no relief, no climax and no finished storyline is actually a crucial component of the film... it fits tightly with the lack of resolution that the main characters suffer among the movie... it's the point of the whole film...

Oh, I absolutely get what they were trying to do - it just annoyed me.


Shaun Of The Dead is better than Zombieland, but Hot Fuzz, even if not genre related, blows SotD out of the water.

Mission: Impossible - B-
Didn't age well, this one.

I completely agree, but c'mon... if you're a coen's fan at least you have to concede it's better than love actually, the ladykillers, burn after reading, etc...,
love actually? what?

also ugly you suck. star trek was just a shit action movie with familiar props

I didn't like A Serious Man either.

I would like to see Nothing Personal, has anyone seen it? Can't seem to find a download.

I'm now going to watch The Road.

love actually? what?

also ugly you suck. star trek was just a shit action movie with familiar props

ooops... I meant Intolerable Cruelty

a serious man was just a little too bland for me. i enjoyed raising arizona and fargo's brand of black humour, and thoroughly enjoyed and thought burn after reading was hilarious, but a serious man didn't do it for me.

suicide club - C+
great intro, rest not so much

fantastic mr. fox - loved this. the animation was awesome and the story was really clever. i was dying when the wolf did the fist pump thing.

lost in translation - really great. the first time i tried watching this a few years ago i fell asleep and missed most of it, but this time around i enjoyed it a lot. bill murray is really funny, the music was great (especially the scene where "sometimes" from mbv was playing), and a lot of the photography was just beautiful.

buffalo '66 - i have mixed feelings about vincent gallo. on one hand he comes across as an arrogant artsy prick, but on the other i do like some stuff he's done, including this movie. it was just as bleak an impression of buffalo as i had when i was younger. the ending also really threw me off but i thought it was pretty cool. the music is one of the things i liked most about this movie, though--i've had an album gallo released called "recordings of music for film", which i think is pretty good, and a bunch of those tracks popped up in buffalo '66.

WHATEVER WORKS- b. not sure why it got such awful reviews, i thought it was really funny. not woody allen's best, but way better than that awful, vacant drivel, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

FAB FIVE: THE TEXAS CHEERLEADER SCANDAL- c. solid lifetime movie, the fight scenes were prety great, not just the typical bitch slap stuff. chicks being stomped on and kicked in the box type stuff! really fun for what it was.

TWO LOVERS- b. good, but overrated. solid performances all around. isabella rosselini, supposedly the epitome of italian beauty, playing a jewish matriarch was stretching it a bit.

Hamlet 2: A

This movie is amazing

Fight Club: A+

An absolute joy to watch. I'd probably be able to find some kind of imperfections with it if I wasn't high at the time, but nonetheless it is an extremely highly regarded movie so I think I'd still be accurate in giving it an A+

1 main character actually turns into a zombie.


Two, there was Shaun's stepfather, and Ed. Three if you count his mum, though she was a zombie for only a few seconds.

avatar was really bad

beautiful, but so bad. what a stupid movie

Two, there was Shaun's stepfather, and Ed. Three if you count his mum, though she was a zombie for only a few seconds.

I only really considered shaun, ed, and liz main characters and everyone else supporting characters. I suppose shaun would be the only true main character since the movie is named after him and he is the only one consistently on screen.

and he is the only one consistently on screen.

Except for that one pub scene.

Yea, well...uhh...your face.

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bad lieutenant - port of call new orleans: nicolas cage made this movie. he's great at portraying the drug addicted, corrupt cop. the fact that he carries a revolver is both really silly and really awesome. i liked this.

Yea, I saw that - pretty funny.

Excited for his Attack of the Clones review.

man garbage pale kids were fucked up

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Amazing.

nonetheless it is an extremely highly regarded movie so I think I'd still be accurate in giving it an A+
don't get this logic

Inglourious Basterds and Bad Lieutenant are easily the best films of 2009.

500 Days of Summer is in my top 5 too.

Nigger, you dumb.

At least 4 supporting characters die from zombies and 1 main character actually turns into a zombie.

There is plenty of danger in Shaun of the Dead.

I'm not saying the zombies in Shaun aren't dangerous, I'm saying it all comes at the end, it's awkward and it isn't set up. It just becomes Super Deadly Serious Bloodbath right when the hit the bar and it stops being as fun. That's why the tonal shift is so jarring, but Zombieland did it better. Shaun of the Dead is a funnier movie but Zombieland keeps it at least consistent enough so the action finale makes more sense. (well, as consistent tone you can be in a horror/comedy which is admittedly a herky-jerky sub-genre)

also ugly you suck. star trek was just a shit action movie with familiar props

The time-travel reboot is a trick that's been done a lot (in Star Trek itself but they fix it by the end of the episode/movie) but never quite used like this in a film franchise restart. Which basically makes the film fit all into the overall continuity of the series while giving it a fresh start (which is how they work Old Spock into it, a "passing of the torch" role which is WAY better handled than Kirk's role in Generations). So when Kirk and Co. get back on the Enterprise, it gives the flick an element of destiny, and the characters were fairly damn close to their original incarnations (or, in the case of Qunito's Spock and Urban's Bones, spot on) Also was never called "shit" by anyone in any review I've ever because it's pacing and action was one of the best things about the movie.

you idiot, the tavern scene is the best part of that entire movie

It has a great payoff, but it takes for-fucking-ever to get there. Kinda like the flick itself. Still, great endings are great endings. It's possible to really like a movie but not totally love it. Not everything is "AWESOME!" or "SUCKS!" or "IDIOT!" etc. etc.

Honestly, I like my movies to take their time. It's much more of a, yeah, payoff, especially with dialogs this well written.
I was a bit surprised that so many "foreigners" didn't mind reading tons of subtitles, but then again it's a Tarantino flick, and he's done that before. The German and French cast is outstanding, so you couldn't complain either way.
I also know that I won't ever watch Basterds in German - I just can't imagine that it would work nearly as well in dubbed versions. Even if they only dubbed the English parts. I mean, fuck, hearing Gedeon Burkhard, one of my childhood TV heroes, speak English with an Austrian accent in an international blockbuster is kind of awesome.



I just started with Desu Nôto (Death Note), a Japanese anime about the Gods of Death, their books with which they kill people etc pp. Hopefully the rest of the series remains as good as the first four episodes...
Anyone already seen it?

It has a great payoff, but it takes for-fucking-ever to get there.

The climax ("payoff") is not the best part of the scene. I enjoy the slow steady build-up of tension, not just in that scene but many. It's obvious that all the scenes are constructed specifically to this end. So many little "oh shiiiiitt...." moments as you see the gears turning in the heads of the characters. If you're waiting for the "great payoff" and it seems like it's taking "for-fucking-ever" to get there, then I would suggest that you're actually missing the movie.

I really dig in Basterds how the subtitles and languages they speak are "realistic" which is totally contrasted with the crazy cartoon-y gore explosion violence of the finale. Like the whole movie is so over the top and yet they bother to keep the languages right. Quirky. I view the movie sort of like Cameron's Avatar, where it's a great movie by directors who have made masterpieces (Tarantino with Pulp Fiction & Kill Bill and Cameron with Aliens & Terminator 2). Really good, but not quite their best.

I really dig in Basterds how the subtitles and languages they speak are "realistic" which is totally contrasted with the crazy cartoon-y gore explosion violence of the finale. Like the whole movie is so over the top and yet they bother to keep the languages right. Quirky. I view the movie sort of like Cameron's Avatar, where it's a great movie by directors who have made masterpieces (Tarantino with Pulp Fiction & Kill Bill and Cameron with Aliens & Terminator 2). Really good, but not quite their best.

Basterds clearly had the best dialog. Maybe not the funniest, and not the most sound-bites, but the way the specific languages flow together is almost outragingly well done.
Different kinds of French dialects and accents, German and Austrian German, whatever the fuck Brad Pitt is trying to sound like... it just works. Way better than in Pulp Ficiton, which sometimes feels forced in comparison.

True that, Basterds may be more naturalistic but just about every single line in Pulp is funny or inventive or memorable or downright iconic. Like just a small scene in Pulp, when Butch is talking to the cab driver, I think has more interesting diversions and cool lines than anything in Basterds (Well, maybe not anything with the Jew Hunter in Basterds). Pulp Fiction may sound forced, but it has a distinctive voice. Also, if you're gonna tag a Tarantino flick for being too cutesy, I think ending the movie with a character proclaiming (basically, in a metatexual Tarantino-talks-to-the-audience moment) that "This may be my masterpiece" I think is much more blatant.

i just watched 'limits of control' and its one the most beautifully shot films that i can remember seeing in recent years. the cinematography might be a little deliberate for some people, but i really enjoyed it which is a good thing since the restrictive narrative is quite sluggishly paced.

I just started with Desu Nôto (Death Note), a Japanese anime about the Gods of Death, their books with which they kill people etc pp. Hopefully the rest of the series remains as good as the first four episodes...
Anyone already seen it?

Got bored after the first couple of episodes.

Don't really see how this went on for 37 episodes.

Let me know how it is when you are done - perhaps I will give it another whirl, it's been a few years.

i just watched 'limits of control' and its one the most beautifully shot films that i can remember seeing in recent years. the cinematography might be a little deliberate for some people, but i really enjoyed it which is a good thing since the restrictive narrative is quite sluggishly paced.

I loved this movie. My friends did not.

The time-travel reboot is a trick that's been done a lot (in Star Trek itself but they fix it by the end of the episode/movie) but never quite used like this in a film franchise restart. Which basically makes the film fit all into the overall continuity of the series while giving it a fresh start (which is how they work Old Spock into it, a "passing of the torch" role which is WAY better handled than Kirk's role in Generations). So when Kirk and Co. get back on the Enterprise, it gives the flick an element of destiny, and the characters were fairly damn close to their original incarnations (or, in the case of Qunito's Spock and Urban's Bones, spot on) Also was never called "shit" by anyone in any review I've ever because it's pacing and action was one of the best things about the movie.

well i didn't say the problem was the time travel, although that was very stupid

re: "Also was never called "shit" by anyone in any review I've ever because it's pacing and action was one of the best things about the movie." -- that sentence makes absolutely no sense

this guy has the right of it: Joe Abercrombie - News (http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2010/01/moonstar-trek.html)

Star Trek (2009) gets a boost merely from the fact that pretty much every previous Star Trek movie was god awful. Even the highly touted even numbered Trek movies really aren't that great.

i've never seen a star trek episode or movie before but i fucking loved the 2009 movie.

though i admit my second viewing on dvd i didn't come away as entertained. i guess it's more of a theater movie

the guy that did the youtube avatar review above has amazing, detailed takedown reviews of all the next generation star trek movies.

star trek generations
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His reviews are all amazing, you can easily watch them all in one sitting.

The only problem is that you have to wait for more to come out. :(

brick: there were a few things that interfered with my enjoyment of this movie. the anachronistic style of costumes and dialogue was the biggest thing. who are these people who dress and talk like they're in a gangster movie? and i hated "the pin." a drug ring run by a 20-something, fantasy-obsessed cripple who wears a cape? come one. the plot itself was slightly better than average (once i finally caught on to the whole picture) and there were certain aspects of the cinematography that i liked (the quick cuts in what could have been continuous shots, some of the action scenes) so overall i guess i'd give this a B or so.

brazil: i've been putting off watching this for a while now and it was pretty neat. the humor was just dry enough for me and the whole atmosphere of the movie was well matched to the subject matter. just enough fantasy mixed with a serious and foreboding tone with regards to the direction of society and government. i liked it.

Star Trek (2009) gets a boost merely from the fact that pretty much every previous Star Trek movie was god awful. Even the highly touted even numbered Trek movies really aren't that great.

who cares

old movies sucked, big deal. that doesn't make any difference when it comes to the new one

Sherlock Holmes - B
Can't go wrong with Robert Downey Jr.

The Butcher Boy - B+ - narration was necessary but could get kind of tedious in places.

Morvern Callar - B+ - what a weird movie. preferred the book in a lot of ways.

The worst thing about the new Star Trek movie was the excessive use of lens flare. WTF?

Silent Movie - B
Some of the gags fell short and a few were pretty predictable. The dancing scene with the cake seemed out of place. Everything else was fun. I normally am not too big a fan of slapstick, but I enjoyed it. There was surprisingly no curse words, though a few instances of the word "fag" - gotta love the 70's. Bernedette Peters needs to be my girlfriend.

The Net - C+
For being 2 hours long it sped along nicely. My main problem with the film was a lot of the scenes were far fetched - sandra bullock finds a gun in a guys jacket and just hands it over to him, what? People can hack into things way too easily. A few clicks and a mouse swirl or two and you can turn on the fire alarm. The internet also would not have been that fast back then. Sandra Bullock is good at being frantic. Not the most amazing movie ever, but fun.

Over the last few weeks:


The Black Adder - B-

Blackadder II - B+

Black Adder The Third - A-

Blackadder Goes Forth - A

Blackadder Back & Forth - B

cool. i'd rank them

blackadder II
blackadder goes forth
the black adder
black adder the third

havent seen back & forth

Crazy Heart - A

really great

gangs of new york: decent. very hollywood and if i remember correctly our resident historian trotskilicious had some serious issues with the accuracy of some aspects. it was a bit long and to me sort of anticlimactic. probably wouldn't care to watch it again.

a prophet: really liked this. everything seemed very realistic and raw. as a matter of fact i can't think of anything i didn't like.

The Silent Partner - A-
Loved it. Lots of nice twists and totally not what I expected. A bank teller discovers a plot to rob the bank he works for and dupes the thief out of the majority of the money. The rest of the movie is basically him and the thief fucking with each other, trying to figure out a way to get the money for themselves and eliminate the other guy. I don't want to say much more about the plot but I will say it is well worth a watch if you come across it.

l.a. confidential: this was really good. seemed like a caricature of the time period done just right. kevin spacey and danny devito were great and the storyline was interesting, exciting and fun.

volver: first movie by almodovar that i've seen and it was definitely very nice to look at. really colorful and very spanish--and boy penelope cruz is a nice looking lady. i didn't catch a lot of the more subtle humor while i was watching it, but some of the featurettes on the dvd clued me in and it made me like the film a bit more. overall it was entertaining and engaging, a bit girly but i liked it.

l.a. confidential: this was really good. seemed like a caricature of the time period done just right.

these thoughts might stem from its film noir sensibilities.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_Tears">The Mother of Tears</a>
C-
yikes, someone should reeeeeeally tell him to stop making mov\ies

oh and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926063/">Dance of the Dead</a>
eff minus minus minus minus

even the pat benatar cover was total shite

anyone seen this? Unreality - Dolphin Assassins Yield the Greatest Movie Poster and Tagline Ever? | (http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/02/02/dolphin-assassins-yield-the-greatest-movie-poster-and-tagline-ever/)

Wolfman - D
What a terrible remake. The suspense is nonexistent, the only way the movie scares you is by using the "everything is quiet I hope there's no wolfman in here - OMG BIRDS! Whew that was close - OMG WOLFMAN!" That shit happens at least 10 times. The gore was pretty cool. Benicio Del Toro seemed miscast. His acting and lines were really stiff, probably a consequence of not being able to do a decent American accent. The plot was very lackluster, by the time the movie ended I really didn't care anymore. There were a few things in the movie that I felt needed more explanation, but it never came. Save your money, this movie sucks ass.

I have never seen a 'wolfman' movie that was worth my time.. besides the Monster Squad :)

these thoughts might stem from its film noir sensibilities.probably. i just don't know enough about film to talk about it properly i suppose.

zack and miri [make a porno]: i thought this was decent, albeit somewhat predictable and a bit cutesy. seth rogen and elizabeth banks worked really well together and it was nice to see randal in there too.

the right stuff: christ this was long. it was good, though. obviously very hollywood and romanticized but i love space so i didn't have much of a problem with that.

only thing i've watched in the last month or so is Gossip because I got the DVD for $3 ay Big Lots.

I have a soft spot for any teen/college age-oriented movies from 1997 to 2000

The Last Picture Show - B -

still not sure what to think of this film

visioneers: i kept waiting for this to pick up and it never really did. the story was sort of predictable and as a commentary on corporatization it was pretty cliche. the humor was just a bit too absurd for my taste most of the time too. it was nice to see zach galifianakis in a more toned down role but it wasn't spectacular or anything.

is it weird that all my favourite films have guys with swords in them

i'm going to watch ran now

hamlet 2: this was definitely funny and the writing was subtle and clever, but it didn't really have me laughing out loud as much as i expected. i liked it as a satire of the white guilt/inner city teacher movie; i think without that extra layer of depth it would have been much worse. the casting was great and catherine keener never disappoints me. it wasn't really all that memorable though i did enjoy it.

lars and the real girl: after watching this i've just been in a great mood. it was touching and really full of compassion. the entire cast was perfect and i loved the atmosphere throughout the whole film. it was really nice that they avoided most of the predictable jokes one would expect with a movie about a person's relationship with a realdoll and instead dealt with it on a deeper, more sympathetic level. great movie.

Shutter Island - A-

Gorgeous. And I actually thought the story was pretty neat too.

Benicio Del Toro

Haven't thought about this guy in a while. Lol.

Shutter Island - A-

what Eulogy said

tarnation: completely fucked up. it definitely came across as totally masturbatory sometimes but the story was pretty compelling. don't really know what else to say about it

The Passion of Joan of Arc - B+

Even though this was silent, the actress playing Joan puts on an amazing performance. Some say it's the best ever. I don't know if I'd go that far, but it was definitely good.

The General - B+

I can't get into Buster Keaton the same way I can Charlie Chaplin. But that said, the train stunts in this movie would be risky even today with trained stuntmen. The fact that Keaton was doing it all himself back in the late 20s is amazing. And the scene where the bridge is detonated with the train going across just shows how CGI will never quite capture the magic of something really crashing and blowing up.

8 1/2 - C

I know this is supposed to be a classic and all, and I can see in some ways why it is. Technically, it's a near flawless film. The black and white cinematography is beautiful. But I just couldn't get into what little plot there was. The whole thing came off rather vapid and shallow, as though it was the director's vanity project and nothing more. I don't know, maybe I'll give it a chance again sometime after I've watched some of Fellini's other stuff.

The Road - B+

For some reason I expected this to be worse. It was very dark and bleak, far from the feel-good movie of the year, but Viggo Mortensen was good as always and it carried a lot of emotional weight with me.

The French Connection - A-

I really liked this one. I kinda feel bad that I haven't seen a lot of Gene Hackman movies from when he was in his prime. He was awesome in this. And the big car/elevated train chase is as good as advertised.

The Conversation - A

Another great Hackman performance (as well as a VERY young Harrison Ford, 5 years before Han Solo). This was the movie that Francis Ford Coppola made between the Godfather and the Godfather Part II, and it's obvious he was on the top of his game. Very tense little thriller that doesn't quite go where you expect it to.

Valentine's Day - D+

Too many actors. Not enough plot or characterization.

City of God - A

Had no idea what to expect out of this one. Turned out to be a pretty gritty crime thriller about life in the slums outside Rio. To me, it was very much similar to the spate of Pulp Fiction ripoffs that littered the late 90s, but it was actually well written, well directed, and well acted (especially for such an unknown cast).

Brokeback Mountain - A-

Had more depth than I had expected. Needed more naked Jake Gyllenhaal.

Edit: decided on a grade

8 1/2 gets better everytime i watch it

check out la dolce vita too

shutter island- i liked it until the end, i was hoping the whole movie that the reveal wouldnt turn out to be what it was. overall good though

i really really liked the feel of the movie though. especially the spooky rainy "ooh what's going on?" mystery bits. anyone know any other movies with a similar tone? it kinda reminded me of resident evil 1(and code veronica) and (other than the comedy aspect) the movie Clue, sort of. i dont really know how to describe what i mean. whatever.

the trailers before it sucked. j lo is pregant, ugly guy gets hot girl, cops are troubled

Paranormal Activity - B-

Pretty ordinary and not mind-rattling at all. So much hype when it vame out and I'm confused about why.

Didn't ever come across as real.

Fantastic Mr. Fox - A- - movie was great, lots of lols. loved the little kid. very wes anderson, which IMO is a good thing.

Paranormal Activity - B-

Pretty ordinary and not mind-rattling at all. So much hype when it vame out and I'm confused about why.

Didn't ever come across as real.

I loved this movie. I probably rated it somewhere in this thread.

I dunno, man. The scenes where we watch the time speed up as she stands perfectly still for hours at a time? That shit is fucked up. I loved this movie. The best horror movie since 28 Days Later.

Can't wait for The Crazies. Shit's gonna be AWESOME.

(If all else fails, Timothy Olyphant is fucking HOT.)

Shutter Island

This movie is the rare flick that makes my brain hurt. Very slow to start, but it builds momentum and has some twists that stay with you long after the movie is over. I think the fact that Scorsese leaves the ending ambiguous actually makes the movie even more satisfying.

B+

chungking express - B+

very very nice, best "romance" film i've seen for a long time. i liked how it was night the entire first half

the searchers - c+

basically a normal american western, with plenty of stereotypical depictions of women, native americans, northerners, mexicans - you name it. still exciting to watch for some reason, until the ending brings it down again

I watched The Wolfman last night.

The score was good and the movie was simply fucking gorgeous, but Del Toro basically did a James Franco impression the entire movie. Special effects were cool too.

I didn't expect ANYTHING out of this film, so it delivered on many, many levels, aside from there being probably no script and plenty of awful acting.

Shutter Island

This movie is the rare flick that makes my brain hurt. Very slow to start, but it builds momentum and has some twists that stay with you long after the movie is over. I think the fact that Scorsese leaves the ending ambiguous actually makes the movie even more satisfying.

B+

uhhh what was ambiguous about it?

A good friend of mine said Shutter Island is the worst big-studio, hyped movie he has seen in years.

Judging from reviews I've read he isn't alone in his thoughts.

This looks pretty interesting. Anyone see it? I discovered it at work today so have yet to watch it.

Struck The Film (http://www.struckthefilm.com/)

Struck (2008)

On his way to work one day, Joel (Bodhi Elfman) is impaled through the chest by a three-foot arrow. But it doesn’t harm him. And it won’t come out. So Joel has to learn to deal – both with his newfound protrusion, and his own painful loneliness. He tries to go to work, to date women, but no one seems ready to accept his strange flaw. Little does he know, his life is about to change forever...

we saw FROZEN earlier. it was genuinely terrifying!!!
i've watched lots of really dumb horror movies lately, but this one, i had to remind myself that it was "just a movie" quite a bit. definite a.

A good friend of mine said Shutter Island is the worst big-studio, hyped movie he has seen in years.

Judging from reviews I've read he isn't alone in his thoughts.

how about you make your own decision.

hable con ella - b

good plot and well executed technically, but i just couldn't get that into it

The Orphanage - A-

Pacing was iffy, otherwise really good. Ending was brilliantly executed, really devastating stuff. Guillermo has this almost Japanese way of winding his tension. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

broken english: parker posey was spot on in this. at first it seemed like a pretty standard "looking for love" movie but the darker tone really rounded it out nicely for me.

jim breuer - let's clear the air: this guy relies way too much on his own goofy laugh to make the audience laugh. didn't care for it.

touching the void: what an insane story. the reenactments were all shot very convincingly and it was pretty cool.

ratatouille: among my least favorite of pixar movies. it was beautiful to look at of course, but the story seemed more superficial than the other pixar films and i didn't really get into it.

year of the dog: sort of cutesy, but it was more complex than i had expected. the ending was awful and made me want to barf but i enjoyed the bulk of this movie.

pontypool: cool idea but it didn't seem thought out completely. it was kind of disappointing.

ratatouille is my favourite pixar movie i think

Ed Wood - B+
I've usually not been a big fan of the Depp/Burton collaborations, but this was good. I wish Tim Burton still made good movies.

The Passion of the Christ - C-
Boring.

Shutter Island - B
You pretty much know the big "secret" within the first 15 minutes (at least I did), but that is not the point. The movie is learning the why to all of the what. Genuinely spooky, had lots of opportunity to abuse the whole "quiet then loud noise" scare, but it didn't. It made you feel lost and helpless along with Leo. You could feel his reality slipping away and that made for a much scarier movie. A little lengthy and I wish Elias Koteas had a bigger role, but it was still great.

a history of violence - b

very suspenseful, very strange. not too fond of the last third or so, must watch again

Garden State - A-
I've always loved this movie. Because of the soundtrack. Because of the suspenseless plot. Because I'm a stupid Zach Braff fanboy. And because it's a great flick to watch with your lady.

yeah the garden state backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

portman's an obnoxious piece of shit in the movie.

Shutter Island - A

i missed about 8 minutes of it during the first half hour, but i dont think it was a huge loss. anyways, i REALLY enjoyed watching this movie. the story was actually good (fun) and had some strange twists that i should have expected, but didn't. the visuals were beautiful though, which kept my eyes glued to the screen. i need to see this one again soon

im a big scorsese fan. somehow i didn't even know it was out until recently. hope to catch it this thursday.

but i am kind of bummed to see this is going to be a movie of "twists"... not really my thing. but who knows i might like it

old joy - b+

this is my kind of picture. very minimal, almost no plot at all. just beautiful shots and the energy of the actors and their surroundings. i don't like films with a lot of complex subtext that want me to marvel at the theoretical implications of the things shown, as if they couldn't stand for themselves. this is a hard, honest but warm film that i would probably give an A if only it was likely that i would think much about it in the future. it was good while it lasted, but it's not as magical as only the best films are

^old joy was so good

Slumdog Millionaire - C+

I shouldn't have watched this so soon after seeing City of God, which was kinda the same concept except done so much better. At least Danny Boyle managed to spread the mediocrity through the whole movie this time instead of saving it all until the third act.

Shutter Island- B or B+

As far as psychological suspense movies go, I wouldn't say this movie does anything too innovative but it is pretty entertaining. My main problem was some of the sequences dragging on too long, and maybe some of the music (you'll be close to laughing near the start), but the acting is generally solid, ends interestingly enough, and the main mystery in the movie isn't too easily predictable, though it's certainly not complicated enough to watch the movie twice to pick up on things you may have missed.

THE CRAZIES IS ALMOST OUT

WOOO

...of course I always get a bit nervous about movies that aren't released to critics ahead of time. usually means they suck balls. bah.

...of course I always get a bit nervous about movies that aren't released to critics ahead of time. usually means they suck balls. bah.

I'm not real confident about it being any good, if only because I saw the original for the first time a couple months ago and it was terrible. If George Romero couldn't make a decent movie with that plot, I don't know who can.

Shutter Island- B or B+
it's certainly not complicated enough to watch the movie twice to pick up on things you may have missed.

I like catching things I glanced over the first time round. For instance, after you have already seen the movie and you watch the scene where chuck has a hard time undoing his gun holster you're like "ohhh, that makes perfect sense now. I thought he was being goofy and charming"

portman's an obnoxious piece of shit in the movie.

Well, at least she plays the obnoxious piece of shit very well. Also, she's too cute.

Sleepy Hollow - B-

I like Johnny Depp, and I like Tim Burton, but this felt.. dull, even though it was amazing visually.

yeah the garden state backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe
i saw this at the cinema and thought it sucked

i'm so ahead of the curve

yeah the sideways backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the i heart huckabees backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the little miss sunshine backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the juno backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

juno deserves all the backlash it gets

havent seen i heart huckabees or little miss sunshine but i wouldn't be surprised if they suck as well

There's an Eternal Sunshine backlash? Pfft.

Both Huckabees as well as Little Miss Sunshine are at least very okay and nowhere near "sucking".

t least Danny Boyle managed to spread the mediocrity through the whole movie this time instead of saving it all until the third act.

so, it's much more consistent!

amelie: loved this

the visitor: decent, a little overacted and poorly written at times but it was alright

precious: good movie, but jesus it's depressing.

election: also enjoyed this, not much to say about it

yeah the sideways backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the i heart huckabees backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the little miss sunshine backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

yeah the juno backlash these days is annoying, very charming film with a few minor faults but it's not nearly as unwatchable as cynical post-indie internet subculture wants us to believe

Um

Sideways and Little Miss Sunshine do not belong here. You shut your mouth.

I like catching things I glanced over the first time round. For instance, after you have already seen the movie and you watch the scene where chuck has a hard time undoing his gun holster you're like "ohhh, that makes perfect sense now. I thought he was being goofy and charming"

ohhhhhhhhhh yeah! did not think about this.

I'd see it again. I tend to miss things like this.

Hey, is Better Off Ted any good? I heard it's just been canceled by ABC after not even two seasons. And it has Portia de Rossi in it, my favorite lesbian.

the wire season one - A+

how have i waited this long to watch this show

Cassandra's Dream - C

I was quite enjoying the film with all the suspense for the first half, then the second half was a let down.

Bullitt - A-

Plot was kinda run of the mill proto-Dirty Harry type stuff that's been done a thousand times before and since. But Steve McQueen is always good. And after watching the famous and awesome chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, I really want a green '68 Mustang. I'm glad I saw this movie now instead of last year when I was car shopping, otherwise I might have actually had to buy the 40 thousand dollar green 2008 Bullitt Mustang instead of the regular one I got.

Arsenic and Old Lace - A
I don't know why, but I found this hilarious. It was a lot darker humor than I'd ever expect from a movie from the 40s. And I really like both Cary Grant and Peter Lorre.

well well well

The Crazies is still at 87% on RT with 23 reviews. Hopefully I can convince someone to go with me tomorrow. :-/

Crazies, The reviews at Metacritic.com (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/crazies)

65% - Generally favorable reviews

Based on 13 critic reviews

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A perfectly competent genre film in a genre that has exhausted its interest for me, the Zombie Film.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
The crazies themselves could be a lot more terrifying. Without the rotting ickiness of proper zombies, they just seem like methed-out Iowans looking for a fix. That’s scary, but not scary enough.

yeah, I read Ebert's review, and I still wanna see it. I usually get an idea of what I'll think about a movie based on what he says.

Bullitt - A-

Plot was kinda run of the mill proto-Dirty Harry type stuff that's been done a thousand times before and since. But Steve McQueen is always good. And after watching the famous and awesome chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, I really want a green '68 Mustang. I'm glad I saw this movie now instead of last year when I was car shopping, otherwise I might have actually had to buy the 40 thousand dollar green 2008 Bullitt Mustang instead of the regular one I got.

Arsenic and Old Lace - A
I don't know why, but I found this hilarious. It was a lot darker humor than I'd ever expect from a movie from the 40s. And I really like both Cary Grant and Peter Lorre.

Did you at least purchase the GT?

Did you at least purchase the GT?

Nah. I ended up settling for a plain old v6.

Next one is gonna be a GT for sure though.

inglorious bastards - A

tarnation: completely fucked up. it definitely came across as totally masturbatory sometimes but the story was pretty compelling. don't really know what else to say about it

I saw this one at the theatre... I thought it was pretty good and loved the soundtrack and the looks of the movie. It was very very depressing at some parts though. I still remember that pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins scene.

I saw this one at the theatre... I thought it was pretty good and loved the soundtrack and the looks of the movie. It was very very depressing at some parts though. I still remember that pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins scene.oh my god man, that scene had me feeling so uncomfortable. i bet it was even more intense in the theatre. it was nuts. you reminded me that i also loved the music too, i had forgot to mention that in my original post.

over the past couple of days:

W: i had heard this was a pretty sympathetic portrayal of bush and i think that made me not want to see it as much, but i finally got around to it. it was pretty good--definitely seemed to be somewhat even-handed toward bush himself. not so much with h.w. bush, rove, and cheney. i liked it.

maria full of grace: this was good too. interesting story and was well acted for the most part.

rounders: although it was kind of predictable, matt damon was especially good in this, i thought. turned out to be enjoyable.

the band's visit: light comedy, quiet atmosphere--i liked how most of the major characters developed. the girl that the conductor was staying with was really annoying, acting like she's hot shit all the time. it was good anyway.