Rolling "Movies Recently Watched" Thread

[Trotskilicious]

No he's not. Stop being silly.

Oh and for the record, Idiocracy was crap. So is Let's Go to Prison although Chi McBride is pretty fucking funny in it.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

THank You for Smoking - B-

Funny and i'm all pro-smoking and advocating that, but it didn't really grab me.

it's not pro smoking

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In fact not a single cigarette is smoked throughout the entire movie.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by D.

The Nines - D

i'm just on a D streak, huh?

Well all you do is watch complete shit because it's obscure. It's not even good obscure stuff it's like walmart dollar bin dreck.

I mean when you pick up a Brecken Meyer movie do you actually think it's going to be the slightest bit good? I mean really?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by antipop

Sweeney Todd - B+
Another beautifully done Burton/Depp/Bonham-Carter masterpiece.

B+ = masterpiece?

o.O

[aurel]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Well all you do is watch complete shit because it's obscure. It's not even good obscure stuff it's like walmart dollar bin dreck.

I mean when you pick up a Brecken Meyer movie do you actually think it's going to be the slightest bit good? I mean really?

Just realised how much I missed you.

[D.]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Well all you do is watch complete shit because it's obscure. It's not even good obscure stuff it's like walmart dollar bin dreck.

I mean when you pick up a Brecken Meyer movie do you actually think it's going to be the slightest bit good? I mean really?

lol, obscure? there's a big display in blockbuster.

[waltermcphilp]

bill and ted's excellent adventure - B

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Shapan

fargo - B

this is suppose to be the coen bros masterpiece? im coming off the high of no country for old men and the big lebowski is one of my fav movies ever, but this was a bit of a let down.

*sigh*

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by D.

lol, obscure? there's a big display in blockbuster.

Really? Where are my missiles?

I'm sure it's straight to video romantic comedy. Like, why, D? Why?

[Trotskilicious]

And I'm actually kind of starting to hate all the gushing praise for No Country. It's like people were late to really notice the Coens a decade ago so now there slobbing knob because the movie! It's so awesome! I don't get it! THat's what makes it great!

YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW. ROGER DEAKINS FTW.

[Trotskilicious]

I'll stop trolling now...sorry.

[D.]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Really? Where are my missiles?

I'm sure it's straight to video romantic comedy. Like, why, D? Why?

i know, i'm sorry. since i have bb online it's so cheap that i start picking anything with any kind of likeable star in it. :\

however, i am going to have all my downloaded movies on my laptop - which means i can watch all those, which may be considerably better.

[Trotskilicious]

It's ok. I don't hate you for it.

I have a review instead:

I AM LEGEND: Ah. Hollywood. Make a movie that's engaging for the first half even though it pretty much wholesale ripped off the rage zombies from another movie, and just completely ram it into the ground like a fallen plane full of soccer players would crash into the Andes. While No Country seems to purposefully leaving me out of the loop to a certain extent, I Am Legend leads me down roads with no destination towards a frenzied, Hollywood make-me-happy ending. So many questions left unanswered. Why on earth would de-evolutionized humans have a leader? Why would they be wearing clothes? How come they want that one Will Smith kidnapped so bad? Why don't they sound human when they scream? If you could have any sports car in the world why would you choose a Mustang? It's kind of sad in this day and age that this movie is actually decent comparatively and not summer blockbuster dreck. C. First half was good and it did almost make me cry. Poor wittle baby doggie.

[wHATcOLOR]

i saw no country for old men. not sure why people got all riled up over that, it certainly didn't blow my mind or anything

[wHATcOLOR]

hey trots, you were a pretty vocal supporter of that movie if i remember it right. can you explain to me some of the things that made it awesome in your opinion? i've enjoyed some of your book recommendations greatly..

[pale blue eyes]

Raising Arizona - B+

It's weird to think that there was once a time when Nicholas Cage was in a movie and that did not automatically mean it would suck.

[ChristHimself!]

I watched the first hour of avp2 last night and then fell asleep. It was going as I expected. Horrible acting (especially the kid near the start) and a couple of semi decent predator v alien fights. The predalien was silly though, I still think if they were doing an avp movie it should have had no humans in it at all, just predators talking with subtitles versus a bunch of aliens.

A guy at my work actually said to me "it's like they've taken the best bits from the alien and the predator movies and made a new film out of them!"

[Corganist]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

A guy at my work actually said to me "it's like they've taken the best bits from the alien and the predator movies and made a new film out of them!"

I think that's about the best thing you can say about it. The movie was pretty bad (but harmlessly so, IMO), but at least there were some reminders in there that both franchises did have some good moments in their day. I came out of AvP 2 wanting to go home and watch Aliens, which is much better than what I wanted to do after I saw AvP 1. ()

As for stuff I've watched fairly recently:

Fright Night - B-

I don't know how I managed to go this long without ever seeing it. I have a soft spot for really cheesy mid-1980s horror-comedy movies, and this movie was a textbook example of the genre. It's not a great film, but I found it very entertaining.

The Untouchables - B

I'm not a huge fan of Kevin Costner or Sean Connery most of the time, but this was pretty good. Connery in particular was excellent in it.

[ChristHimself!]

Originally Posted by Corganist

I think that's about the best thing you can say about it.

it pretty much implies that it's a good movie though

[ryan patrick]

Save the Green Planet - C+
Vengeance is Mine - B+

[aurel]

Wow, that seems quite harsh on save the green planet. Easy A- as far as I'm concerned.

[mxzombie]

watched the first half hour of helvetica last night, and it was pretty interesting. i will finish tonight and report back with my findings

[ChristHimself!]

i watched helvetica one night randomly on telly at the end of last year

when it came on i cringed that there was a documentary about helvetica, but we got sucked in and watched it all. pretty interesting at bits.

[D.]

In the Valley of Elah - B+

[ChristHimself!]

oh yeah i watched spies like us the other night

hadn't seen it before, it does have a handful of laughs and I suppose if you had watched it years back it may be a good nostalgia movie, but it really was pretty weak in parts,

C-

[Irridescent Fairysex]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

i watched helvetica one night randomly on telly at the end of last year

when it came on i cringed that there was a documentary about helvetica, but we got sucked in and watched it all. pretty interesting at bits.

wow how was it? I never thought I'd see the day when there was a documentary about a font.

[Corganist]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

it pretty much implies that it's a good movie though

I see what you're saying now. I originally read your co-worker's description of the movie as more "Everything in the movie has been done before" than "Dude! It was awesome!" I can grudgingly give credit to the guys who made the movie for at least appearing to have at least watched and cared about the original movies and having that reflect at times in their movie. That's what I meant when I said that's about the best you can say about it.

But as far as the acting, script, direction, etc. that you need for any movie to be considered even decent? Yeah, AvP:R was a little lacking there. I actually think a montage clip of all the cool parts from all the previous Alien and Predator movies might have made a more cohesive and well acted film.

[D.]

Return to Oz - C+

[redbull]

i'm putting D on ignore until he starts watching better films

[D.]

i was told return to oz was!