Movies You've Seen Lately

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:08 am

the wrestler was really good but only slightly less depressing than requiem for a dream.

Banger- · **Joined:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:57 am **Posts:** 939

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Last night I saw:

I'm going to see this and Milk tomorrow.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:56 am

harry Wrote:

We saw Milk last night. I've enjoyed Gus Van Zant's minimalist films of the last decade, especially Gerry and Elephant (although the Kurt Cobain one and Paranoid Park were pretty flawed). Lord knows the story of Milk was powerful and timely... but this was a really mediocre movie. Formulaic, expected. Script was cartoonish, and direction was stultifingly conventional. Penn was pretty good, but Josh Brolin stole the film. Wait for the DVD.

or watch this:

which is well worth your time. I'm a GVS fan, so I'm eagerly waiting to sit down with MILK. Just watched Paranoid Park this evening, and really enjoyed it.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:17 am

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Last night I saw:

Tonight we went and saw:

Confession: I've never seen the stage play. If you read reviews, talk shows, etc apparently I'm the only one who hasn't seen the play. I feel like this is automatically setting it up for a fall. Like its being judged on this whole other level of greatness, instead of the celluloid level.

It was an adequate film. It wasn't revelatory, it wasn't awe-inspiringly beautiful (Deakins was the cinematographer, btw), and if actors phone in performances, perhaps this wasn't but it wasn't inspired. We've seen these characters before, and I refuse to believe that people are casting Amy Adams for roles still. She plays mousey extremely well, and thats about it. In Doubt, whenever the acting reached a certain level her very noticeable blank look ruined whatever pinnacle her co-star was aspiring to reach. PSH was great, though once again his level of expertise here probably hurt him, since we're used to him displaying a great range. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Streep pretty much has an Oscar nomination. Its not that hard. Its Meryl freakin' Streep. Once again, simply an adequate outing.

I saw Benjamin Button today and really liked it. It didn't blow me away, I thought they could have tied Katrina in a lot more, kind of silly the way they simply mentioned it.

I plan on seeing Doubt and Valkyrie both by the end of my vacation.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:03 pm

cemeterypolka Wrote:

not all chicks are into that shit. (marley and me)

i would never pay to see this film.

You of all people would benefit from watching this movie. Overall it's about where ideals end and real life moves in.

I think I go see Valkyrie or Doubt today.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

Sen. Loog Years GAR Wrote:

cemeterypolka Wrote:

not all chicks are into that shit. (marley and me)

i would never pay to see this film.

You of all people would benefit from watching this movie. Overall it's about where ideals end and real life moves in.

I actually saw this last evening on another's urging. Without knowing anything about it, I cheebed up thinking it had something to do with Rasta. No, I'm not that dumb... But it was very predictable even without reading the book -- although I knew what I was getting myself into. I was amused numerous times since, growing up, I actually had a Labrador that acted worse than the one in the movie. Otherwise, unless you have some dying reason to see a sad movie, definitely something to put off until rental.

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:15 pm

ideals end?
real life moves in?

oh
my
fuck

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:18 pm

Finally saw Kung Fu Panda last night. Aside from geeking out on how great everything in it looked (best character design and overall look of any Dreamworks picture to date), I just really enjoyed it. It's formulaic, but not entirely predictable. Good voice talent, but I feel like Dreamworks tends to go overboard with big names - Dustin Hoffman was great, but how were Angelina Jolie or Lucy Liu necessary? None of "The Five" had very many lines in the movie, and yet they were all pretty big names. Well, if you've got money to burn... but David Cross (OK, more of a medium name) was totally wasted here.

paper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:18 pm

that might have something to do with the cheeb

paper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:26 pm

I was highly entertained by Kung Fu Panda.

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Loved it.

Sanchez · **Joined:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:14 pm **Posts:** 491

Great mexican film called DramaMex... one of the better movies ive seen all year... also saw Milk, very well done.... and I saw Gran Torino which was pretty bad, to make Clint Eastwood look like Walter Matthau from Grumpy Old Men was a shame... i dont care if hes 80, he should always be the gun happy westerner and not the anti social old man who sits on his front porch telling kids to get off his lawn (not a stereotype, thats his actual character)

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:33 pm

paper Wrote:

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Loved it.

I really need to see this. I thought Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance was much better than Oldboy.

Unfortunately, I've heard that I Love You But I'm a Cyborg or whatever the hell it's called, isn't very good.

I'm getting behind on my Korean movies, though.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:50 pm

I thought Lady Vengeance was horrible. I was so ready to love it based on the same feelings as you had for Sympathy and Oldboy. What a letdown.

paper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:51 pm

yeah, oldboy is my least favorite of those movies.

paper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:52 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

I thought Lady Vengeance was horrible. I was so ready to love it based on the same feelings as you had for Sympathy and Oldboy. What a letdown.

huh? I thought he really honed his style on this one and the actress was brilliant...what didn't you like about it?

puma · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:04 pm

caught up on a few '08 movies:
- milk (loved it, thought everyone was excellent)
- changeling (holy fuck, this movie is depressing but was good - thought jolie was actually good for once)
- slumdog millionaire (hands down, probably my favorite movie of '08)

also just watched darjeeling limited (not bad at all) and quarantine (blech) yesterday.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:20 pm

saw the third mummy (the one with jet li and without rachel weisz) the other night on dvd, and as far as that ilk of irritainment goes, it was actually a lot less crappy than expected

nice incorporation of the terracotta army

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:10 pm

i think lady vengeance was my favorite but i still haven't seen oldboy in it's entirety yet.

puma · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:16 am

shiv Wrote:

i think lady vengeance was my favorite but i still haven't seen oldboy in it's entirety yet.

what? you of all people i would think has seen oldboy. just sayin'

oh yeah, saw cadillac records.... was a bit disappointed. enjoyable but not as good as i thought it would've been. <3 adrien brody.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:25 am

puma Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

i think lady vengeance was my favorite but i still haven't seen oldboy in it's entirety yet.

what? you of all people i would think has seen oldboy. just sayin'

oh yeah, saw cadillac records.... was a bit disappointed. enjoyable but not as good as i thought it would've been. <3 adrien brody.

i know!! i fell asleep the first time i watched it and then never finished it.
i even have the dvd but just haven't got around to rewatching it.

TheTheory · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:03 am

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The Spirit

caught this in theaters this evening. A pleasant sort of view without being jaw-droppingly amazing like Sin City is. The style is a nice touch... and the characters and plot manages to be just strong enough to keep it a nice touch as opposed to a flotation rescue device. Still probably a movie that will only attract the Sin City/Frank Miller crowd. Won't be a hit, but entertaining.

Promethium · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:50 am

Last movie I actually watched was Stepbrothers. I thought it was damn funny, but it didn't have much of an actual story or cohesive plot line.
I caught a bit of the Foot Fist Way as my brother was watching it and fell asleep watching Scrooged on Saturday Night.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:14 pm

[quote="schadenfreude"]I saw "Stuck" over the past few days...

It's always a bad sign for a movie to see an adult soiled diaper to start out a movie. I guess it was to show that hospice nurse turned conflicted is a good person, but c'mon. With a few edits and a couple of re-writes of scenes, this could have been really good. Worth renting.
...........

Stuck is a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds collide when Brandi, driving home from a club after too many drinks and pills, accidentally hits Tom, the impact smashing his body head-first through her carâ€™s windshield. If discovered, this â€œaccidentâ€

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:32 am

paper Wrote:

I was highly entertained by Kung Fu Panda.

agreed

good for both kids and adults

and some yahoo here laughed at me when I said that it was pretty good

TheTheory · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:04 am

south pacific Wrote:

and some yahoo here laughed at me when I said that it was pretty good

there are some yahoos here that will laugh at pretty much darn near anything. fucking hyenas.

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