List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV...

[slayer202]

I still have a good number of movies left from last year's october/halloween/scary movie list. Where to start...

 

[pontifex]

No he's more experienced but it's clearly the same kind of plot. Army of Darkness is great too.

But he doesn't know the house or what happened before (and if he did, why the hell go back?), he gave the new girl the same necklace he gave the old girl with the same spiel, he found a tape recorder and was surprised it was there, didn't know anything about the book, the bridge was destroyed again, the one girl was taken by trees, etc, etc...It's like they just remade the 1st movie with a different goal in mind.

I've seen Army of Darkness already, just never the Evil Dead movies.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Art of the Devil 3 - 2/5

 

[KeithTalent]

Biutiful - 8.5/10: The latest film from Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of Babel (disliked it), 21 Grams (liked it) and Amores Peros (have not yet seen it). Of the films I have seen form him, this is by far my favourite; Javier Bardem is amazing as the dying man, who is also somewhat mysteriously attached to people in the afterlife, trying to keep his life together and the lives of his two kids, with his shady business dealings and semi-insane ex-wife. Bardem really hammers everything home here, whether he's fighting with his ex-wife, dealing gently with his kids, or handling the various individuals he needs to in order to make money, he always commands the screen and everything goes through him. Quite a depressing film, with few moments of levity, but it was quite transfixing, if for no other reason than Bardem.

R U There - 7/10: A Dutch film about a professional gamer in Taiwan for a big tournament that ends up falling for a "massage" girl; their relationship ends up progressing more in Second Life than it does in real life. It's a pretty slow, quiet film, with lots of long, ponderous shots on the main character and not even a lot of dialogue, but I kind of liked it. It was interesting seeing this guy, that is generally the head of his gaming group, but ends up being removed from there and moves his focus to this woman as things around him start to fall apart. Very introspective and pretty well done; my biggest complaint is the final 10 seconds of the film which was stupid, otherwise pretty good.

A Somewhat Gentle Man - 8/10: A Norwegian film about a man just out of prison after a 12 year sentence for murder. He spends his new life of freedom as a mechanic, deciding whether to reconcile with his family, or get revenge on the man that put him away. This was pretty great, with lots of touching moments and quite a bit of humour throughout. In some ways it almost feels like one of those British heist/thug movies, but with a lot less flash and way more heart. The characters here were pretty awesome, with pin-perfect reactions in so many scenes; very enjoyable watch.

Inside Job - 9/10: A documentary, narrated by Matt Damon, covering the recent and ongoing global financial crisis with a focus on the US, since that's where most of the major stuff went down. This is a pretty scathing indictment of Wall Street and the various US governments that enabled and still enable all of the things that caused this collapse to happen. The director discusses the crisis with various economists, government officials (few of those), pundits and individuals involved throughout the years and shows how it all happened. Some of it was so absurdly insane, all you could do was laugh. As someone that works in the Finance industry and sees certain things, on a much smaller scale of course, going on day-to-day, it made me ashamed to be a part of it. Worth watching if you do not have a big background on this stuff as it gives a you good, basic understanding of things like CDOs and Credit Default Swaps and exactly how those things took down AIG an the other various companies involved and it's all presented in a very interesting way.

KT

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

A Tale of Two Sisters - 7/10

Very atmospheric and had a really good twist in the story. The way they revealed the background story with subtle layer was extremely well done. IF they could have finished the ending a little better this movie would have been near perfect. But as with most Korean movies, they suffer from an identity crisis, much like some of the characters in this movie. Is it a drama, is it a thriller, is it horror? Gimme some consistency! Well at least it was enjoyable.

 

[KeithTalent]

A Tale of Two Sisters - 7/10

Very atmospheric and had a really good twist in the story. The way they revealed the background story with subtle layer was extremely well done. IF they could have finished the ending a little better this movie would have been near perfect. But as with most Korean movies, they suffer from an identity crisis, much like some of the characters in this movie. Is it a drama, is it a thriller, is it horror? Gimme some consistency! Well at least it was enjoyable.

I've been wanting to see this one for a long time. I saw the remake, which was terrible, but I hear lots of good things about this original.

KT

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

I've been wanting to see this one for a long time. I saw the remake, which was terrible, but I hear lots of good things about this original.

KT

I didn't even know there was a remake. What was the name of it?

 

[KeithTalent]

I didn't even know there was a remake. What was the name of it?

The Uninvited; it was not very good.

KT

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

wow. i think i barely batted an eye to that when the commercials came out seeing as how it looked horrible.

 

[KeithTalent]

wow. i think i barely batted an eye to that when the commercials came out seeing as how it looked horrible.

Lol, yep. I got free passes:

The Uninvited: 2/10 - Some sort of sneak preview thing last night. This is a remake of the Korean movie Janghwa, Hongryeon, which I have yet to see unfortunately, though hopefully I will soon so I can see how badly they butchered the remake. I actually laughed out loud at this movie multiple times for the sheer ridiculousness of it all; terrible acting and horrible, horrible dialogue. On a positive note the popcorn and Glossette raisins we ate were freaking delicious, definitely the highlight of the show.

KT

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

The ex dragged me out to movies. She wanted to watch that one. I hadn't been paying attention to any new releases at the time, so I didn't know what I was walking into. Within 5 minutes I realized what it was, and wanted to leave already. Not cool.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

is that the reason why she's your ex?

 

[mesthead21]

It's not what you're thinking, so don't worry.

KT

Ill edit my post. I didn't really think it was a spoiler... more of you can relate to the story if you have ever had a pet you loved

 

[sandorski]

Primer 4/10- Starts well and seems to hold a lot of promise. However, by the midpoint it begins to get confusing and by the end I couldn't figure out WTF was going on anymore.

I was disappoint.

 

[KeithTalent]

Primer 4/10- Starts well and seems to hold a lot of promise. However, by the midpoint it begins to get confusing and by the end I couldn't figure out WTF was going on anymore.

I was disappoint.

I freaking love this movie. I've watched it, probably 5 times now, 3 times without the commentary and twice with.

KT

 

[sandorski]

I freaking love this movie. I've watched it, probably 5 times now, 3 times without the commentary and twice with.

KT

I started out loving it, but hated it by the end. Just poorly put together IMO.

 

[KeithTalent]

I started out loving it, but hated it by the end. Just poorly put together IMO.

Hmm, I did find it difficult to follow in parts, but by the end I was completely sold and thought I had figured out what was going on. Listening to the commentary helped to solidify things in my mind after the fact.

KT

 

[BoomerD]

I suffered severe brain damage last night. When I returned Iron Man 2 to the Red Box I stupidly rented the remake of Clash of the Titans.
I want my $1.50 back. TERRIBLE movie...but, I guess I should have known better...I saw the original with Harry Hamlin in the 70's...and it also sucked.
Some of the special effects in the remake were fairly good, but it didn't make up for the cheesy costumes, poor acting, and just plain bad movie making.
1.5/10

 

[KeithTalent]

I suffered severe brain damage last night. When I returned Iron Man 2 to the Red Box I stupidly rented the remake of Clash of the Titans.
I want my $1.50 back. TERRIBLE movie...but, I guess I should have known better...I saw the original with Harry Hamlin in the 70's...and it also sucked.
Some of the special effects in the remake were fairly good, but it didn't make up for the cheesy costumes, poor acting, and just plain bad movie making.
1.5/10

Lol, yes, I have been fortunate enough to avoid this one. I don't think I've heard any glowing reviews of the new Clash; at least the old one has nostalgia going for it.

KT

 

[Albatross]

Zodiac 7/10 -feels like forced ambiguity for lack of a better expression.

 

[moshquerade]

Devil (in theatre) 8/10.

Ending was not exactly predictable, but I didn't leave conflicted about what the ending actually meant.... like some of the movies lately have you doing.

 

[pontifex]

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - 6/10 - good cgi, fairly interesting story, kind of cheesy and just seemed to drag on.

 

[KeithTalent]

The Book Of Eli - 4/10: Maybe if they had called this Mad Blax I would have liked it more. I love Denzel and can watch him in anything, same goes for Gary Oldman, but the story and the writing in this film is pretty damn terrible. It's heavy-handed, it makes no sense, and it's quite boring in parts (it's also at least 15 minutes too long!). I would have enjoyed a straight road movie with the character of Eli, since I did enjoy Denzel as usual, but the overarching religious themes were just far too clumsy and made the film feel silly and almost preachy. A few fun parts, but pretty meh overall.

KT

 

[BurnItDwn]

I like that its not polished, it has a rugged feel that I really like. Newer action films just don't do it for me, over the top special effects etc. This was only 1999, but still fits into the category of older style action movie

damn, 33% on rotten tomatoes. its clearly no masterpiece, but its a fun movie

I don't mean not polished in terms of effects. I mean that they could have reviewed the script one more time and made another round of alterations. They could have done a few more takes on a couple of scenes. Nothing really in specific that strikes me. But, the whole thing just doesn't seem to fit together as well as it could have. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and own the DVD, but, it could have been sooo bloody great

 

[Arcadio]

Catch-22 9/10 - Excellent movie, but I think I loved it because I love the book. I'm not sure if someone who's never read the book would get it. Excellent cast, but Alan Arkin as Yossarian steals the show.