NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[n7]

Also, they DO speak English.

I am aware. I have issues with the Apes being able to speak and understand English (it's ridiculous, regardless of the context).
Animal playing humans essentially isn't something i'm a fan of. It's too akin to cartoons and Disney and animated crap.

Temple Grandin - HBO movie with Claire Danes 9/10

I've seen it before, and might have even reviewed it in this thread (been a while), but it deserves mentioning, it is such a great film. It's the story of an autistic woman who figured out ways to more humanely treat cattle, and was good for business. For example, a 'dip' that is a bath for the cows would have to stop if a cow slipped and broke a leg, but her setup the cows just naturally walked through it (instead of being prodded).

Pretty inspiring and interesting story; you should check it out if like movies like that.

Claire Danes is just such an incredible actress i will need to look into this.

The Grand Budapest Hotel 9/10 (HBO HD)

One of Wes Anderson's best. Very entertaining. Very stylized. It has even more of Anderson's signature quirk.

The 4:3 aspect ratio was interesting. The movie even plays around with it. For example, some people are waiting at a large gate and you hear lots of metal clanging as if someone was trying to open it. Then you hear loud metal hinges creaking and the camera pans slightly left to reveal a door you didn't know was there. The door would have been visible the whole time of it was framed for 16:9. Were any other Wes A movies filmed in 4:3 aspect ratio?

I love the camera movements in Wes A movies.

Weird, i didn't remember it being in 4:3 when i saw it in the theatre, but apparently they did it in three different ones!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...w_wes_anderson_movie_has_three_different.html

I need to watch this again. I didn't love it as much as Moonrise Kingdom, but it was still very good.

 

[Rudee]

Unbroken - 4/10

Unlike the book, the film fails to connect emotionally. Long and drawn out with far too much time spent focusing on the torture the main character endured as a POW. Angelina Jolie took a 5 star screenplay and turned it into a 2 star movie. Produced and Directed by Angelina Jolie, which was a terrible mistake.

 

[DigDog]

trying to watch the fifth element, but i dont know if i can make it to the end. god, this film is even more awful that i remembered.

 

[Spydermag68]

Marvel's Agent of SHIELD Season 1. 8/10. Some of the episodes are a little week but I cannot stop watching. I hope watching season 2 will be just as good.

 

[AgentUnknown]

Teenage mutant ninja turtles. 6/10. It was enjoyable for what it was. It captured the magic of the old cartoons. My 12 yo self loves it. It had a nice ass shot of Megan Fox.

 

[werepossum]

trying to watch the fifth element, but i dont know if i can make it to the end. god, this film is even more awful that i remembered.

lol Different strokes, I'd give it 8/10 for either Jovovich OR Chris Tucker OR Gary Oldman alone.

 

[zinfamous]

lol Different strokes, I'd give it 8/10 for either Jovovich OR Chris Tucker OR Gary Oldman alone.

The 5th Element is awesome.

I suspect DigDog of being a Ginger. :hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

Teenage mutant ninja turtles. 6/10. It was enjoyable for what it was. It captured the magic of the old cartoons. My 12 yo self loves it. It had a nice ass shot of Megan Fox.

Here you go

Now there seems to be no real reason to watch this movie


[NSFW up there, btw]

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

maze runner - 6/10. it wasn't bad. i'll watch the next one.
the purge - 4/10. the kids were annoying.

 

[KeithTalent]

Anyone ever seen a movie with D-Box? I want to go see The Hobbit this weekend and I want to see it in HFR 3D, but they also have it showing in D-Box and really have no idea if that is something worth doing. :hmm:


KT

 

[Xonim]

Anyone ever seen a movie with D-Box? I want to go see The Hobbit this weekend and I want to see it in HFR 3D, but they also have it showing in D-Box and really have no idea if that is something worth doing. :hmm:


KT

I haven't personally, but FWIW, a friend I trust said it's pretty cool. Just from knowing what it is, I'd have to guess a more action-packed movie would be the way to see it (not sure about the Hobbit).

According to this slashfilm review, it seems dialogue heavy movies are left with very sparing use of the motion.

For the $10 ticket difference or whatever, it'd be worth trying it out for yourself IMO.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

trying to watch the fifth element, but i dont know if i can make it to the end. god, this film is even more awful that i remembered.

I rewatched it the other month and it was great.

 

[ControlD]

trying to watch the fifth element, but i dont know if i can make it to the end. god, this film is even more awful that i remembered.

Agreed. I never understood why this movie was so popular. I'm not sure I've ever seen Chris Tucker not ruin a movie either.

 

[Childs]

The Equalizer - 8/10

Its fine. In some ways its more like Deathwish than The Equalizer, but it was still entertaining. Could just be that I don't remember The Equalizer origin. I thought it was just some old rich English dude with an ad in the paper offering to f*** people up for free.

 

[KeithTalent]

I haven't personally, but FWIW, a friend I trust said it's pretty cool. Just from knowing what it is, I'd have to guess a more action-packed movie would be the way to see it (not sure about the Hobbit).

According to this slashfilm review, it seems dialogue heavy movies are left with very sparing use of the motion.

For the $10 ticket difference or whatever, it'd be worth trying it out for yourself IMO.

Well this should be the most actiony of the 3, so maybe it will be cool. May as well give it a shot. Thanks!

KT

 

[KeithTalent]

The Equalizer - 8/10

Its fine. In some ways its more like Deathwish than The Equalizer, but it was still entertaining. Could just be that I don't remember The Equalizer origin. I thought it was just some old rich English dude with an ad in the paper offering to f*** people up for free.

I actually really enjoyed this movie. Was far more entertaining than I expected.

KT

 

[Childs]

I actually really enjoyed this movie. Was far more entertaining than I expected.

KT

It was pretty good, and I can see myself watching it again. I probably shortchanged it by a .5 - 1.0 point. I think if I didn't have the notion of what it should be from what I remember of the TV series I wouldn't have been impatient for the bad assery to start. Whats funny is if I watch the TV series now it probably wouldn't be as good as I remembered it to be. It did put me in the mood to watch Book of Eli and Man on Fire again.

 

[KeithTalent]

It was pretty good, and I can see myself watching it again. I probably shortchanged it by a .5 - 1.0 point. I think if I didn't have the notion of what it should be from what I remember of the TV series I wouldn't have been impatient for the bad assery to start. It did put me in the mood to watch Book of Eli and Man on Fire again.

I don't think I ever actually watched an episode of the old show, though I remember the ads very well. Not the biggest fan of Eli, but I really liked Man on Fire and I also enjoy Deja Vu which is kind of a stupid movie, but a fun stupid movie. Good old Tony Scott (RIP).

KT

 

[Childs]

I don't think I ever actually watched an episode of the old show, though I remember the ads very well. Not the biggest fan of Eli, but I really liked Man on Fire and I also enjoy Deja Vu which is kind of a stupid movie, but a fun stupid movie. Good old Tony Scott (RIP).

KT

Yeah, I'm not sure that I actually watched much of the show, but I remember the promos fairly well. I don't think I can trust my memory on it, but it did put in some expectations of what the movie should be.

I thought Eli was nearly a perfect post apocalyptic movie until the end. Deja Vu was great. Out of Time is one of my favorite Denzel movies. I don't think I've seen bad Denzel movie, so going in I probably started at 8 and it didn't really do anything to change that one way or the other. It was good though, but I was expecting good at the least.

 

[KeithTalent]

Yeah, I'm not sure that I actually watched much of the show, but I remember the promos fairly well. I don't think I can trust my memory on it, but it did put in some expectations of what the movie should be.

I thought Eli was nearly a perfect post apocalyptic movie until the end. Deja Vu was great. Out of Time is one of my favorite Denzel movies. I don't think I've seen bad Denzel movie, so going in I probably started at 8 and it didn't really do anything to change that one way or the other. It was good though, but I was expecting good at the least.

Sounds like you need to start listening to this: http://denzelwashington.wolfpop.com/

KT

 

[Childs]

Sounds like you need to start listening to this: http://denzelwashington.wolfpop.com/

KT

I'm listening to the intro episode, and its pretty good. Got one for Clooney?

 

[CZroe]

Yeah, I'm not sure that I actually watched much of the show, but I remember the promos fairly well. I don't think I can trust my memory on it, but it did put in some expectations of what the movie should be.

I thought Eli was nearly a perfect post apocalyptic movie until the end. Deja Vu was great. Out of Time is one of my favorite Denzel movies. I don't think I've seen bad Denzel movie, so going in I probably started at 8 and it didn't really do anything to change that one way or the other. It was good though, but I was expecting good at the least.

Have you seen "Fallen?"

 

[Childs]

Have you seen "Fallen?"

Yup, thats a great one as well. I have it on blu-ray, and probably had it on dvd at one point.

 

[Chaotic42]

Guardians of the Galaxy - 6/10

It wasn't bad. The characters were decent, but the plot was pretty dull. I guess I might watch it again if it were on.

 

[Muse]

I saw A Christmas Story for the first time last night. I give it a 5/10. For all the hype around here, I thought it was pretty meh. It had some lulz, but wasn't all that funny, and didn't feel especially Christmasy. Probably one of those 'I guess you had to be there things'. It came after my time.

I watched it once 7 years ago. Here are my notes verbatim:

Started it and got around 45 minutes into it (estimate) and decided I couldn't stand it. I could have stuck it out, but honestly I thought it was miscast to begin with. How could that woman be married to THAT man? The kid(s) didn't interest me, the episodes, well, a very few were interesting to me but some bothered me mightily. For one, the one where a kid responded to a dare and put his tongue against the metal pole in the freezing cold was just too much for me. Painful and disgusting. The scenes you were supposed to find funny with the father just left me cold. I don't believe I laughed once. I hit EJECT and put in Run Lola Run and was SO GLAD I DID!

The kid wanted a certain BB gun more than anything else in the world for Christmas, and the kids around there just lived for Christmas. Well, ga.

The Interview 5.5/10

Obviously most of us are going to watch this because of what's been going on surrounding it, that's why I watched it. It's standard Seth Rogan fare, you either love it or hate it. I personally don't like his movies since they have all the same fart/sex jokes in them. Yes there were definitely some laugh out loud funny parts but less than a handful for me. The movie has transcended what it originally was meant to be though. Should you watch it? I say yes. Is it a good movie? No, but that doesn't matter at this point.

I had no interest in it before the humongous controversy broke, and still don't.