Movies and TV Movies - Page 297

irishjayhawk · 10-13-2007, 11:31 PM

Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.

Simply Red · 02-25-2010, 09:42 AM

KCChiefsMan · 02-25-2010, 11:18 PM

finally watched The Hurt Locker, loved it! I was "into it" the entire time.

Frazod · 02-25-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

It really sticks upon subsequent viewings that the running time, even on the theatrical cut, really is too long. That's about the only flaw that movie has, though; its pretty darn underrated.

Good movie, but it was slower than creeping death.

Useful Idiot · 02-26-2010, 03:08 AM

Mesrine. part 1 and 2.

**007** · 02-26-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I actually thought The Wrestler was outstanding, primarily for Rourke's performance (and Marisa Tomei being naked 90 percent of the time didn't hurt).

Hmmm, maybe I should check this movie out.

DeepPurple · 02-26-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

(The Wrestler) Hmmm, maybe I should check this movie out.

It was the best movie I saw last year.

Otter · 02-26-2010, 03:17 PM

I watched "Road to Perdition" this week and wound up rating it 4/5 stars. Great movie but I had a really hard time getting past Tom Hanks playing gangster role. It's kind of weird because he played great characters in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Appolo 13" so well. Crime movies, specifically organized crime, are my favorite genre so I'm sure I have preconceived notions of what these characters should be like. Anyway, that's more of a personal viewpoint than anything on Tom Hanks.

Great movie though, thanks for the recommendation.

**Buehler445** · 02-26-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Otter

I watched "Road to Perdition" this week and wound up rating it 4/5 stars. Great movie but I had a really hard time getting past Tom Hanks playing gangster role. It's kind of weird because he played great characters in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Appolo 13" so well. Crime movies, specifically organized crime, are my favorite genre so I'm sure I have preconceived notions of what these characters should be like. Anyway, that's more of a personal viewpoint than anything on Tom Hanks.

Great movie though, thanks for the recommendation.

Did I recommend that to you? I remember recommending it to someone, but I can't remember which thread.

Anyway, I watched this with a chick that I was trying to shack up with. Well, wrong choice, but GREAT movie. Just fantastic. Very very well done IMO.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 02-26-2010, 10:09 PM

watched Management tonight on Netflix instant. Has Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston. Better than expected, pretty cute flick.

KCChiefsMan · 02-26-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

watched Management tonight on Netflix instant. Has Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston. Better than expected, pretty cute flick.

really? I've had that on my instant watch que for a while now and still haven't seen it. Maybe I'll check it out.

Although, I am at the limit of 500 movies on my instant watch que. I love netflix!!! Especially after they added netflix instant watch to XBOX live.

The only thing that sucks about netflix is that I am STILL waiting on The Hangover, it's been at the very top of my que and it's still "long wait" and haven't gotten it yet and I go through 2-4 movies per week.

heapshake · 02-26-2010, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

really? I've had that on my instant watch que for a while now and still haven't seen it. Maybe I'll check it out.

I'd skip it. I didn't think there was any chemistry between Zahn and Aniston and the story is all over the place. Margo Martindale does a great job playing Zahn's mom, but that was the only positive I got from it.

blaise · 02-27-2010, 01:02 AM

I watched Zombieland. It was ok, not enough zombie killing.

I see Cop Out is rating 19% on rottentomatoes. So about 1% for every million they spent on advertising.

KCUnited · 02-27-2010, 09:26 AM

Rewatching Wall Street this afternoon.

Next up is Paranormal Activity.

Jenson71 · 02-27-2010, 02:20 PM

Shutter Island was a solid thriller for my money. I did like it, but it was pretty heavy-handed. You had the blaring "YOU ARE ENTERING DOOM" music the first note, and DiCaprio staring off into the horizon like a damn pirate right away. It lays it on thick.

Spoiler!

The effect is that the 'twist' is fairly predictable, and I had mentioned it to my girlfriend about the time he starts wandering to the rocks. Her reaction: "I hope it's better than that." Then the last shot is a bit gimmicky: well, was he right in some way? Ohhh, boooyy. It was a notch below the Goosebumps books I would read as a lad. When the hand would pop out from the grave, or the new "doll" that replaced the evil one suddenly blinked and smiled on the shelf.

But I don't think the point is that Scorcese is trying to do anything all that new here. We know Scorsese is a film historian, and as noted by critics, this is more of his paying respect to the greats in his art (though in much more of a subtle way than the fanboy Tarantino), like Hitchcock and Robert Wise.

For me, the best part of it was the post-War atmosphere. The scare of atomic bombs, flashbacks to the obviously traumatic events of being a soldier, HUAC conspiracies, Nazi conspiracies, etc. The setting really made the movie. And with that, Scorsese throws us into eerie dreams and impacting flashbacks, and it's a good process that worked for me.

DeepPurple · 02-27-2010, 02:49 PM

Jenson, sounds like your a film buff and Shutter Island is my kind of film. I like dramas, whodunits, conspiracy, have you seen 'Ghost Writer'? I saw Ewan Mcgregor and Pierce Bronsdan on all the talk shows but didn't see the film listed in the top 10. I'm thinking maybe there is some backlash because of the director (Roman Polanski)?

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Jenson71 fides quaerens intellectum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Casino cash: $8330900	Shutter Island was a solid thriller for my money. I did like it, but it was pretty heavy-handed. You had the blaring "YOU ARE ENTERING DOOM" music the first note, and DiCaprio staring off into the horizon like a damn pirate right away. It lays it on thick. Spoiler! Part of this comes from its plot, of course. It's not really a slow and steady march into madness. He was always mad. The effect is that the 'twist' is fairly predictable, and I had mentioned it to my girlfriend about the time he starts wandering to the rocks. Her reaction: "I hope it's better than that." Then the last shot is a bit gimmicky: well, was he right in some way? Ohhh, boooyy. It was a notch below the Goosebumps books I would read as a lad. When the hand would pop out from the grave, or the new "doll" that replaced the evil one suddenly blinked and smiled on the shelf. But I don't think the point is that Scorcese is trying to do anything all that new here. We know Scorsese is a film historian, and as noted by critics, this is more of his paying respect to the greats in his art (though in much more of a subtle way than the fanboy Tarantino), like Hitchcock and Robert Wise. For me, the best part of it was the post-War atmosphere. The scare of atomic bombs, flashbacks to the obviously traumatic events of being a soldier, HUAC conspiracies, Nazi conspiracies, etc. The setting really made the movie. And with that, Scorsese throws us into eerie dreams and impacting flashbacks, and it's a good process that worked for me.
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DeepPurple I could of gone pro Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Villages, Florida Casino cash: $10005676	Jenson, sounds like your a film buff and Shutter Island is my kind of film. I like dramas, whodunits, conspiracy, have you seen 'Ghost Writer'? I saw Ewan Mcgregor and Pierce Bronsdan on all the talk shows but didn't see the film listed in the top 10. I'm thinking maybe there is some backlash because of the director (Roman Polanski)?
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