Movies

[irishjayhawk]

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.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Ferris Buller to be remade?
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...1447&GT1=28101

God I hope not. That's a classic. Aren't they planning on remaking War Games too?

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by luv

Tonight, I got...

Julie & Julia
Wolverine
The Soloist

I really enjoyed Julie & Julia.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I wanted to stab Zoey Deschenal (sp?) to death with a grapefruit spoon just watching that trailer.

Yeah, that was my reaction through the whole film. Her character is not sane.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Watched The Hurt Locker. That shit was good.

It won the Critics Choice Best Picture.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

It won the Critics Choice Best Picture.

Great flick. Just watched it last night. Deserves all the accolades.

[Frazod]

Anybody seen Book of Eli yet? It looks interesting, but has got mixed reviews.

[KcMizzou]

I saw "Rachel Getting Married" tonight.

I'd ignored it, because it sounded like a "chick flick". But Reaper loved it, so I was intrigued.

It's certainly not for the masses... but it was fantastic. Hathaway has some acting chops.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

I saw "Rachel Getting Married" tonight.

I'd ignored it, because it sounded like a "chick flick". But Reaper loved it, so I was intrigued.

It's certainly not for the masses... but it was fantastic. Hathaway has some acting chops.

hi5! It is so good, and my estimation of it has gone up with repeated viewings.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Yeah, that was my reaction through the whole film. Her character is not sane.

I wonder if it's the Juno-ification of female leads.

Yes, it's nice to have an acerbic female to play off of, but don't make them caricatures.

[Reaper16]

What came from Netflix today? Why, a new Blu-ray of my favorite movie of 2009 -- In the Loop

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I recently watched an indy film called "Adam". Love story about a guy who has Asperger's syndrome.

It's alright. Nothing spectacular. 6/10.

Watched a documentary called Stolen about the Gardner art theft in Boston in 1990. Less informative than a Wiki article and the cinematography was awful (impressive, given that they only really needed to use standard close shots).

3/10.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I wonder if it's the Juno-ification of female leads.

Yes, it's nice to have an acerbic female to play off of, but don't make them caricatures.

For real. There wasn't an attempt made at making her character seem like a complete human being. I felt in turns annoyed at her petulance and worried that I was only being given a single, biased view at a woman who had to be more than what I was shown.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

For real. There wasn't an attempt made at making her character seem like a complete human being. I felt in turns annoyed at her petulance and worried that I was only being given a single, biased view at a woman who had to be more than what I was shown.

I think I may have already said this in this very thread, but Juno strikes me as how someone with no social skills would write about someone who they think would be witty.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I think I may have already said this in this very thread, but Juno strikes me as how someone with no social skills would write about someone who they think would be witty.

Even worse is that such banal witticisms are wrapped up in a script that celebrates social conservatism.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Even worse is that such banal witticisms are wrapped up in a script that celebrates social conservatism.

And here I thought that running teary-eyed from Planned Parenthood and getting together with your 16 year old baby daddy that you only hooked up with once before was iconoclastic.