Topic: I just watched [movie x here] (Read 589023 times)

Lupercal · « **Reply #50 on:** 28 Apr 2012, 04:15 »

Oops. Kind of ripped that off in my amazing low budget student film intro, the forever unfinished 2008 masterpiece Thrasher Woods.

Premise? Group of whacky 17 year olds get sent a tape chronicling the misadventures of another group of students who "mysteriously disappeared" a few years ago. So, naturally, the kids go the same place, with cameras, and shit goes down. By that I mean Blair Witch shit, which means I stepped on a leaf and shit myself kind of horror.

Anyway, because my Facebook feed was abuzz with people talking about the Avengers, I watched The Incredible Hulk last night in preparation for seeing it. I still need to see Thor and Captain America. Housemate's verdict was that it was so much better than the trailers make out (which is kind of like Hey I'm Iron Man and here are some other costumed people)

Just watched Chasing Amy (Jason Lee in anything other than Earl is still a novelty for me, as was Ben Affleck with facial hair) and didn't think too much of it. Lack of closure at the end of what is essentially a sort of rom-com didn't do it for me.

LTK · « **Reply #51 on:** 28 Apr 2012, 04:36 »

I still haven't seen Thor either, although I can't remember whether or not I saw the Hulk. I wouldn't bother with Captain America though. The premise pretty much tells you everything there is to know about it.

Cie · « **Reply #52 on:** 30 Apr 2012, 15:11 »

Watched Mean Streets on the beeb the other night. 1973 film about italian-american mobsters in New York with Robert de Niro in it, and really, really cleverly filmed. I could see a film student gawking about this one. You got a real sense of how NY was at that time, and little Italy, with all its grime and glamour. The first half was funny-at-times and a bit boring at times, although the second half, particularly the last twenty minutes is really compelling viewing. Glued to my seat, my heart rate picking up in the last scene, audibly gasping - the whole drill. The ending really impacted hard. I need to give it a rewatch when I'm not half-asleep - some great acting there.

nekowafer · « **Reply #53 on:** 01 May 2012, 13:07 »

Cabin In The Woods. It was awesome. I already knew the premise because a friend of mine is a movie-ruining jerkface.. but that was okay. I loved how they played it out.

I think the bit with the elevators dinging near the end was my favorite, actually. And anyone who didn't see it is now completely confused.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #54 on:** 01 May 2012, 14:39 »

Time Bandits! Man do I love Time Bandits. It's such a ridiculous, wonderful movie. AND I think I noticed something this time around that I'm wondering if any cult sci-fi movie fans can help me with: is the dog that Benson gets turned into fairly late in the movie the same dog that plays Blood in "A Boy and His Dog"?? The timeline makes sense and they look a LOT alike.

Welu · « **Reply #55 on:** 02 May 2012, 01:18 »

Saw The Avengers. Had a cinematographygasm during the long shot in the big fight.

verdyyy3 · « **Reply #56 on:** 02 May 2012, 13:16 »

Haven't watched a movie in a while.. What do you guys think, which one should it be today:

Unbreakable
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Puss In Boots

Mister D Nomms · « **Reply #57 on:** 02 May 2012, 14:38 »

Are those the only choices?

verdyyy3 · « **Reply #58 on:** 02 May 2012, 17:34 »

Well no, there's these as well:

The King's Speech
2012
The Smurfs
In Time

Lupercal · « **Reply #59 on:** 04 May 2012, 05:52 »

Personally I would've gone for the King's Speech. (which I guess I saw recently)

Avengers - very well done. The trailers make it look like Tony-Stark-and-some-other-people but its probably because Iron Man is the most notable out of those and Robert Downy Jr is the most charismatic (also, his film was the earliest). It was a shame I had to see it in 3D because some of the action was blurry and I felt unable to focus in some of the fast chase scenes around the city. Aside from that, a great film (glad Thor finally managed to use lightening too)

DrPhibes · « **Reply #60 on:** 05 May 2012, 11:38 »

Just saw Cypher, a espionage movie from 2002 that's entertaining, but it won't blow your mind away. And I say espionage like it is, there's only one explosion and and a few gunshots. The rest is double-espionage and more.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #61 on:** 05 May 2012, 12:13 »

Went to a triple feature last night: Big screen, 35mm prints of Predator/The Thing/A Boy and his Dog A.K.A. six hours of pure awesomeness.

LTK · « **Reply #62 on:** 05 May 2012, 16:21 »

Inglourious Basterds. That was a damn good movie.

verdyyy3 · « **Reply #63 on:** 11 May 2012, 03:59 »

Watched This Means War at someone's house last weekend.. stupidest. movie. ever.

Lupercal · « **Reply #64 on:** 11 May 2012, 04:25 »

You'd think that Reese Witherspoon/Chris Pine would be a good combination. Nooo.

Saw the Green Mile last night, finally. Extremely depressing, but very worthwhile to tick off another Stephen King adaption off.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #65 on:** 13 May 2012, 00:01 »

Avengers.

Casting that Just Works.

Shows what can happen when you put someone in charge who actually cares about the material.

Lupercal · « **Reply #66 on:** 13 May 2012, 01:36 »

Couldn't agree more. Had to tear a peer to shreds who said Captain America was a pointless character, but he had only seen the first Iron Man film previously, so I don't think he understood who Cpt America was.

I especially thought Mark Ruffalo was a good choice, and the CGI on the Hulk was infinitely better than the 2008 version.

verdyyy3 · « **Reply #67 on:** 15 May 2012, 18:39 »

In Time - A good time pass but nothing extraordinary

The Descendants - I seriously didn't get what the big fuss was about .....(please don't hate me)

Welu · « **Reply #68 on:** 16 May 2012, 01:32 »

Braindead. Was very tired and had to get up early so had to stop and watch the glorious third act the next day. It's a very disgusting film and I loved it.

LTK · « **Reply #69 on:** 16 May 2012, 08:34 »

Intouchables. Pretty entertaining but nothing to write home about.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #70 on:** 16 May 2012, 08:47 »

I finally watched the Stanley Kubrick version of The Shining, and I thought it was really good. I loved the music and how it sort of makes you think something could happen at any time. Also, Jack Nicholson is really fucking scary pretty much all the time. I think it's the eyebrows

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #71 on:** 16 May 2012, 08:56 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 16 May 2012, 08:47

I finally watched the Stanley Kubrick version of The Shining, and I thought it was really good. I loved the music and how it sort of makes you think something could happen at any time. Also, Jack Nicholson is really fucking scary pretty much all the time. I think it's the eyebrows

I tend to perfer the ABC version of The Shining. Kubrick has a tendancy to put me to sleep. Not that he wasn't any good, just notoriously dull.

DrPhibes · « **Reply #72 on:** 18 May 2012, 05:16 »

I saw the Avengers the other day too and can concur it's a great action movie. Though one thing bothers me and that's the endscene fights which

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DrPhibes · « **Reply #73 on:** 19 May 2012, 08:54 »

Men In Black 2 yesterday. I feel disappointed by the movie, it was not as good as I once thought it was. It's like a 6 and a half our of ten.

Carl-E · « **Reply #74 on:** 19 May 2012, 13:18 »

Saw Avengers and Dark Shaows atthe drive-in with a gaggle of teenagers last night.

It was fun. So were the movies. Really enjoyed them both!

Welu · « **Reply #75 on:** 21 May 2012, 02:22 »

Saw The Dictator. Was decent I thought. Usually not a fan of Insulting-For-The-Sake-Of-Insulting shock humour but there were so many women in the place gasping at the jokes. Seriously, what did you think the film was about? If you haven't seen the trailer, the shock is gone after ten minutes.

I wouldn't say it was clever but it took its messed-up-ness to such silly levels, I was amused.

Mister D Nomms · « **Reply #76 on:** 21 May 2012, 08:15 »

Has anybody seen the new Three Stooges movie? Was it ok?

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #77 on:** 21 May 2012, 08:40 »

Quote from: Mister D Nomms on 21 May 2012, 08:15

Has anybody seen the new Three Stooges movie? Was it ok?

Haven't seen it, but have heard it's funny and the actors nailed the roles, but you can see why the originals didn't do full length movies, tends to get tired after the 1 hour mark.

Mister D Nomms · « **Reply #78 on:** 21 May 2012, 09:01 »

That's nice. I was going to see that The Raven movie, but I don't want to have to inform the people in the theater how they got Poe's shit all wrong. Three Stooges it is!

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #79 on:** 21 May 2012, 09:33 »

Quote from: Mister D Nomms on 21 May 2012, 09:01

That's nice. I was going to see that The Raven movie, but I don't want to have to inform the people in the theater how they got Poe's shit all wrong. Three Stooges it is!

If there ever was a movie to pirate, The Raven would be it. Otherwise I don't think it's actually paying for. none of Cusak's movies are

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #80 on:** 01 Jun 2012, 13:17 »

I just saw Drive and it was pretty good, even if it was really sad. I didn't know it was so gory though.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #81 on:** 01 Jun 2012, 19:58 »

Dark Shadows. A failure if it was trying to be an homage to the original, or a respectful reimagining, or a comedy, or a horror film, or a character film, or an interesting plot. Minor success as a period piece.

Nikolai · « **Reply #82 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 01:14 »

Battleship. Normally I'm very easy to please when it comes to action movies. Give me some explosions, firefights, and a couple of almost-correctly kitted soldiers, and I'll give it a thumbs up. But this? This was just painful.

LTK · « **Reply #83 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 03:05 »

The Avengers. Had a good laugh. Interesting what they did with reflections too. Also reminded me why I dislike 3D movies so much: they make watching into an effort. Gotta get me some of those 2D glasses sometime.

Welu · « **Reply #84 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 04:14 »

Saw Men In Black 3. I really liked it and was totally blown away by Jemaine Clement because I spent the whole film, "I know who that is but can't think of who it is!"-ing at him then was gobsmacked at the credits.

Had to see it in 3D though and ugh... The 3D ads for turning off your phone was far superior. Cinema upgraded its projector so I could actually see the 3D where I was looking, not just in my periphery. If you can see it in 2D, do it.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #85 on:** 03 Jun 2012, 18:42 »

Snow White and the Huntsman. I was sufficiently entertained, and it was way superior to the Disney version.

Lines · « **Reply #86 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 07:53 »

I also just saw Snow White and the Huntsman. Theron really gave an interesting depth to the evil queen and the movie itself actually wasn't bad. It was an interesting twist on the fairy tale/Disney version. My faith has been restored somewhat in Stewart's acting abilities. (She's stiff in the Twilight series, much less so in the Runaways and SWatH.)

But compared to Mirror Mirror, I liked Mirror Mirror better. It was a very fun take on Snow White. But both movies did something great - they made Snow White into a badass and not just some pansy who cleans all the time.

Lupercal · « **Reply #87 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 07:25 »

I don't understand Prometheus, or its positive critical reception.

Mister D Nomms · « **Reply #88 on:** 07 Jun 2012, 07:32 »

Are there space boobs in it?

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #89 on:** 11 Jun 2012, 06:44 »

Quote from: Mister D Nomms on 07 Jun 2012, 07:32

Are there space boobs in it?

Or space ass crack?

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #90 on:** 11 Jun 2012, 09:48 »

Spent 12ish hours in a movie theater on Saturday for a Killer Summer quintuple feature. The lineup was:

One Crazy Summer / Wet Hot American Summer / Friday the 13th / Dead Alive / The Burning

All awesome, and surprisingly easy to sit through.

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #91 on:** 18 Jun 2012, 09:15 »

Iron Sky: The campyest, most racist movie of all times.

But the good thing about it was: EVERYONE was a stereotype, from the token black hero, to the Sarah Palinesque president, to the North Korean claiming the Nazi Uber-ship was designed by Kim Jong Il himself.

It was so full of win!

Lines · « **Reply #92 on:** 18 Jun 2012, 17:38 »

Prometheus was....ok? I mean, there were little parts I enjoyed and it was pretty, but the storyline was meh. It moved too slow and not a lot happened, I guess. I don't know. But Michael Fassbender as David was pretty much my favorite part of the movie. He did a great job with his character.

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #93 on:** 20 Jun 2012, 06:06 »

Quote from: tuathal on 19 Jun 2012, 17:00

21 Jump Street is the fucking worst movie.

Johnny Depp aproves this post

Welu · « **Reply #94 on:** 21 Jun 2012, 04:50 »

Saw the trailer for Monsters University last night. Showed it to my boyfriend and he told me he'd never seen Monsters Inc. Can't count how many times I've seen it now so much fun and so much AWW. He liked it too.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 Jun 2012, 19:01 »

I saw that trailer tonight, too

And one for The Hobbit. In 3D. IT'S GONNA BE EPIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!

And saw Brave tonight. IMO, it is one of the better Pixar movies I've seen (ok, a low fantasy setting with swords and magic and whatnot probably makes me bias), but interspaced with the usual Disney/Pixar goofiness, there was a grittiness to it that made it enjoyable for older people as well (along with a couple nightmare fuel-inducing scenes). I figured out the major plot points pretty easily, but I pushed that knowledge aside and allowed myself to enjoy the movie (it worked). And the final fight scene I'd say is comparable to Simba vs Scar and Gaston vs Beast.

And the mini-clip before the movie started was adorable.

Pixar, make moar fantasy!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #96 on:** 23 Jun 2012, 08:12 »

I saw Brave yesterday and I enjoyed it a lot. It's not a Pixar insta-classic, but it's still a really good movie. It definitely uses old tropes, but it does them in a way that is really good.

doombilly · « **Reply #97 on:** 23 Jun 2012, 11:21 »

Quote from: IDMG on 25 Apr 2012, 01:38

I watched Attack the Block again to see if there was something I missed the first time.

Nope, still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Aw, I liked it. You should probably not watch Attack the Gas Station. It isn't related except for similarities of the titles.

Bachi-Atari · « **Reply #98 on:** 25 Jun 2012, 09:40 »

Must check out this movie now, anything has to be better than Monster Brawl. It's a bad combo of classic monsters with cheesy wrestling. Even Dave Foley couldn't save this film.

Lines · « **Reply #99 on:** 25 Jun 2012, 10:01 »

I saw a preview for The Incredibles II and it looked awesome.

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