What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

[Varenne Rodin]

Tree of Life does look interesting, but 2001 bored me silly, and I finally gave up on it two hours in. Is it possible to say what Tree does well without spoilers?

It's somewhat difficult to describe. While I think that this film is relatable to everyone, I think that everyone will experience it slightly differently. I was not bored with 2001, so in all honesty, you may be bored with moments of this. On the other hand, this has a much more human story attached to the wonder and strangeness of the universe, and though it is long, it isn't as long as 2001. There is very little dialogue, but the actors deliver phenomenal performances.

There are scenes that take the viewer along the path of evolution. In high quality cinematography, with shots and effects that seem impossible to have captured for the screen. It is rich with a modern classical score. Unlike 2001, I felt deep empathy for all involved. It's a story of family, childhood, and the memories which become exaggerated in a child's mind. The emotion of it sneaks up on the viewer.

Just after the film I thought "Wow, that was a very agnostic movie, or even atheist," but Terrence Malick is Christian, and I could understand Christians taking the science of this story and calling it God. To sum up, this is a film about the earthling experience. I can't do it justice with my review.

From the director of "Badlands," "The Thin Red Line," and "The New World." If any of you should see it, drop me a line and let me know what you thought/felt.

[Varenne Rodin]

Thanks to Neely for the trailer too. That's a pretty good trailer. The film is destined to be a classic. Movies like this are rarely made in this era of cheap garbage "art." I forgot to mention that it's so much about the importance of love, and the need for it to sustain us.

[Calidore]

I think the "human story," as you put it, is what makes the difference. The reason I gave up on 2001 is that after two hours, I realized that I still didn't care about anything that was happening or any of the characters.

Tarkovsky's Solaris, on the other hand, is also long and slow, but involves things happening to real people and their reactions. I'd happily watch that movie again.

So thanks for the clarification. I'll have to check it out now.

[Varenne Rodin]

It's funny you mention "Solaris," because that's the other movie I could compare this to. I thought of that early on. I'm glad I was able to convey that. I hope you enjoy it.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Tonight I'm going to watch A History of Violence. It looks pretty good. I came across it by chance.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1723072793/

[Varenne Rodin]

I enjoyed "A History of Violence" much more than I was expecting.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Oh good. It seems to have mixed reviews, a love or hate sort of thing.

[Varenne Rodin]

I'll be interested to know your reaction. I could see how someone might detest aspects of it, so it could go either way. Pardon me for carrying on. I love movie talk!

[LitNetIsGreat]

No, no thanks for the info. I'll post what I thought about it later on. It looks like I'll quite enjoy it from the trailer though.

[Emil Miller]

Tonight I'm going to watch A History of Violence. It looks pretty good. I came across it by chance.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1723072793/

Looks pretty much like the usual nihilistic nonsense but I do like to see evil shot in the face rather than have excuses made for it a la UK do goodery.
I hope you enjoy the film, it certainly looks more interesting than Woody Allen.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Looks pretty much like the usual nihilistic nonsense but I do like to see evil shot in the face rather than have excuses made for it a la UK do goodery.
I hope you enjoy the film, it certainly looks more interesting than Woody Allen.

Ha, not at all dear Woody was on form last night with Scoop - you should watch that one.;)

Well with this film at least I have found one that Mrs Neely will watch with me, whether that is a good thing or not I don't know.

[Emil Miller]

Ha, not at all dear Woody was on form last night with Scoop - you should watch that one.;)

Well with this film at least I have found one that Mrs Neely will watch with me, whether that is a good thing or not I don't know.

For one frightful moment I thought the Americans had, in their desperation to find anything original, got hold of the funniest novel in the English language: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. Having checked it out, I find that it is only the title that is the same. Gott sei Dank as they say in the fatherland.

[LitNetIsGreat]

For one frightful moment I thought the Americans had, in their desperation to find anything original, got hold of the funniest novel in the English language: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. Having checked it out, I find that it is only the title that is the same. Gott sei Dank as they say in the fatherland.

Oh no, it's just the title. It's a top film though, full of typical Woody Allen humour all the way - I believe that it is the last film he has acted in as well. Watch the trailer, I'm sure you will be putting it on your Amazon wish list:

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1569063193/


Had to pause the History of Violence after 45 min because Mrs N is tired. I'm not too keen on it though. Watchable.

[qimissung]

It's somewhat difficult to describe. While I think that this film is relatable to everyone, I think that everyone will experience it slightly differently. I was not bored with 2001, so in all honesty, you may be bored with moments of this. On the other hand, this has a much more human story attached to the wonder and strangeness of the universe, and though it is long, it isn't as long as 2001. There is very little dialogue, but the actors deliver phenomenal performances.

There are scenes that take the viewer along the path of evolution. In high quality cinematography, with shots and effects that seem impossible to have captured for the screen. It is rich with a modern classical score. Unlike 2001, I felt deep empathy for all involved. It's a story of family, childhood, and the memories which become exaggerated in a child's mind. The emotion of it sneaks up on the viewer.


Just after the film I thought "Wow, that was a very agnostic movie, or even atheist," but Terrence Malick is Christian, and I could understand Christians taking the science of this story and calling it God. To sum up, this is a film about the earthling experience. I can't do it justice with my review.

From the director of "Badlands," "The Thin Red Line," and "The New World." If any of you should see it, drop me a line and let me know what you thought/felt.

I also saw this movie earlier this summer and adored it. I've seen Badlands and Days of Heaven (one of my favorite movies; you won't find one more beautiful, except maybe this one), and who would have thought so many years later he could make one as defining as this one? Like 2001 we will be watching this one and wondering, "Where are you?" and "What am I doing here?" along with Jack.

Interestingly, Malick lived for a time as a youth in my hometown, and apparently his parents till live there. I never knew him, but watching this movie was like watching my own childhood unfold, including a difficult parent, a loving parent (mine was wrapped up in one), the death of a sibling, and on a more universal level, the dead on description of the landscape of childhood, both internal and external. Eerie and wondrous.

Varrenne, I think it's interesting that you perceived Malick as an atheist. For myself I saw at least a nod to a supreme being, the part that has to do with wonder and awe and seeking.

Malick's Bartlesville connection:

http://thislandpress.com/08/12/2010/malicks-return-to-bartlesville/


And here's an excellent review from The New York Times:


http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/movies/the-tree-of-life-from-terrence-malick-review.html

[LitNetIsGreat]

No I wasn't that keen on A History of Violence, I thought from the start it wasn't up to much, never mind.

Going to try An Education next. It's a story set in 60s England of a girl going to Oxford and then meeting an older man and wondering whether to give it all up for Paris and adventure. Coming of age stuff, etc, etc. Fancied it awhile back but never got around to it. I'll give it a go.

[Calidore]

Just took my friend's kid's failing history as an excuse to show him the Bill & Ted movies, and thus rewatch them myself. Can't honestly call them excellent, but they are definitely righteous and most non-heinous.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Just got the last 30 minutes of An Education to watch, it's good, worth watching, well I'm enjoying it anyway.

[MarkBastable]

Horrid Henry.

If you're six, apparently it's great.

[farnoosh]

just watched the animation,Brother Bear (1&2).Funny parts in it if you're into cartoons.Surely,they yake you back to the days..
I'll give it a 6/10.My favorite was (and still is) Beauty & The Beast.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Cowboys and Aliens. 6/10. You should know what you're getting into when you see it by the title alone.

[Helga]

Captain America, I really liked it a lot. To be fair he may be the superhero I know the least about but this movie was good. I thought it was really cool that we met Mr. Stark and Hugo Weaving is always good!! Romance was a little bit to much for my taste, about one kiss to much... but everything else was great and I can't wait for Joss Whedons Avengers!!!

[Stanislaw]

I just finished watching The Hobbit, the 1977 cartoon. It was actually a pretty good cartoon, with some pretty big name actors (Richard Boon for one!!)

I would have to give it a 7 out of 10. It was pretty good, but it did take some creative liberties. Some scenes from the book were altered, and some left out entirely, but in the end it was pretty enjoyable... however, you have to really be in the mood for it, the soundtrack can be a bit odd ;)

[Veho]

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes - I thought it was very good; quite an emotional film but I think it ended too soon, in a way. 7.5/10

[qimissung]

I have to admit that I actually went to the movies and saw "Thirty Minutes or Less" and liked it. It was quite enjoyable, especially if you didn't spend to much time thinking about how the real story ended.

[Stanislaw]

I just finished watching Tucker & Dale VS Evil. 8/10 What a brilliant gory horror-comedy. Its a Canadian made movie (filmed in Edmonton and Calgary) with a humorous take on the cliche of college kids stuck in the woods with a couple of 'evil' hillbillies.

Well worth watching, but not for kids, I'm pretty sure it got an R rating for blood and gore. If you can stand the gore its pretty much laughs beginning to end.

[Delta40]

I just saw Red Dog at the cinema. I live in Perth and I loved the depiction of multi-cultural miners working up North. The Pilbara is massive and its great to see the true story of Red Dog in film - knowing that a good yarn gets longer in the telling. I hear the Americans love it and after watching it I can see why and the sale of red kelpies has just increased. I hope it shows in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_(Karratha)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

"Soylent Green" starring Charleton Heston. 4/10.
I'll leave the desription to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

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[Arden Radio]

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[Snowqueen]

Despicable Me though not as good as Disney's movies, but it was a fun to watch. So 7/10

[DaneNoodles]

Ironclad - 7/10

Knights Templar
King John
Magna Carta
Brutality of War

[LitNetIsGreat]

I've just been watching "Don't Let Me Go" or something like that - it's absolutely rubbish, complete twaddle. I've turned it off halfway, what a silly waste of time. I can't be doing with watching rubbish like this. Avoid.

I did the same with "Mr Brooks" the other day, rubbish.

If you want good TV/film then watch the original version of "The Killing"; a Danish drama, it wipes the floor with any of this sort of nonsense.

[joelavine]

Loved Hedwig, both on stage and the movie. Excellent score.

Last movie I saw was Conviction, which I watched on hbo. Great true life exoneration of wrongly convicted man story but not a great treatment of it. I kept thinking that, in terms of script, tone, sophistication and direction, hbo itself would have likely done a much better job, per their usual yen for assembling writing and directing talent and for emphasizing character and overcoming the pitfalls of hackneyed Hollywood formula, than the movie did. A good cast, for sure, but only Minnie Driver in a supporting role truly scored, with the script giving her something slightly beyond the generic to work with.

Still, for the story, and for the chance to see a first rate cast - Swank, Rockwell, Driver, Juliette Lewis and Melissa Leo in small but momentous gigs - worthwhile.

[Shalot]

The Help - 7.5/10

I could have done without a certain laughably dramatic, teary scene between Skeeter and her mother. Otherwise, I thought the movie was good. The southern white women were so very deplorable. :)

[qimissung]

Colombiana 8/10 I liked it. I'm trying not to feel guilty about it.

[Paulclem]

Watchmen - again. I fell asleep the first time and missed - well I don't know what I missed. I liked it this time though. 8/10. Really well made.

[tonywalt]

A Single Man with Colin Firth.

Good movie, Tom Ford's first work as a director. Stylistic. Thumbs up.

[OrphanPip]

Colombiana 8/10 I liked it. I'm trying not to feel guilty about it.

The problem about that film is that it's essentially a bad Luc Besson (he wrote Columbiana too though) knock off. Leon the Professional and La Femme Nikita are better movies that are very similar, if you haven't seen them before.

[qimissung]

Thank you, OrphanPip. :) I knew it was a "good" B movie. My remark was supposed to mean that I was enjoying a guilty pleasure.

I have seen The Professional and Nikita (the latter to long ago to really have more than a hazy memory of it,which is silenced by my more recent viewing of the American version with Bridgit Fonda); and let's not forget The Fifth Element!

[Paulclem]

I watched Bullet Proof Monk last night. It has the usual hokum of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk trained in martial arts and saving the world. It was nice to hear a few lines of Buddhist wisdom in the film between the fight scenes. he fight scenes were good too. 6/10

[hazelk]

I went to my local movie theatre and saw "The Help" I had great trouble (being an aussie) understanding the Southern accent, for me subtitles would have been great.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I went to my local movie theatre and saw "The Help" I had great trouble (being an aussie) understanding the Southern accent, for me subtitles would have been great.

We saw "The Help" about a week ago. I enloyed it. However, that is not that last movie I watched.

My son and I watched "Fury of the Wolfman", one of three "Serial Chillers" on DVD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fury_of_the_Wolfman

5/10

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[jajdude]

"London Boulevard" was good, starring Colin Farrell.

[Helga]

Rise of the planet of the apes - it was awesome! i loved it, Serkis is really good (when you can't see his face) and people suck.

[zoolane]

Remake 'The Day Earth Stood Still'. It crap the original one is better even thought plain, easy follow and fascinating special effects or story has being rewritten. This is remain has classic or rubbish remake.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Watchmen - again. I fell asleep the first time and missed - well I don't know what I missed. I liked it this time though. 8/10. Really well made.
Watchmen is still my favorite comic book movie adaptation, even above The Dark Knight.


Remake 'The Day Earth Stood Still'. It crap the original one is better even thought plain, easy follow and fascinating special effects or story has being rewritten. This is remain has classic or rubbish remake.
Agreed, the remake was crap.

I just saw Drive. It was absolutely horrible. Everyone else seems to just think its brilliant. It came off to me as a director trying to do what The Coen brothers did with No Country for Old Men and completely failing. 2/10.

[Paulclem]

I watched "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Remember His Past Lives" last week. It is a Thai film with Buddhist themes which meant that there were lots of lingering shots and very little action. It was quite a wierd film, but interesting in its way, though I'm sure some of it was lost in translation, or there were cultural references I just didn't get. 5/10

[Helga]

I just watched 'Midnight in Paris' and loved it, I have to say Owen Wilson surprised me. I was constantly reminded of a short story by Woody Allen I read years ago it wasn't the same but had a similar tone about it.

It's probably in my top 15 Allen movies...

[joelavine]

Contagion. Good, not great. Standout performance by the always terrific Jennifer Ehle. No single storyline works well enough, together they keep your attention and build an evocative enough fabric while the movie lasts. In retro, the whole proves no greater than the sum of its parts.

[Pensive]

Sonbahar - A Turkish movie 'Autumn'. 9/10. Beautiful picturisation and a powerful tragic ending.

[Helga]

Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, really good I loved the music very unusual for a film like this. Sofia Coppola has made some great movies and this one is very good. I would have liked to see the king more though, maybe that is just because i love Jason Schwartzman.

[Vonny]

Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, really good I loved the music very unusual for a film like this. Sofia Coppola has made some great movies and this one is very good. I would have liked to see the king more though, maybe that is just because i love Jason Schwartzman.

I loved this too. I don't know how accurately it was portrayed, but it was fun. I like Kirsten Dunst in the role. I can't remember Jason Schwartzman for some reason. The "I Love Candy" scene sticks in my head. I have this soundtrack on CD, but it is better along with the movie.

[Abookinthebath]

Red. Bruce Willis is an ex CIA agent and someone is trying to kill him. He hooks up with some old buddies and well.....you can guess the rest!

An amusing action film, with a VERY loose plot, but hey, you go in with your eyes open!

A 6/10, but I am very critical! Worth a watch!

[Helga]

I loved this too. I don't know how accurately it was portrayed, but it was fun. I like Kirsten Dunst in the role. I can't remember Jason Schwartzman for some reason. The "I Love Candy" scene sticks in my head. I have this soundtrack on CD, but it is better along with the movie.

he played king Louie, it wasn't a big role but he was very interested in keys and not so in his wife for some reason...

anyway I just watched Broken Flowers and I just loved it, Jim Jarmusch is one of the best, the scenes when we just watch Murray drive or stand or sit are captivating, this is missing in so many movies the silent moments.

also watched Edward Scissorhands and it was a whole lot of fun like all of Tim Burton.

[tonywalt]

Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Very good film, according to the directors cuts it's one of the earlier independantly financed films, and the acting is very good by both Raul Julia and William Hurt. It was filmed in Brazil towards the end of the military regime and some how they got away with reflecting things that had recently happened in Brazil.

[Paulclem]

Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Very good film, according to the directors cuts it's one of the earlier independantly financed films, and the acting is very good by both Raul Julia and William Hurt. It was filmed in Brazil towards the end of the military regime and some how they got away with reflecting things that had recently happened in Brazil.

I've seen that. It was very good.

Just watched Ogre. 1/10 for a funny monster/ogre. The rest was crap, and the Ogre wasn't meant to be funny.

[tonywalt]

Old Joy - Starring Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham) William London

It's pretty melancholic and minimalistic, but it can ring true to alot of people. A story about two old friends who meet up again after not seeing each other in quite a few years. Things have changed for them, but the movie is very subtle and extremely understated in fleshing that out. Very Indie Film.

I like Bonnie Prince Billy a a musician, so that's what led me to this pretty unknown movie.

[Emil Miller]

Red. Bruce Willis is an ex CIA agent and someone is trying to kill him. He hooks up with some old buddies and well.....you can guess the rest!

An amusing action film, with a VERY loose plot, but hey, you go in with your eyes open!

A 6/10, but I am very critical! Worth a watch!

Anyone prepared to give a Bruce Willis film 6/10 could hardly be described as very critical.
Did he take his shirt off?

[Michael T]

Watched Volver last night on Film 4. You just have to love that Penelope Cruz! :drool5:

A good movie which gets an 8.5/10 from me. :thumbs_up

[tonywalt]

Anyone prepared to give a Bruce Willis film 6/10 could hardly be described as very critical.
Did he take his shirt off?

He's quite possibly a better actor than Steven Seagal, but only history will be the judge:yawnb:

[Calidore]

Recent viewings:

Ju-On 1 & 2 (original direct-to-video, 2000): 8/10
Ju-On 1 (theatrical, 2002): 8.5/10
Ju-On 2 (theatrical, 2003): 8.5/10
The Grudge: 8/10
Blues Brothers: 9/10
Some Like It Hot: 10/10
Superman: The Movie: 9/10

[Emil Miller]

He's quite possibly a better actor than Steven Seagal, but only history will be the judge:yawnb:

He is a better actor than Steven Seagal but that's because Seagal has been making the same film throughout his entire career. Still, nobody can play Steven Seagal like Steven Seagal.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

What's with the Bruce Willis hate? He's no great actor, I admit, but he's good at what he does, and he's made more than a few good movies: the first three Die Hards (I enjoyed the fourth, but it just wasn't as good as the first three), Sin City, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, The Fifth Element, Mercury Rising, The Jackal, and he was especially good in 12 Monkeys.

He was also in the last movie I watched, definitely a 10/10 and one of my all-time favorites, Pulp Fiction.

[tonywalt]

Has anyone seen the extended version (2002) of Cinema Paridiso?

Liked or disliked it? I'll give you a hint without spoiling. It gives more insight into the Toto and Elena story - which is very good.

[qimissung]

"Take Shelter" 10/10 Just go see it. That is all.

[Varenne Rodin]

Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, really good I loved the music very unusual for a film like this. Sofia Coppola has made some great movies and this one is very good. I would have liked to see the king more though, maybe that is just because i love Jason Schwartzman.

I adored this film. I was glad they ended it where they did.

"Drive" 9/10. This movie far exceeded my expectations. I was thinking it was going to be some sort of "Fast & Furious" garbage nonsense action movie. It was not at all. Very fantastic cinema. Not a chase movie. I would compare it to "Heat" but with a young 80s feel. The cinematography is excellent. The acting is stellar all around. The movie doesn't really do the expected thing throughout. The soundtrack is sexy and outstanding; some of it indie 80s, a lot of it new indie experimental. You'll want to download it and play it over and over.

To me it's about a young man alone who finds purpose. Great work from Ryan Gosling (and I've never seen the notebook), Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, the whole cast. I'm only giving it a 9/10 because I have to see it again to judge whether I can put it up there with something life changing like "2001: A Space Odyssey", or "The Thin Red Line", or "Mulholland Drive". It could certainly be ranked at the level of "No Country For Old Men" or a number of Coen bros movies.

Here's a clip that doesn't reveal much, but it's a better representation than the American released trailers afforded:
http:// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2a7MWbmJU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Helga]

just watched 'Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are dead' oh it was so good, I love Tim Roth and this movie was so good their conversations were great and all the Hamlet scenes were so good, it made me want to read Hamlet again.

I also just finished 'Play it again Sam' seen it a bunch of times and loved it every time!

[Paulclem]

I watched Apocalypse Now Redux last night. It's an excellent film - 8/10, though I'm not sure the additional material added that much to the first cut. Seeing the extras was ok though.

[Varenne Rodin]

I agree with you, Paul. The original release feels like a well rounded film. The additions weren't necessary, though I guess it's interesting to see how they trimmed it down.

[Darcy88]

I just finished watching The Squid and the Whale. It was great, I'd give it a 9 or a 10 out of 10. A good movie for a literary person, there are two writers amongst the characters. One pretentious character calls The Metamorphosis "Kafkaesque." Funny stuff.

[TurquoiseSunset]

The original 1985 Fright Night. It was horrific, but not for the reasons they intented. I think some old movies should stay buried.

[Mr. Bergstrom]

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.

8 out of 10.

Lovely animation. First 3D film I've seen, was very impressed with it! Looking forward to seeing more 3D films, I love the sense of depth you get! Shame there aren't many decent ones come out in that format!

[hawthorns]

Last one I saw was Midnight in Paris, which I didn't care for. Before that we saw The King's Speech. LOVED that one though.

[RobinHood3000]

Last new movie I saw was Real Steel in theaters. I thought it was quite good - somewhat predictable and corny, but it's a sports movie, so that's pretty much par for the course. Hugh Jackman's a joy to watch, and the spectacle of seeing robots boxing matters quite a lot, as well.

[Varenne Rodin]

I watched an Italian made (English language) movie called "City of the Living Dead" and also known as "The Gates of Hell." 2/10. It's a Lucio Fulci picture. Those of you familiar with Fulci's films probably know that he completely ignores plot. All of the work and attention went to gore. The gore was amazing, but every other scene was completely incoherent, worthless, and disconnected; with random characters doing confusing things. It all had very little to do with living dead. At one point a man threw a blowup doll into a room and it instantly self inflated. He then caressed it and the scene abruptly ended, never to be brought up again or explained.

This movie got 2 points for a woman realistically vomiting all of her vital organs and intestines. If you have the patience to sit through it, you will finish it feeling ashamed and embarassed for everyone involved.

[Calidore]

I watched an Italian made (English language) movie called "City of the Living Dead" and also known as "The Gates of Hell." 2/10. It's a Lucio Fulci picture. Those of you familiar with Fulci's films probably know that he completely ignores plot. All of the work and attention went to gore. The gore was amazing, but every other scene was completely incoherent, worthless, and disconnected; with random characters doing confusing things. It all had very little to do with living dead. At one point a man threw a blowup doll into a room and it instantly self inflated. He then caressed it and the scene abruptly ended, never to be brought up again or explained.

This movie got 2 points for a woman realistically vomiting all of her vital organs and intestines. If you have the patience to sit through it, you will finish it feeling ashamed and embarassed for everyone involved.

I saw a few of his movies back during his '80s heyday. Gates of Hell is probably the worst, although New York Ripper was pretty awful too. House by the Cemetary is better, because he at least tries for atmosphere, though he still couldn't manage coherence. Zombie is probably his best; that one gave me nightmares, probably due to the realistic-looking zombies and the ultra-grim, humorless approach he took. Well, except for the underwater zombie vs. shark fight, but that was awesome.

[Varenne Rodin]

I saw a few of his movies back during his '80s heyday. Gates of Hell is probably the worst, although New York Ripper was pretty awful too. House by the Cemetary is better, because he at least tries for atmosphere, though he still couldn't manage coherence. Zombie is probably his best; that one gave me nightmares, probably due to the realistic-looking zombies and the ultra-grim, humorless approach he took. Well, except for the underwater zombie vs. shark fight, but that was awesome.

Wow. It's amazing you should say that. Someone was just telling me "Zombie" was his best, and that he intended for it to be like a loosely connected sequel to Romero's "Dawn of the Dead." I've also heard it called "Zombie 2" for reasons unknown to me. I can't wait to watch it. I'm told the shark fight is really something else. I'm impressed by your movie knowledge, Calidore.

[LadyLuck]

The Cave, and I would have to give it maybe 6/10. It amused me, but I wouldn't buy it.

[zoolane]

'Psycho' with Norman Bates By Alfred Hitchcock and the best film in my opinion is 'The Birds' of Hitchcock.

[Helga]

our idiot brother- it was only OK everybody around me keep talking about comedies and this funny movie and that funny movie, I just never find them very funny. Wes Anderson makes funny movies though... I watched Bridesmaids a while back because EVERYBODY seems to love that movie including my teacher but is't probably the worst movie I have ever seen! no more of this, I'll stick to sci-fi and fantasy,

that reminds me is my 5 year old to young to see the Gremlins? he has seen all star wars and a few harry potter and iron man and a few more superhero movies, I haven't seen gremlins since I was a kid but I would like to watch them with him, he has 3 Gizmos my brother got him so he knows a bit about it....

[Helga]

'I heart Huckabees' loved it! Jason Schwartzman is a great actor and this movie was so good, one of the best Schwartzman movie and definitely the best movie I have seen starring Jude Law.

[Gregory Samsa]

The Ides of March.

Good movies about politics are unusual, maybe I think that because I compare everything to The West Wing, but this one I really enjoyed.

It was focused on dialogs and didn’t have to use phony car chases etc to get thrilling. The Ides of March show how power always tends to corrupt and I think Nietzsche was right that driving force in humans, all our achievements and ambition, the striving to reach the highest possible position in life, are all manifestations of the will to power.


3/5

[AjaxAscendant]

'Perfect Stranger' gets a 5/10. Wasn't really as good as 'Gothika'.

[Chris1991]

The seventh seal 10/10 some of life's most deepest enigmas are bought up in a solemn and in some parts scary way, the acting is very well done, the feeling the movie creates is perfect, i really enjoyed this one

[Emil Miller]

A Certain Smile, on YouTube.

A very romantic version of a romantic novel by Francoise Sagan. Very picturesque scenes of Paris and the south if France with elegant people in luxurious surroundings. Directed by Jean Negalescu, everyone's favourite glossy film maker, it's the perfect picture for women and sentimentalists; who are not necessarily one and the same thing. I had seen it before but watching it again was very enjoyable. With not a baseball cap in sight, it beats the phony, juvenile nihilistic, pseudo Freudian angst-ridden rubbish of today by a mile.

10/10.

[RobinHood3000]

Catfish, a supposed-documentary on identity. Entertaining and thought-provoking. 8/10.

[Pensive]

Stoning of Surrayya M - 9/10!

[qimissung]

My Idiot Brother. 9/10 I don't care. I liked it. It makes me want a golden retriever, and if I ever own one I know what I'm naming it. :D

[smerdyakov]

The King's Speech - Quite an average film if in all honesty. Nowhere near as good as what critics are making out.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Going to be watching some Woody Allen again over the next few weeks.

Currently watching Vicky Christina Barcelona again - good fun.

Want to watch Manhattan again, but will save that for later weeks.

[tonywalt]

Catfish, a supposed-documentary on identity. Entertaining and thought-provoking. 8/10.

Yes, very good film. I suspect at one point, maybe early on, that the guys knew something was 'off'. But this does happen on the internet all the time. I know a few people who have false identities.

[smerdyakov]

I watched Tyrannosaur last night. Gritty, bleak, compelling, are some words that spring to mind. Think Ken Loach meets Irvine Welsh, and you are thereabouts. Best film I've seen in a while.

[Helga]

Captain America- the first avenger

again, with my son this time and it is still awesome.

[Climacus]

Saw the new Tin Tin movie yesternight. (Growing up I adored the comics.) It was decent. Better than I anticipated.

[Helga]

Much Ado About Nothing- read the play and watched the movie, did enjoy it a lot, play better than movie but movie pretty good, can't wait to see the new movie!!!!

[sadparadise]

I saw Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol on Wednesday eve I'll be generous and give it a 6 out of 10. Last night I saw the new The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, it was fantastic 9 out of 10. Tonight I am seeing War Horse, can't wait! Will fill you in latter!

[sadparadise]

War Horse, a good film. I will rate it eight out of ten. Yes, I enjoyed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo more. Maybe I am more of a Dragon lover than a Horse lover.

[KCurtis]

War Horse, a good film. I will rate it eight out of ten. Yes, I enjoyed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo more. Maybe I am more of a Dragon lover than a Horse lover.
War Horse is next on my list. I watched The Soloist last night and loved it. I'll give it a 9 out of 10

[papayahed]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. It's no Yogi Bear! I'll give it a 7.45/10 just because it had that one song in it.

[Smoky Bones]

Stupid, Crazy Love- 6.5/10 . Ryan Gosling and Steve Carrell are great, the plot is a little different but the climactic graduation scene just does not work.

Also Captain America-7/10 Good comic book movie.

[Varenne Rodin]

Lawnmower Man. 4/10. I gave it a low rating, but I really enjoyed the whole thing. It was hilarious and weird and more imaginative than movies made lately. I'm told there are different versions and I saw the worst cut, so I'll have to see about seeing what I missed.

[qimissung]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. It's no Yogi Bear! I'll give it a 7.45/10 just because it had that one song in it.

Lol; Was it better than the Squeakquel?

"Like Water for Elephants" Not bad, really. I"ll give it a 7.5/10 just because it had Robert Patinson in it, whom, by the way, I like better as
Edward. He makes a dreamy Edward. I guess some blogger is making the proposition that the movie would have been better with Ryan Gosling. I think I agree.

[tonywalt]

Midnight in Paris. i give it a 7 out of 10, pretty good Woody Allen film.

[LadyLuck]

Sharktopus, and I would give it 6/10 :lol: It is what it is. Go in with low expectations and a healthy dose of humor. More comedy than anything.

[Varenne Rodin]

Burlesque. 2/10. It only gets more than one point because it was shot on digital video rather than non-digital video. I laughed a whole lot. I frowned. It was unpleasant. It wanted to be Moulin Rouge. It had a lot of drag queens. I like drag queens, but these weren't good drag queens. One was Christina Aguilera(sc).

It was stupid and sexless. High School Musical III meets G-rated Showgirls meets the Sex & the City movie plus All That Jazz. I'm sure it's perfect if you're the kind of woman who likes this sort of thing.

[MystyrMystyry]

^Haha!

I caught The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (original Swedish version) last night which I thought to be good and bad in equal measure. There was a guessing element to the whodunnit plot and I kept guessing wrong (which is apparently how these things operate), though the denouement I found obvious and weak (and expected it from the beginning - maybe you'll be taken in by the words used to throw the reader/watcher, but alas, not me).

There were slow ponderous parts that might have been better suited to a slow ponderous avante garde experience - these seemed to fumble for a foothold, and gave me the feeling the author hadn't really thought it through (only afterward did I discover it was based on an entire trilogy of novels, so perhaps this was the reason for its length, but sections could have been cut considerably. Also I'm not a native Swedish speaker, so to an extent I forced myself to the screen and subtitles (I'm trying not to subtract points for that).

Was it gripping? Sort of - just not rivetting. There needed to be more concern for the characters, and they largely played as marionettes in a puppet show. The locale, which I must hasten is Sweden and probably the setting, were without exception bleak - though I wasn't expecting a happy comedy - but it's a film, and there could have easily been license for climatic variation: Summer always took place in memory/the past, Winter in the here and now.

There is something to be said about the actual 'physical appearance' of the actors - it was Andy Warhol who said that real people just don't look like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. When something happens in real life it happens to people of little consequence, and a well-chosen cast should reflect this.

I think they got that right - they were believable even though not likeable.

There were novelistic aspects left in which was a good touch, and at moments made me wish I had the book next to me to compare how that bit was written, or this bit. And overall it seemed to succeed as a translation from page to screen, though I haven't read the page.

All up it gets 7/10 (even though one point is out of sympathy/disregarding the subtitle hassle, it is definitely better than a 6)

[OrphanPip]

Well it's 2012 now so I'm just going to list and rank my 10 favourite films of 2011.

10. War Horse - 6.5/10 The movie is very well made, but the corny plot makes it a bit too cloying at times.

9. 13 Assassins 7/10, Takashi Miike is a guilty pleasure of mine.

8. Super 8 - 7/10, a good children's film that captures much of the wonder of an E.T. or the Goonies, but falls apart at the end when it becomes a formulaic action film for the last 30 minutes.

7. Midnight in Paris - 7/10, a middle of the pack Woody Allen film.

6. The Artist - 7.5/10, a good film that is endearing because of its concept. Strong ending and good performances throughout, but has moments where it was a bit dull for me.

5. 50/50 - 8/10, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my celebrity crush.

4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - 8/10, Gary Oldman is great in this movie.

3. Drive, 8/10 has a real Cronenberg vibe to it.

2. Tree of Life, 8.5/10 I have mixed feelings about this, but some parts of it are transcendent.

1. Hugo, 9/10 an ambitious children's movie about cinema itself essentially. It's just great.

[sadparadise]

I agree Hugo was fantastic!!

[farnoosh]

Jsut saw Elvis and Anabelle on TV. 7/10.Loved Elvis !!

[tonywalt]

8 1/2 by Fellini 7 out of 10. I have to really watch it again to determine why it's on the top of every critical list.

[Varenne Rodin]

Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton). 6/10. I love the Alice characters. I give this movie a 6 for the art, mainly. I did like the art, but the whole movie is kind of washed in a bleak gray/blue/black. I don't think it was necessary. Rather than making it a darker tale, it made it somewhat monotonous. The Hatter and the dog characters were endearing. The actress for Alice was quite good. I found the rabbits a bit difficult to look at. I thought the Cheshire cat was cute, but missing his somewhat sinister charm.

The story is simple. It had so much potential but it left me imagining how they could have improved it. It fell apart in the second half. The jabberwocky was decidedly unscary, in some really bad CGI. The ending was a dud.

I'll still rewatch this movie for the lovely first 45 minutes.

[BienvenuJDC]

The Beaver (Mel Gibson) - I'll give it a 6/10. It was very thought provoking, but gave little for entertainment. It started rather slow and never quite picked up. One thing that was very realistic, it portrayed life in a manner as such that life's problems will never be fully solved. We can address the issues in a positive way, but unlike the finale in most movies, all the problems that each person had were still there. But each person started coping with them in a different way. Maybe I'll up it to a 7/10.

[MystyrMystyry]

A River Runs Through It

An oldy but a goody - actually much goodier then I remembered it. Great landscape scenery frames a fairly soft brotherly tale, but this time around upon finding out it was based on a true story, the much better for it. A portrait of the author's brother over a period of six months after having not seen each other for years, ending in tragedy which is hardly touched upon, leaving his memory fresh and eternal.

It's really very good 9.5/10

[Varenne Rodin]

I should rewatch that. ^

[tonywalt]

The Iron Lady. I give it 6/10. Too much attempt to gain insight into her private life and little on her role as prime minister.

[Snowqueen]

I watched A Christmas Carol last night. Its a nice movie and I'll give it 7/10.

[Helga]

I just watched Pulp Fiction, again. Still love Tarantino and this is one of his best.

[MystyrMystyry]

Not a movie, but a documentary called What The Future Sounded Like, a history of British synthesizer development in the sixties. Quite interesting look at how Electronic Music Systems came into being, the AKS and VCS3. Also their powerful use in Dr Who via the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Great footage of a long-haired Brian Eno glammed up in Roxy Music, a look at Silver Machine and the origins of Hawkwind with comments from the band as they were only a few years ago.

Interesting was that back then computers were rare and one of the founders of EMS hocked his wife's tiara to get one (at the price of a house). It was so unusual that someone would want one for personal use that Tomorrow's World dedicated an episode on him and it. Enough memory to record a buzzing blowfly for half a second, and even performed something random on stage in front of an audience to mixed reviews, the music computer was here to stay.

9/10 (could have been longer)

[Desolation]

A Dangerous Method - 2/5...I had high hopes for this movie, none of which were met. Viggo Mortenson delivered a great performance as Sigmund Freud, it's too bad that he was only in the movie for about 15 minutes. The rest was Keira Knightley screaming and Michael Fassbender showing us that Carl Jung isn't nearly interesting enough to deserve his own movie.

[Helga]

I just watched in class today the documentary 'The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela' pretty good, raised a lot of questions among the students.

[Calidore]

Saw The Wages of Fear again, which is is touring in a new HD restoration. I'm not sure much more can be done with a 1953 picture, but seeing this movie in a proper theater is always an experience. If you've never seen it and don't believe a 60-year-old black-and-white suspense film can hit a modern viewer hard, check it out.

9/10

[Emil Miller]

Saw The Wages of Fear again, which is is touring in a new HD restoration. I'm not sure much more can be done with a 1953 picture, but seeing this movie in a proper theater is always an experience. If you've never seen it and don't believe a 60-year-old black-and-white suspense film can hit a modern viewer hard, check it out.

9/10

One of the most exciting films ever. The tension in the cinema when I saw it was almost palpable. It's not that they don't make them like this nowadays it's just that they don't know how to.

http://youtu.be/KWY77rqoBoI

[LitNetIsGreat]

I just finished watching The Squid and the Whale. It was great, I'd give it a 9 or a 10 out of 10. A good movie for a literary person, there are two writers amongst the characters. One pretentious character calls The Metamorphosis "Kafkaesque." Funny stuff.

This looks good.

[Desolation]

Drive (2011) - 5/5...One of the best movies I've ever seen.

[Helga]

'Spun' I don't really know if I liked it or not. I did like the Swedish song, always funny to hear something familiar in a movie like that. I always love Jason Schwartzman so I guess it was good. No 'Trainspotting' but good

[LitNetIsGreat]

Originally Posted by Darcy88
I just finished watching The Squid and the Whale. It was great, I'd give it a 9 or a 10 out of 10. A good movie for a literary person, there are two writers amongst the characters. One pretentious character calls The Metamorphosis "Kafkaesque." Funny stuff.


This looks good.

Yes I enjoyed this, well worth watching good comedy.

[BookBeauty]

I recently saw a movie called, ''The Illusionist'' a second time through. Although predictable, at the time I wasn't feeling too well, so just watching whatever was decent on TV. I enjoyed the movie immensely the first time, fair the second. Overall I'd rate it an 8 out of 10. :) It has fantastic elements that I enjoy, but is also at least somewhat believable.

[Calidore]

Just rewatched Raising Arizona - still 8/10

[Smoky Bones]

Finally got around to watching In Bruges. Thought it was brilliant plus now I want to visist Bruges. 9/10

[farnoosh]

127 hours. 9/10. Franco does have talent after all!

[LitNetIsGreat]

Finally got around to watching In Bruges. Thought it was brilliant plus now I want to visist Bruges. 9/10

Yes I watched that as well the other day, not bad, some funny moments and nice architecture throughout.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Just saw Chronicle. It was an excellent take on the familiar superhero trope with deep and complex characters. Definitely the best movie I've seen at the theater in a long time. 8/10.

[farnoosh]

Saw Eat Pray Love last night. Not bad as I thought it would be. 7/10

[tonywalt]

Beginners. Small independant film, I'd give it a 9/10. Worth watching, and would likely be popular with onlitters.

[tonywalt]

Saw Eat Pray Love last night. Not bad as I thought it would be. 7/10

Really Farnoosh? :smile5: I struggled through this one. The American guy she met in India really irritated me. I liked the Italian part though.

[Helga]

Just watched 'O brother where art thou' in class. saw it when it came out and probably once or twice after that, I always love the Coen brothers they just make good movies. I haven't seen them all though but I really should! loved Fargo, the big lebowski, barton fink and raising arizona, not a huge fan of burn after reading but it wasn't bad, I have a brad pitt complex, he annoys me. didn't like ladykillers, but then again i quit watching after about 20 minuets.

funny how university students can argue about the meaning of a film, all like it but argue about this and that in it. I loved it and wonder about many things in it but not in a way that makes me want to argue about it.

[cafolini]

I just saw Summer of the Colt (an Argentinean movie about children and teenagers in a family ranch owned by grandparents). I think it's very good.

[Helga]

pretty in pink, can't help but love Hughes. I know they are aimed at teenagers but I'm almost twenty-six-teen. I just like'em

[Varenne Rodin]

I love Hughes movies! I've been on a Hughes bender lately. Lots of Weird Science and brat pack and Home Alone. I love his hilarious older people.

[LitNetIsGreat]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374546/

Currently watching Spring, Summer, Winter etc, etc. I'm enjoying it very much so far. Nice scenery and Buddhist stuff. Recommended.

Saw The Women in Black earlier in the week as well. Not bad but didn't work as well as the play. Good to see Hammer Horror produce something again though.

[hawthorns]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman, not bad
Mark Strong, Fantastic

Rating (w/o reading the books or seeing bbc version)--8/10

Rating (having done both)--6/10

[jajdude]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I just got that one the other day. Haven't watched it yet.

"We Need to Talk About Kevin" -- pretty good, a bit disturbing. 7/10 I guess.

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" -- not bad, worth watching. Another 7/10 or so.

[PMLondonderry]

I just watched Breaking Dawn part 1. It was quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen in my life.

The plot is already so incredibly awful, but I did enjoy the movies because I thought they were pretty and I liked the music. This one, however, was not even remotely interesting. I talked through the entire thing, making up my own lines to the really really tedious and bland storyline.

This is what happens when you try to milk the system by turning a perfectly normal one-part-plot into a two-part-movie. They had to drag everything out in order to stretch it into two movies. The fourth book could have easily been done into one movie. Tip: DON'T make the wedding scene an entire half an hour. DON'T make the honeymoon scene another dreadfully boring half an hour where all they do is play chess, not have sex, and swim in the ocean.

Part of me has always sort of enjoyed the movies for the scenery and stuff but I guess as time goes on, I'm realizing what a complete load of crap Twilight is, and I don't even want to be around it anymore. It's marketed towards the most cliche, ridiculous 13 year old girls who think that romance is a love triangle between two (arguably) hot men who risk their lives daily to keep them safe and that the entire world revolves around them and their "uniqueness" compared to the insignificance of every other girl. Complete trash. It's turning young girls into idiots who think life falls apart if their boyfriend leaves them and to expect fairy tale romance when that doesn't even exist. I'm so over teenage romance expectations. They're in for a big disappointment.

[BienvenuJDC]

Master & Commander - 9/10

But maybe I'm just such a sucker for Naval movies.

[Varenne Rodin]

I just watched Breaking Dawn part 1. It was quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen in my life.

The plot is already so incredibly awful, but I did enjoy the movies because I thought they were pretty and I liked the music. This one, however, was not even remotely interesting. I talked through the entire thing, making up my own lines to the really really tedious and bland storyline.

This is what happens when you try to milk the system by turning a perfectly normal one-part-plot into a two-part-movie. They had to drag everything out in order to stretch it into two movies. The fourth book could have easily been done into one movie. Tip: DON'T make the wedding scene an entire half an hour. DON'T make the honeymoon scene another dreadfully boring half an hour where all they do is play chess, not have sex, and swim in the ocean.

Part of me has always sort of enjoyed the movies for the scenery and stuff but I guess as time goes on, I'm realizing what a complete load of crap Twilight is, and I don't even want to be around it anymore. It's marketed towards the most cliche, ridiculous 13 year old girls who think that romance is a love triangle between two (arguably) hot men who risk their lives daily to keep them safe and that the entire world revolves around them and their "uniqueness" compared to the insignificance of every other girl. Complete trash. It's turning young girls into idiots who think life falls apart if their boyfriend leaves them and to expect fairy tale romance when that doesn't even exist. I'm so over teenage romance expectations. They're in for a big disappointment.

I agree that the Twilight movies are horrible. I watched them strictly for MST3K type purposes, like for mocking and hilarity. If they're viewed as comedies, they're actually somewhat good. Haha. Actually, no. No, they are not.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Skyline. Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. .5/10.

[qimissung]

The Painted Veil. 8/10 I loved it, even if they did change the ending. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts did a fine job. Good period piece.

[MarkBastable]

Alvin and the Chipmunks III: Chipwrecked. Probably better than Skyline, if Mutatis is any judge.

[Emil Miller]

The Painted Veil. 8/10 I loved it, even if they did change the ending. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts did a fine job. Good period piece.

This is one of my favourite novels, how did they change the ending?

[LitNetIsGreat]

Still the best films I've seen this year are The Squid and the Whale and Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.


The Painted Veil. 8/10 I loved it, even if they did change the ending. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts did a fine job. Good period piece.


This is one of my favourite novels, how did they change the ending?

This is one of those rare pieces that both Mrs Neely and I enjoy. It is indeed a good film, we have seen it about 4 times. I would give it a 9.1.




**Spoiler**










Well I can't remember the exact ending in the book because I have seen the film too often, but he dies and she goes back to London. Doesn't that happen in the book as well?

[Emil Miller]

Still the best films I've seen this year are The Squid and the Whale and Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.





This is one of those rare pieces that both Mrs Neely and I enjoy. It is indeed a good film, we have seen it about 4 times. I would give it a 9.1.




**Spoiler**










Well I can't remember the exact ending in the book because I have seen the film too often, but he dies and she goes back to London. Doesn't that happen in the book as well?

Yes that's exactly what happens, but prior to her departure she arrives in back in Hong Kong, older and wiser, and sees Charles Townsend for what he really is. On her return to London, she finds that her mother has died and leaves with her father for the Bahamas where he has been offered a government post.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Yes that's exactly what happens, but prior to her departure she arrives in back in Hong Kong, older and wiser, and sees Charles Townsend for what he really is. On her return to London, she finds that her mother has died and leaves with her father for the Bahamas where he has been offered a government post.

Yes she stumbles upon Charles in London in the film and stubs him also. It ends here in the film. It's a good film you'd probably enjoy it.

[Emil Miller]

Yes she stumbles upon Charles in London in the film and stubs him also. It ends here in the film. It's a good film you'd probably enjoy it.

I actually saw a bit of it in a preview on TV just before it came out. It got very good reviews and it looked quite authentic but fell into the trap, common nowadays, of having everyone parading around in spotless costume which should have been a little less so given the period and especially the location.
A version made during the 1930s, of which I have also seen an extract, was very good on costume but had the ridiculous Hollywood idea of starring Greta Garbo in the lead role: a woman who was just about as far removed from the character in the book as it is possible to get.

[PMLondonderry]

I agree that the Twilight movies are horrible. I watched them strictly for MST3K type purposes, like for mocking and hilarity. If they're viewed as comedies, they're actually somewhat good. Haha. Actually, no. No, they are not.

It was just bad bad and more bad. Absolutely nothing interesting happened.

However, it did provide a few inside jokes between my parents and I. "Jacob imprinted" is now a favorite new phrase for "Jacob just **** himself." (I kid you not. The way Edward says it, after Jacob jumps off the porch, made our entire living room laugh outloud. Each of us was thinking the same thing.)

However, hands down, this has got to have been the icing on the cake. This is possibly the worst scene in the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdmEwszUK0&feature=related

[Patito de Hule]

Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith's 1915 adaptation of Thomas Dixon's novel The Clansman, Doublleday, Page & Co., 1906.

The novel was the second novel of Dixon's Klan triolgy, The Leopard's Spots, The Clansman, and The Traitor.. Dixon's idolized uncle was a Klan chieftan, and the novel and movie were the most controversial in our history for glorifying the Klan. The novel and movie were credited with the revival of the Klan in 1915. Our images of the Klan with white robes, pointy hats, and burning crosses originated with this movie and the novel. These icons were universal with the Second Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's. I watched this movie on You Tube for the historical interest, and was so taken that I bought the DVD at Barnes and Noble.

The movie is three hours long and was one of the very first spectaculars ever produced. It incorporated historically accurate reproductions of various scenes of the Civil War. Lillian Gish starred as Emily, and was a great actress--one who survived the conversion to talkies. The first sixty minutes are devoted to getting to know the two families, one Northern and one Southern, who play an important part throughout the movie. At sixty minutes, the Civil War begins, and most of the war scenery is developed around Sherman's march from Atlanta to the Sea. At 120 minutes the war ends with a memorable scene of Lincoln's assassination. The remainder of the movie is based on the era of Reconstruction.

The Klan is started, but never founded. In actual fact, the Klan was founded as a social club by six friends in Pulaski, TN. In the movie, the Klan is started by one man outraged by the actions of the Republicans and Scalawags. In a near final scene it rides like the cavalry, complete with appropriate music, to the rescue of our protagonist family's patriarch holed up in a cabin fighting of a Negro/Republican insurrection.

[Varenne Rodin]

It was just bad bad and more bad. Absolutely nothing interesting happened.

However, it did provide a few inside jokes between my parents and I. "Jacob imprinted" is now a favorite new phrase for "Jacob just **** himself." (I kid you not. The way Edward says it, after Jacob jumps off the porch, made our entire living room laugh outloud. Each of us was thinking the same thing.)

However, hands down, this has got to have been the icing on the cake. This is possibly the worst scene in the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mdmEwszUK0&feature=related

Hahaha. Wow. Now I have to see the movie. That is....like some 1970's cheap voiceover stuff in morning action cartoons. Haha. It's good to laugh. Thanks for the link, Londonderry.

[KCurtis]

Master & Commander - 9/10

But maybe I'm just such a sucker for Naval movies.
No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.

[BienvenuJDC]

No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.

If you liked that one. A&E put out 8 movies based on the character of Horatio Hornblower. They can be watched on youtube, but your local library may also have them. They are fairly close to the books by C.S. Forester.

[LadyLuck]

I just watched Shark Night. I would have to give it 6/10. For the genera it was pretty well made, and it amused me immensely. If you don't like shark movies and b quality movies, then give it a pass. I personally love that kind of thing so I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

[KCurtis]

I just saw The Artist. I saw it with a friend, we both really liked it. It was different for me to see a silent movie, it was very very well done. I give it a 9, as it really was flawless.

[Helga]

My boy and I were watching X-men First class and I can't help it I just love it. I saw it before and just wanted to see it with him. I think it is one of the best x-men movies.

And Fassbender is extremely hot, so that is enough to want to watch it again.


We are gonna watch Iron Man tonight, I have seen it a few times but the boy hasn't.

[BookBeauty]

Ip Man. I give it a 9 out of 10. Was very amusing, and startling at the same time.

[jajdude]

"Moneyball" -- 8/10 for me, but I'm also a big fan of baseball.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

No, that movie was fantastic. Russel Crowe is so wonderful.
I saw Master and Commander when it was in theaters. I fell asleep. One of the most boring movies I've ever seen.

My boy and I were watching X-men First class and I can't help it I just love it. I saw it before and just wanted to see it with him. I think it is one of the best x-men movies.

And Fassbender is extremely hot, so that is enough to want to watch it again.


We are gonna watch Iron Man tonight, I have seen it a few times but the boy hasn't.
First Class is my favorite of the X-Men movies, too, with X2 coming in a really close second.

[Helga]

I saw Master and Commander when it was in theaters. I fell asleep. One of the most boring movies I've ever seen.

First Class is my favorite of the X-Men movies, too, with X2 coming in a really close second.

I agree X-2 was really good but X-3 was awful!!! and then Wolverine was just OK I think, but I have high hopes for the second Wolverine movie.

My boy loved Iron Man, I like parts of it but I don't know there is something about it that bugs me, it's better than Iron man 2 though, way better.

[KCurtis]

I saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy last night, and I found it very confusing and somewhat boring. So I gave up and got mad instead. And I love Gary Oldman, but I should have known it would be confusing, as I had not read the books. My husband loves those stories, so he ofcourse knew what was going on and he has a fantastic memory for names and details. I was befuddled. I can't rate it fairly, the acting was very good, and I guess Oldman was good at portraying a dull person.

[jajdude]

"J Edgar" -- found it boring. Already knew a bit about the guy and I guess the acting was good, but it was dull for me. 5/10

[qimissung]

This is one of my favourite novels, how did they change the ending?

Spoiler Alert

I can't find my copy of the book, but I seem to remember that while Kitty did indeed change after they arrived in China, becoming less shallow and vain, she did not love Walter, although she did respect him and what he was doing. This was born out in how she chose to live her life when she returned to England (after meeting Charles Townsend one more time) by caring for her father and son in a caring and loving manner.

But the movie version has Walter Fane and Kittly fall in love. It's a sweeter, more bittersweet ending (and a bit more traditional, too). I didn't dislike it, it was just different.

[BookBeauty]

I saw the new Three Musketeers movie. I'll give it a 4, or maybe a 5 out of 10. I think that the movie with Charlie Sheen and Tim Curry was far, far superior. This was just dismal.

[Snowqueen]

I enjoyed watching The Descendants. 8/10

[Emil Miller]

This is a scene from '7 Days in May, directed by John Frankenheimer and that I watched last night. It deals with a plot by the military to take over of the US and, while the film has it's faults, this scene between the president and the leader of the coup is absolutely riveting.
Nobody can act like this now but just watch Burt Lancaster and Frederic March to see what we have lost.

http://youtu.be/b6YLVOjTcHg

[Darcy88]

Nobody can act like this now but just watch Burt Lancaster and Frederic March to see what we have lost.


Nuh uh. Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Evz-Nuec_U

[LitNetIsGreat]

"I'm asking you to marry me you little fool..."

Watching Rebecca for the sixteenth time. One of Hitchcock's best from a great book.

[YesNo]

I saw 50/50. Rating 10/10.

[BookBeauty]

1. Hugo, 9/10 an ambitious children's movie about cinema itself essentially. It's just great.

I finished watching this one this evening, and I agree with the rating. It had a lot of heart, and excellent direction, camera angles, etc. It was a beautiful, imaginative film, and I think it's a film you can watch, and have some thoughts to ponder over. There's clearly some deeper contemplations.

[PMLondonderry]

I finally saw The Help and I really loved it. I give it a 9 (just because I'm stingy on 10's)

[charlie79]

I saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy last night, and I found it very confusing and somewhat boring. So I gave up and got mad instead. And I love Gary Oldman, but I should have known it would be confusing, as I had not read the books. My husband loves those stories, so he ofcourse knew what was going on and he has a fantastic memory for names and details. I was befuddled. I can't rate it fairly, the acting was very good, and I guess Oldman was good at portraying a dull person.


why does this film keep getting such good reviews when everyone i know says how dull it is. has anyone seen the older version with alec guinness and is that any good?

[jajdude]

"Margin Call" -- pretty good. Some might find it dull, seems like not much action, and not knowing what was really going on added some tension. It's about the beginning of the financial crash in 2008. I'd say 8/10.

"The King's Speech" -- I thought this was brilliant. The new King of England in 1939 has a stammering problem. Definite 9+ for me.

[hawthorns]

why does this film keep getting such good reviews when everyone i know says how dull it is. has anyone seen the older version with alec guinness and is that any good?

The BBC version with Alec is incredible. Some of the best acting performances ever done imho. Take a look at the Amazon reviews...

[Darcy88]

I watched Beginners the other night. I really liked it. 8.5 or 9 out of 10. You have a movie like Blue Valentine with a realism that makes life seem ugly and wretched, and then a movie like Beginners with an authenticity that makes life seem profound, full of feeling and fear and love.

Blue Valentine wasn't the last movie I saw but I want to rate it too. Minus infinity out of ten. And I'm a fan of Gosling.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Up in the Air with George Clooney is one I watched the other day and enjoyed. I'm not a fan of George Clooney but a friend recommended it and I thought it was pretty good. 7.6 on the brilliant IMDB is about right. Watched Kinsey last night and that wasn't very good. Other films I've watched this week include The Kite Runner which was good but dragged a little and A Dangerous Method about psychoanalysis was good as well but similarly dragged a little towards the end.

The best films I've seen this year are The Squid and the Whale and Up in the Air probably.

[Pensive]

An animation called something like The Adventures of Spencer, the Penguin?
I quite liked it. Very cute. 9/10

[Dorian Doyle]

The masque of the red death, with Vincent Price. It was quite good, I think Prospero's character was very nice, as if he was some sadic. And the red death was great, also. I think it fits quite good with the Omnia mors aequat topic, which is obviously the central point of Edgar Allan Poe's tale. 7/10

[Snowqueen]

I enjoyed watching Jane Eyre. Judi Dench was amazing in the role of Mrs Fairfax.
It was good to see Michael Fassbender as Edward Rochester. I'll give it 9/10.

[Helga]

I enjoyed watching Jane Eyre. Judi Dench was amazing in the role of Mrs Fairfax.
It was good to see Michael Fassbender as Edward Rochester. I'll give it 9/10.

I love Fassbender, I think he was the best part of that movie!

I went to the movies the other day with my boy and he put on his favorite pink shirt and a grey tie and his fancy jacket cause you need to dress up to see Puss in boots. We had a lot of fun and laughed a lot. Humpty Dumpty was very funny and I love Zack Galafianakis. 8/10 for a kids movie

[jajdude]

"Rum Diary" with Johnny Depp. Pretty good. Different. A lot of weird stuff in this one, something to do with Hunter Thompson -- oh yeah, he wrote the novel.. 8/10

"Young Adult" with Charlize Theron. Nothing great, she's obsessed with a guy from high school as a 38 year old. For some reason it was called a comedy. Don't know why. 6/10.

[Snowqueen]

I love Fassbender, I think he was the best part of that movie!

Yes, I agree he was a perfect choice for this role.

[Varenne Rodin]

X-Men: First Class. 8.5/10

Wowzers! Finally an X-Men movie I can really get into. Don't get me wrong, I had a passing interest in the other movies, but they strayed from the storylines quite a bit. The timeliness were off from the comic series. This is a much more cohesive film. I really wish this had been the first of them. I hope they'll continue with this cast and director. Brilliant. I only dropped it down from a 10 because I think even the best of super hero movies can't compare to things like "The Thin Red Line" or "Once Upon a Time in the West."

It was great to see Kevin Bacon in a roll that suits him again, and don't underestimate some of the emerging new actors. They do a good job. The origin stories are fascinating, inspiring. I think I'll be going to next year's Comic-con as Mystique.

Great fun. I don't know why this didn't have a good showing in theaters. It's picking up some decent acclaim though. Expect a comic movie should you see it, but keep an open mind and tell me what you thought afterward. :D

[Helga]

It was great to see Kevin Bacon in a roll that suits him again, and don't underestimate some of the emerging new actors. They do a good job. The origin stories are fascinating, inspiring. I think I'll be going to next year's Comic-con as Mystique.



I don't like Bacon, there is something about him that has always annoyed me but I have to agree that he was really good in this movie, except when he was speaking in German that was just odd.


I decided to watch 'Raiders of the lost arc' last night haven't seen it in years, think I'll watch all the Indiana Jones movies, the only one I haven't seen is the new one. It's still good!

[Varenne Rodin]

I don't like Bacon, there is something about him that has always annoyed me but I have to agree that he was really good in this movie, except when he was speaking in German that was just odd.


I decided to watch 'Raiders of the lost arc' last night haven't seen it in years, think I'll watch all the Indiana Jones movies, the only one I haven't seen is the new one. It's still good!

I love the Indiana Jones movies! The new one is terrible! Ha.

I know what you mean about Kevin Bacon. I haven't liked him in a long time. I never thought of him as a heart throb. He plays a villain well, and maybe he has matured a bit with time. That's the hope anyway.

[MystyrMystyry]

Kevin Bacon's a ham.

I saw The Final Cut last night, 2004 and one I'd never heard of before. I could have lived quite happily without ever hearing of it - 2/10

Followed it with So I Married An Axe Murderer, still loaded with easy dumb laughs but better than the no-laughs encountered in the above - 8/10

[Varenne Rodin]

I watched So I Married an Axe Murderer too! A week or two ago. Still very funny. I love the characters. Endearing.

[MystyrMystyry]

"Look at the size of that boy's heed! It's like an orange on a toothpick! No kidding. His heed's like Sputnik. Spherical, but quite pointy in parts!"

Cracks me up every time.

[Helga]

I love the Indiana Jones movies! The new one is terrible! Ha.

I know what you mean about Kevin Bacon. I haven't liked him in a long time. I never thought of him as a heart throb. He plays a villain well, and maybe he has matured a bit with time. That's the hope anyway.

yeah I have heard the new one is bad and I guess I am sounding very negative with me hating Cage and Bacon but the reason why I haven't seen the new one is Shia LaBeouf I find that guy very annoying, maybe because the transformers movies sucked.


I love 'So I married an axe murderer' always funny!

[Snowqueen]

I have seen A Series of Unfortunate Events. Jim Carrey was hilarious and he stole the show. I'll give it 8/10.

[Helga]

Just watched '(500) days of Summer' and it surprised me, I liked it. She (Summer) loved the Smiths, Ringo and didn't believe in destiny, you gotta love a girl like that, right?

[Delta40]

I recently watched Last Orders starring Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. Great cast and great theme. 9/10

[qimissung]

Young Adult. I agree with jajdud, 6/10 seems like a good rating, although it was better than I thought it would be. It's a black comedy, btw.

The Hunger Games-8/10 I quite enjoyed it and I thought it was fairly faithful to the book. The cast all did a good job, but Jennifer Lawrence was still the best thing in it.

The Sitter. 8/10. :lol:

[faithosaurus]

Saw The Hunger Games on Saturday.

It really did stay faithful to the book, which is pretty hard to do. Absolutely wonderful.

Jennifer Lawrence was absolutely amazing (as always), as well as Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson. I think they played the parts perfectly.

[Pensive]

The first time in my life I have watched four movies I would like to rate 10/10 in a row! :D Maybe lately I am just being easily pleased! :p

The Scarlet Pimpernel - 10/10
Franz + Полина - 10/10
Stolen Eyes - 10/10
A Tale of Two Cities - 10/10

[jajdude]

"Killer Elite" an action movie with Jason Stratham, who is apparently super cool in his movies, and even some Robert De Niro. Not bad but not really my kind of film or I wasn't in the mood for it. Give it a 6.

[tonywalt]

Blue Valentine with Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. It received alot of nominations, including academy nomination for Michelle Williams and I can see why. Brilliant film 10/10.

[faithosaurus]

I just watched Winter's Bone.

I didn't know what to expect, but it really was a fantastic movie. 9/10.

[PoeticPassions]

The Hunger Games, and I think I give it a 7.5. It was a good movie, entertaining, a lot of great social commentary, but not spectacular.

[PoeticPassions]

Blue Valentine with Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. It received alot of nominations, including academy nomination for Michelle Williams and I can see why. Brilliant film 10/10.

I agree. Great movie and realistic.. it's what love or relationships really look like in most cases. Though I'd give it a 9, instead of a 10.

[Helga]

I saw Sideways yesterday, ever since it came out people have been telling me how great it is so I finally sat down to watch it and yeah it had some good parts but in general not as good as I thought it would be. I did learn a thing or two about wine and I really want to try Pinot now.... I guess I'd give it a 7/10

[Veho]

I watched In the Land of Women, from 2007 (I think), yesterday. It was decent enough but none of the characters felt developed enough and they kind of left me cold. 6.5/10

[Snowqueen]

I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and it's an excellent movie. 10/10

Here is a scene from this film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvZ3cFO9f3I&feature=related

[Svidrigailov]

I saw Sideways yesterday, ever since it came out people have been telling me how great it is so I finally sat down to watch it and yeah it had some good parts but in general not as good as I thought it would be. I did learn a thing or two about wine and I really want to try Pinot now.... I guess I'd give it a 7/10

People were rhapsodic about it when it released, but the sands of time have accorded it a more just place and now viewers new and old seem less emphatic in their praise. A.O. Scott saw this coming when he tacitly urged critics to pump their breaks a little back in 2005:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/movies/02scot.html?_r=1

Today I watched the last 2/3 of Stardust, and it was an enjoyably irreverant take on fantasy films. I liked seeing De Niro in a role where he was perilously close to humiliation (as in so many of his roles in the last fifteen years), but ended up amusing in a most atypical fashion; still have to question Bobby's judgment in taking on the role in the first place though... Anyone sceptical about the film's merits should check out the bone-cracking fight between Michelle Pfeiffer and Mark Strong, provided your sensibilities aren't too fragile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FZ7jNq8A00&feature=relmfu

[Desolation]

I've watched a few movies over the last few days...

In the Name of the Father - 10/10
Ghostbusters - 6/10
Ghostbusters II - 5/10
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - 9/10
War Horse - 6.5/10

[Helga]

Friday night I was alone and was in the mood for some Austen so I watched both Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. They were both very enjoyable but I realized to my surprise that I haven't read NA so I decided to read it and found out I don't own it like I thought I did so I started MP instead and when I find NA I'll buy it.

[hazelk]

Not to be missed 10/10, a laugh a minute.

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m541/murcia_MLG/Romance%20Movie%20Date/The_Best_Exotic_Marigold_Hotel_4.jpg

[Snowqueen]

I saw Breaking Dawn (Part 1) 2/10.

[AdobeFlats]

Watched 'The Counterfeiters' on DVD last night.
A sombre, if sometimes ironically-funny, true story set in Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WWII. In German with English subtitles.
8/10 - the film is excellent. I've deducted a couple of notches due to the nuance/subtleties missed due to not understanding German.
Subtitles rarely give the full flavour.

UK trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcTVYYWlNE

[LitNetIsGreat]

Just finished re-watching the fantastic BBC 95 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice - marvellous!

There's going to be a viewing void tomorrow night. Mrs Neely suggests we fill it with North and South, another great adaptation. Yes it is period drama month in the Neely household (previous to those was Jane Eyre).

[Paulclem]

Revisited Blade Runner as the lad wanted to see it. I had forgotten most of it - I seem to remember that I was drunk - it was a long time ago - and so really enjoyed it. I think the film focused on the stronger parts of Dick's story. Good film - 8/10

[Snowqueen]

Just finished re-watching the fantastic BBC 95 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice - marvellous!



I watched it last year and simply loved it. It's lot better than the movie.

[Helga]

Just saw Cabin in the woods. oh so very interesting! not as much horror as I expected and more funny than scary. loved the idea behind it and good actors in it. Drew Goddard is a good director, he and Joss Whedon wrote the script together and it has Whedon fingerprints all over it.

the title says it all, a very cool movie!

[KCurtis]

Last night we watched "The Iron Lady" which I am giving a 10 due to Maryl Streep's performance. She is truly a wonderful actress. The movie was very good, but she is what kept us riveted to the screen.

[hawthorns]

Passion of the Christ

Horrible

[Emil Miller]

My favourite writer once said that time is so precious that there's a perverse delight in wasting it; so recently, I watched a piece of nonsense called Kiss Me Deadly which was total B******s.
Staying in the same mood, I am thinking that my next YouTube film will be a monumentally crass melodrama as only Hollywood could make 'em.
Once seen never forgotten no matter how hard one tries.

http://youtu.be/1-8_mCE148U

[Snowqueen]

I enjoyed watching Horrible Bosses. 7/10

[Sophia21]

I saw The Tourist and enjoyed it a lot. 7/10

[YesNo]

My favourite writer once said that time is so precious that there's a perverse delight in wasting it
:lol:

I certainly agree.

I enjoyed The Tourist and Horrible Bosses (saw it twice), but the following stand out in my mind as perhaps not a total waste of time and I'd give them a 10/10. They probably don't deserve that considering the average ratings on IMDb are around 6.

Restless http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498569/
Tiny Furniture http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570989/

[Emil Miller]

Because of the censorship inherent in political correctness, certain films that were once repeated on some TV stations have now been effectively banned but are still available on YouTube. Apart from some excellent films on YouTube, there are also many that will appeal to the connoisseur of cinematic kitsch. Among these is one that I watched recently called 'Staircase' that concerns two homosexual hairdressers who live above their shop in London. Directed, surprisingly, by Stanley Donen who excelled in musicals such as 'Singing in the Rain', it stars Richard Burton and Rex Harrison who give two of the most camp performances ever to blight the screen. There is no actual storyline but rather a series of vignettes in which both men try scoring points off each other with verbal *****iness.
Although the homosexuality is implied rather than explicitly presented, the 'plot' revolves around a court summons issued to the Rex Harrison character for wearing women's clothes in public and his fear of being exposed as homosexual.
Made in 1969, it seems a fitting end to a decade of silliness when the vox had never been so pop and remains so until this day.

On a scale of 0 - 10 it has gotta be zero.

http://youtu.be/GF8ypuUnD2o

[LitNetIsGreat]

Currently watching The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Woody Allen. This is one I have not seen yet and it's a cracker. Classic Woody fun.

[Delta40]

Everything Must Go with Will Ferrell. ugh! is Zilch a score?

[Paulclem]

Everything Must Go with Will Ferrell. ugh! is Zilch a score?

He's done some crap films. We were very disappointed with Elf. All the funny bits were in the trailer.

Watched The Thin Red Line - Terence Malick's war film with poetry and philosophy thrown in. There are lots of lingering shots and scenes of soldiers crawling through grass, but I liked it. 8/10

[qimissung]

He's done some crap films. We were very disappointed with Elf. All the funny bits were in the trailer.

Watched The Thin Red Line - Terence Malick's war film with poetry and philosophy thrown in. There are lots of lingering shots and scenes of soldiers crawling through grass, but I liked it. 8/10


Hey! I quite liked Elf. Still do. The end's a little corny, but I can live with it.

I've never seen The Thin Red Line. I mean, what's it about? I love his other three movies, though. :D

I watched "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" tonight. It was a pleasand diversion. 7/10

[Emil Miller]

I have just watched 'And God Created Woman' after a break of some time and, given that Brigitte Bardot had remained in the memory as an actress of mainly sexploitation films, was pleasantly surprised at just how good it is.
Performance wise, the film is held together by the German actor Curt Jurgens who speaks remarkably good French and has the gravitas to bring conviction to his role, but Bardot is also very good and in this film at least is one of the most naturally beautiful women in the history of cinema.
Unfortunately it was all downhill from then on when publicity replaced performance in a series of rip-offs in which she was in the same woman between two men scenario with the make-up becoming more liberally applied with successive films.
Roger Vadim directs with great style using the coastal scenery to such effect that the little fishing port of St. Tropez became a major tourist attraction.


http://youtu.be/evoO8c9D3O4

[Helga]

Currently watching The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Woody Allen. This is one I have not seen yet and it's a cracker. Classic Woody fun.

This is one Allen movie I didn't like... something about him not being a nervous wreck bugged me...


Just came home from seeing The Avengers, it was so very good! my nerdy brain was working overtime. I went with a friend who hasn't seen many movies like this and knows little about them I pointed out Stan Lee when his regular cameo came and after the movie she asked me 'who is this Stanley?'

Stan Lee!! was my answer.

[Silas Thorne]

The last movie I saw at the cinema was 'The Artist'. I'm glad I went to it at the cinema- it's just one of those movies you need to, I guess. The way the actors used body language and visual cues to communicate their message was wonderful. The music, cinematography and the whole style of the movie was just excellent. I'll give it an 8 out of 10, since the story was a bit too simple and predictable, but I walked out of the cinema with a smile just as I did when I saw the new Muppet movie.

[Shalot]

Dark Shadows

This movie gets a 3/10 for false advertising. The previews led me to believe that this would be some funny, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Dark Shadows series, but most all of the funny scenes were shown in the previews. The movie itself went on too long, and the only point of it that I could see was to showcase the skills of the make-up artists and all the other artists who were responsible for the way that Johnny Depp's, Eva Greene's and Bella Heathcote's complexions appeared in this movie. While I was not admiring the white skin and the dark eye make-up, I was cringing at the melodrama. And maybe I shouldn't have expected more than the melodrama, given the nature of the series itself, but the previews were misleading. It looked like it might be funny, but it really wasn't at all, and all 3 of my 3/10 rating goes to the overall look of presentataion and look of the film.

[papayahed]

Cowboys and Aliens - 7/10. I just can't get behind Harrison Ford playing a jerky guy. Over all fairly entertaining.

[BienvenuJDC]

Hot Fuzz

Corny, silly, weird, but quite funny and entertaining

7.5/10

[hazelk]

"Rainmaker" a John Grisham novel, great movie, great cast 10/10:nod:

[Helga]

I watched Wolverine with my son last night, it was the first time he saw it and it is still good. Not the best X movie but good, my son loved it when he didn't have knives but bones tearing out of his hands. It's Ghostbusters one tonight I think...

[Paulclem]

Hey! I quite liked Elf. Still do. The end's a little corny, but I can live with it.

I've never seen The Thin Red Line. I mean, what's it about? I love his other three movies, though. :D



Sorry Qimi - meant to respond earlier.

The Thin Red Line is a philosophical war film that intersperses the action with the inner dialogues of the characters including the dead. It's quite an unusual film. it does have lingering shots - some of which are quite beautiful, but then there's the contrast of the war and the horror.

Watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Very good - understated, in that drab 50's British style. 7/10

I will need to watch it again as I was zoning in and out with fatigue, but - you know - when you want to watch something good...

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

The Avengers. It was AWESOME! I'm a huge comic book nerd, and it was such a perfect movie to feed that part of me. The Amazing Spiderman and The Dark Knight Rises have a lot to compete with, but I'm betting the latter will be even better.

9/10 (minus a point becaus of Scarlett Johansen's horrible, horrible acting)

[Helga]

Ghostbusters- always good, a classic and I just love Bill Murray!

[Babyguile]

So I watched this film called 'Zombieland' last night on LoveFilm and it was supposed to be a 'Comedy' and I didn't laugh once, I promise you. I looked at the reviews on the internet this morning and I'm astonished that it has so much critical and commercial praise.

What am I missing? The two female characters were shallow and almost like charicatures, and the same was the case for the male lead (the older one with the guns) blah blah blah that's the same for a lot of films. I couldn't really establish a plot, probably because there were times when the characters ran back into where the zombies were and did some truly rediculous things to get themselves back into trouble, so I couldn't really view it as a survival horror/comedy where they were running for their lives. The violence was just...not really neccessary, though I've seen way worse. It was just odd.

Another thing I noted was that it made fun of zombie-movie cliches (the Rules of survival etc.) and yet consciously used a number of cliches in the plot. The cameo of Bill Murray is sad because he's just a washed up actor now.

I think I watched it hoping it would be a clever and sophisticated comedy with slapstick etc. but the violence was just macabre and not used for any satirical purposes in my opinion. I think it was more like Rob Zombie's House of a 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects, and Natural Born Killers.

Anway, I won't be watching it again for a revised opinion.

[hazelk]

I went to the the movies and saw "The Iron Lady" starring Meryl Streep, she played a wonderful role, although I felt the movie dwelled too much on Thatcher's dementian ithat she developed in her later years, other than that 8/10 from me.
Last night I watched another of Streep's movies on DVD "Doubt" 10/10.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/Kabby15/Meryl%20Streep%20wallpapers/Meryl%20Streep%20movie%20walls/maggie006a.jpg

[Shalot]

Another Earth

This is a sci-fi film with no name actors about a high school grad who causes a car accident that kills a family, and she tries to atone for the deaths when she gets out of prison. At the time of the event, another planet similar to earth was discovered - in fact it was like a mirror earth - or another earth (which is the name of the movie). It was okay - there were a lot of new agey ideas that found their way into the dialogue. There was mention of Plato's allegory of the cave, questions about the nature of reality etc etc - all woven into the story. I came home from work, I was dead tired, it was on and I watched it.

[tonywalt]

I watch "Plath" starring Gwyneth Paltrow. She did a good job with Sylvia Plath and so did Daniel Craig as Ted Hughes. 8/10

[Helga]

finished Firefly yesterday and just watched Serenity.

Great movie 9/10 one minus cause it's one of two movies that have a scene that make me very angry at Whedon, saying it would be a huge spoiler but I am pretty sure that if you've seen it you know what I mean.

[KCurtis]

We watched Midnight in Paris last night. I loved it! It was funny and poignant, and made fun of Hollywood - great music, cast, and just a fun watch. It was nice to watch a film with no violence. And my favorite writer (Fitzgerald) was in it. I will give it a 9

[MystyrMystyry]

A stupid timewaster called Dragonball Evolution. Well it was on in the background at least and I was only vaguely aware of it. The reason it was on at all is the director used to be interesting but he's gone downhill something rotten of late. The script was amateurish and the plot unbelievably contrived - seemed to have beeen written to fill itself in.

'Hey - let's put on show!'
'You mean make a movie..?'
'Or a movie...'
'Cool. What'll it'll be about?
'Who cares! We'll just make it up as we go along!'
'What'll be the hook to get people to watch it?'
'Um, explosions, special effects and-... how about Kung Fu!?'
'Kung Fu?'
'Yeah - and an evil demon who wants to take over the world and something about dragons because I like dragons.'
'I like dragons too.'
'Are we agreed we all like dragons?'
'All we need is some investment money and we'll be set!'
'I know a producer who likes dragons...'
'Excellent - we're halfway there!'

[papayahed]

The Avengers - 8/10, Fun, mindless entertainment.

[Helga]

The Avengers - 8/10, Fun, mindless entertainment.

It wasn't mindless for me, my head was spinning all the time connecting actors, scenes, and the movies and the comics. My head was working overtime.


I saw Mallrats again,I think it's one of my favorite Kevin Smith movie!

[papayahed]

It wasn't mindless for me, my head was spinning all the time connecting actors, scenes, and the movies and the comics. My head was working overtime.


I don't read the comics (not sure why?) so I just went with it. Although I do need to see Thor, Captain America, and The Hulk now.

[Helga]

I don't read the comics (not sure why?) so I just went with it. Although I do need to see Thor, Captain America, and The Hulk now.

I saw the Avengers with my friend who hadn't seen all the other movies and knew little about them, during the break I tried to explain all the connections between the movies and the Tesserac and why Banner is Hulk and that Stark's dad knew Rogers and in Iron man II he looks at his dads diary and sees drawings of the tesserac. It's all connected. I was also looking for some 'Whedon actors' cameo. After going on about this for about 5 minuets I realized the people around me were all quiet, now that shut me up.

After the movie I heard some guys talking about Bana as the first Hulk and I just thougth to myself 'jerks' and started explaining loudly to my friend how Lou Ferriggino was Hulk years ago and still is credited as him in all Hulk movies, cause he talks for him.

OK now I have babbled on about this in a rate a movie thread so I am gonna shut up and talk to myself. but you should see the these movies 'Thor' and 'Captain America' are very very good.