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

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Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin

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.

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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/...-bartlesville/


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


http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/05/27...ck-review.html

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.

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.

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

Horrid Henry.

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

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.

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

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!!!

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 ;)

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

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.

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.

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)

"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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