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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.
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.
An animation called something like The Adventures of Spencer, the Penguin?
I quite liked it. Very cute. 9/10
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
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
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
"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.
Yes, I agree he was a perfect choice for this role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
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.
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
I watched So I Married an Axe Murderer too! A week or two ago. Still very funny. I love the characters. Endearing.
"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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
I love 'So I married an axe murderer' always funny!