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

[genoveva]

I never get to watch movies these days, unless they're "G" rated- ha,ha! But, I did get to see Crash (rated R) for a class last week. It is an awesome, tear jerker, deep thinking kind of movie. Really about post 9/11 race relations in America and stereotyping, etc. See it if you can!

[ktd222]

V for Vendetta

Very vividly vantastic vand vipic. Sorry, I tried to keep a theme.

[downing]

''It Happened One Night''(1934) with my beloved astonishing absolut amazing Clark Gable. 10/10-it was a wonderful view! I LOVE CLARK GABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pendragon]

Eragon Fantastic! 10/10 Dragons! Dragonriders! Evil Shades!

[Shalot]

I just saw The Holiday with my husband today. It was entertaining for a chic flick. He wanted to go see Black Christmas but I didn't want to. (He's a little younger than me and hasn't outgrown the horror genre yet.) I wanted to see either Blood Diamnond or The Good Shepherd, so we settled on The Holiday. Somehow, we were both satisfied.

It was a little cheesy at times, but it was okay for a holiday movie and I always love Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law.

So I give it a generous 9/10.

[dramasnot6]

Saw "Night at the Museum" it was cute. 7/10

[livelaughlove]

Just watched "Up Close and Personal" with Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. It for some reason left me in a whirlwind of emotion. If you're a Robert Redford fan, it's a must see. 8/10

[Yelena]

The last movie I saw was "The Illusionist". I was really impressed with it. Edward Norton seems to be a good actor.

[jgx]

Saw "The Good Shepherd" last nite.
I would give it a B+...or maybe an 7.75 out of ten.

It was one of those movies that when you are watching it there is something important going on but a few hours afterwards you are not really thinking about it too much.

The acting was good but not great.
The plot was quite good.
It was both a spy thriller and a cinematic meditation on what happens to the soul of a man who devotes his life to keeping secrets, spying on others and trusting no one.

As a thriller the movie was good.
As a deeper exploration of the human psyche the film was quite powerful.

There is a lot of time shifts in the film. Half the film takes place during and after WWII and the rest takes place around the era of The Bay Of Pigs incident. I understand why DeNiro(who both acted in the film and directed it) chose to cut back and forth between the two periods but, for me, it got in the way of narrative continuity.

There are plenty of suprises and unexpected plot developments and each of them adds to the film.

Finally, I actually did come away from the film with a different perspective on the men and women who have chosen this type of career for their livelihood. I understand them more as flesh and blood humans who actually suffer quite deeply.

warning...I describe a powerful episode in the film. Stop reading at this point if you do not want to know about it.


Damon's character is talking to an Italian Mafia Head and the Mafia leader asks Damon "Jews have their tradition, the Irish have their homeland, the blacks (he actually says N..) have their music...what do you guys(the govt operatives) have?" Damon's reply "We have the United States of America, everybody else is just visiting."

[Themis]

Gypsy Woman.

I love this film. I don't know why exactly but in a way, it's perfect. And Jack Davenport plays the lead which in itself is a big plus. But I kind of like the whole atmosphere, the landscapes, the music ... basically everything.
It's no masterpiece certainly, but it's a good film.

[Niamh]

Went to see Eragon yesterday. I have never seen a book get distroyed so badly in my life! most of the characters werent even developed, as flat as a cardboard box crushed in a bailer. They more or less rewrote the story! I ended up having to brief my boyfriend about what actually happens in the books so he could understand why i was very irate leaving the cinema.

its just....

I did like Saphira though. o and Brom. probably one of the only characters you feel for in the movie.

[TEND]

The Godfather Part III
I finally finished the Godfather series last night, Part 3, was definitely my least favorite, it was okay, but the one major gripe I have is it cannot be a standalone movie, if you had not seen the first 2 this movie would be terrible. In the 2nd movie if you haven't seen the first, you can catch up and make some sense, but with this, it's a requirement to make any sense of whats going on (even than).
My first gripe was with the characters. You will remember the characters from previous movies (Al Pacino, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton) but the new characters are sometimes poorly introduced (sharp contrast in comparison to the brilliant introductions in the first film), save perhaps Vincent and maybe Mary. There are points where you don't quite understand, who is who until later on and you go back and "Oh, so that WAS him."
As far as acting goes as is expected Al Pacino was great as Micheal Corleone, Talia Shire had a larger part in this film than others and she held up fairly well, but didn't blow me away, Diane Keaton especially in the scenes shared with Al Pacino was very good. As far as the new cast goes I was lukewarm to all, except for two. The first was Andy Garcia who was a pleasant surprise as the illegitimate son of Micheal's brother, he gave a great performance and you cared about him. The other was Sofia Coppola, now she's gotten some tough criticism on her portrayal and for the most part I'd have to agree. I tried coming into this with an open mind but from the first scene she is introduced I didn't like the way she was being done, right up until that poor death scene (I could not stand it).
The first 2/3rd's of the movie were definitely not the high point of the series but closer to the end I started to enjoy the movie a bit more. Al Pacino's character is at full development, he tries to redeem himself for all that he's done, Garcia's character has developed into someone we're rooting for he's become the succesor to the Corleone throne. The movie ended with the familiar montage featured in both previous movies this time between the Opera being performed by Pacino's son and the attempted assasination of Pacino himself. *spoilers* The one thing about it was that, I knew Pacino's character would die, but I was sure it would be through the assasination, I was quite shocked when his character survived and we saw him in his old age die at home in Sicily. It was quite the anti-climactic death scene and I can't say I enjoyed it, it was a dissapointment such a slow uneventful ending to a series like this.
There were other minor problems that simply should not have been in a movie of this caliber. Things such as the audio tracks being slighty off in some scenes (this is simply unacceptable in whats supposed to be an automatic oscar contender), there was one scene featuring prominently Diane Keaton where something was happening with the film (not sure what it was) that definitely should have been fixed.
All in all, this simply was not a fitting end to such a wonderful series and like I said if it didn't have such a rich background to draw from it would not be worth the celluloid it was printed on. There were some stand out performances from Pacino, Garcia and Keaton, some nice shots, and as always I loved the montage ending, but a lack of proper direction (the movie seemed to be splitting off into 4 or 5 different directions) some unproffesional work in the studio and just a lack of any element to pull the entire movie together it was destined for mediocrity.
6.5/10 (This score is assuming you've seen the first two films in the series, if you have not the score would be much lower).

[Pendragon]

Went to see Eragon yesterday. I have never seen a book get distroyed so badly in my life! most of the characters werent even developed, as flat as a cardboard box crushed in a bailer. They more or less rewrote the story! I ended up having to brief my boyfriend about what actually happens in the books so he could understand why i was very irate leaving the cinema.

its just....

I did like Saphira though. o and Brom. probably one of the only characters you feel for in the movie.

See that's why I enjoyed the movie-- I haven't read the book!

[Niamh]

See that's why I enjoyed the movie-- I haven't read the book!

Oh but Pendragon you have to read the books! they are really enjoyable and a hundred times better than that movie.

[Idril]

Went to see Eragon yesterday. I have never seen a book get distroyed so badly in my life! most of the characters werent even developed, as flat as a cardboard box crushed in a bailer. They more or less rewrote the story! I ended up having to brief my boyfriend about what actually happens in the books so he could understand why i was very irate leaving the cinema.

My sons are huge fans of the books and they had the same reaction to the movie as you did, Niamh. My eldest made the comment that now he completely understands my anger about the LOTR movies.

We watched the new Superman movie this last weekend. There was nothing particularly earth-shattering about it and Superman has never been one of my favorite superheros but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It was a bit like walking down memory lane, I was so struck by how similar it was to the Christopher Reeve movies and I loved those at the time they came out so I'm sure that had a lot to do with why I enjoyed the new one.