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

[toni]

The Men Who Stare at Goats... 7/10

It was better than Avatar.

I have the DVD of this film for months now but haven't had the chance to watch it yet. Your rating (7/10) is enticing though.


Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
7/10

I think I fell in love more with George Peppard and his character- the sensitive and bookish writer Paul Varjack than I was with Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn). But that may stem from the fact that I could identify with Holly's philosophy with not wanting to "belong to anyone" & “I’m like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don’t even belong to each other.” Paul refutes this argument, making me feel more pathetic than I already was by saying:

You know what’s wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You’re chicken, you’ve got no guts. You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say, “Okay, life’s a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness.” You call yourself a free spirit, a “wild thing,” and you’re terrified somebody’s gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you’re already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it’s not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It’s wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.

Further reading of the wiki of this film told me of the controversy surrounding the character of Holly's Japanese neighbor Mr Yunioshi (Mickey Rooney), who portrays a stereotypical, loud, buck-toothed Asian. The Asian community back in the days were apparently offended and the director Blake Edwards was quoted saying "Looking back, I wish I had never done it...and I would give anything to be able to recast it, but it's there, and onward and upward." I was honestly surprised, reading about it. Mr. Yunioshi's antics in the film to me, were a bit theatrical but non-offensive.

Overall, I thought the film was slightly overrated. Just, slightly. Audrey Hepburn was charming as always, and the art direction was great and so was the Cat, I loved the Cat; that no-name slob. But something tells me the book by Truman Capote will be much better.

[DanielBenoit]

It Happened One Night - Oh what a joy it is to watch a film like this. One may argue that it is a fantasy and that it invented all of the cliches that we know in romantic-comedies today, I don't care. This film is so perfect, so perfectly written, so perfectly acted, so perfectly funny, that it becomes a fantastic hymn to love and life.

Sometimes I feel humilated as a critic, because sometimes some movies are so great that they're indescribable. This is Capra's best film, and undoubtably one of the greatest romantic-comedies ever made (in my opinion, the best) with one of the greatest scripts. Please see this with a loved one! 10/10

[JuniperWoolf]

Defiance - 10/10

I do not give out perfect ratings often. I won't go on about it, but I strongly reccomend it.

[papayahed]

It Happened One Night - Oh what a joy it is to watch a film like this. One may argue that it is a fantasy and that it invented all of the cliches that we know in romantic-comedies today, I don't care. This film is so perfect, so perfectly written, so perfectly acted, so perfectly funny, that it becomes a fantastic hymn to love and life.

One of my favorites.


Zombieland - How can a Zombie movie go wrong?? 8/10.

[Remarkable]

The Reader. I have ambiguous feelings about it. It was quite interesting as a storyline and I liked the psychological impact, but it was much more slow than it should have been and many of its conclusions were a bit rash or unjustified. Good movie, however. I would give it a 7/10.

[Hurricane]

Misery. 9.2/10. One of the few movies I've watched where I've been cringing and horrified nearly the entire time.

[Helga]

last night we finished a three weekend 'marathon' of sort watching all Star wars movies. I really do love'em. and I'm trying to teach my boy all about these movies, my favourite is Return of the jedi but they are of course all very entertaining....

when my son is a little bit older it will be a Star trek marathon

but all SW get 8-9 out of 10

[toni]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 10/10

I think I may have taken the "Princess for a weekend" theme too seriously.
I watched this tonight with my sisters and we were all charmed and nostalgic by the end of the film. So much memories. You can never go wrong with a Disney classic.

[manolia]

Zombieland - How can a Zombie movie go wrong?? 8/10.

How indeed?? I watched this one last night. Great!

[farnoosh]

Kate & Leopold-8/10

I saw it because my friend said so..but i really liked it..and leopold was such a funny duke!!! I loved it!

[LadyW]

Paranormal Activity 7/10
Parts of it were laughable I must say, but the ending managed to creep me out a little.
It's very well made considering it's done on a home video camera. The fact it all took place at night, mostly when they were asleep added to the fear.


SawVI 6/10
Yes, I realise they've gradually become worse after the first two but:
i. I have a profoundly sick sense of humour
ii. I have a compulsion to watch them all
The opening scene was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen.

[Oniw17]

Zombieland- a rare 10/10

[Janine]

It Happened One Night - Oh what a joy it is to watch a film like this. One may argue that it is a fantasy and that it invented all of the cliches that we know in romantic-comedies today, I don't care. This film is so perfect, so perfectly written, so perfectly acted, so perfectly funny, that it becomes a fantastic hymn to love and life.

Sometimes I feel humilated as a critic, because sometimes some movies are so great that they're indescribable. This is Capra's best film, and undoubtably one of the greatest romantic-comedies ever made (in my opinion, the best) with one of the greatest scripts. Please see this with a loved one! 10/10

Love this movie; glad my library owns a copy. I have seen it many times now. I love Capri movies. He was a genius.

[toni]

Revolutionary Road (2008)
Set in 1950's suburban America, the film tells a story about a young, married couple (played by Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio) who decide to take a risk and leave a comfortable, settled, though routinely life in Connecticut to discover their passions and true selves in Paris.

However, problems arise when April (Winslet) learns that she is pregnant and Frank's (Di Caprio) sudden promotion in the firm forces them to reconsider their migration. This displeases April immensely, and at the height of her emotional breakdown, she attempts to abort the baby herself. An enraged Frank questions his wife's sanity at the same time confesses his own infidelities.

Kate Winslet & Leonardo Di Caprio give such outstanding performances in Revolutionary Road. Definitely one of the best / most emotional films I've seen in a long while. 10/10

[torturedsyntax]

Across the Universe is Julie Taymor's Beatles Music psychedelic masterpiece! My 19-yr-old turned me onto this movie. It has a cult following in his age group, but the people the movie is about- the children of the 60's- barely seem aware of it's existence. More's the pity!