[Mentalist]

You probably knows this by now, but no. She lives. One of the very few.

[Dr Trouble]

I just watched Last of the Mohican's for the first time, and boy was I let down.

I enjoyed the movie, but I was led to believe it was some type of masterpiece... No sir, its not. Daniel Day Lewis didn't do it for me ...

[Dr Trouble]

Finished Gone Baby Gone also, Grade A film. The Affleck brothers do a top notch job. And Casey Affleck is alot better actor then Ben, they should do this formula more often.

[amphibian]

Trouble;237923 said:

I just watched Last of the Mohican's for the first time, and boy was I let down.

I enjoyed the movie, but I was led to believe it was some type of masterpiece... No sir, its not. Daniel Day Lewis didn't do it for me ...

Dude, we probably have a very similar Netflix queue. I just watched that movie last week.

It was very competent for what it was - a period love story with a wartime backdrop. Lewis did a great job with his limited role, but honestly the plotting didn't give us much reason to like any character other than Uncas.

Still haven't watched There Will Be Blood, durnit. Been sick.

Regarding No Country for Old Men:

I thought it was a perfect movie and absolutely faithful to the book's spirit. Chigurh is easily the most lethal serial killer since Silence of the Lambs Hannibal.

After the movie was over, the entire audience at the theater I was in, sat and stared at the screen for a solid minute. Then a girl stood up and hugged her boyfriend with obvious emotion.

The ending brings the title and the whole movie itself into focus: the world has moved past men like Sheriff Bell and he was smart enough to realize his inability to stop the Mexican drug deal or the mayhem caused by Chigurh and Llewellyn was a warning sign it was time to retire.

[Skywalker]

Finally watched Pan's Labyrinth on Netflix instant watch yesterday... and was totally blown away.

My personal interpretation of it was that the fairy tale parts of the story were the girl's imagination... (but there is the issue of how she got out of the locked room). I saw the whole fairy tale/ three tasks story as the girl's escape from what is obviously a very disturbed life. Her own personal redemption of sorts... But then what made this movie work for me was that the alternate explanation was just as feasible - the fairy tale/ phantasmagorical world was as real as Fascist Spain circa 1944...

The character of the Captain was chillingly portrayed (I will shudder for a few days if I see someone carrying a bottle)... overall the movie was very well cast and obviously made with great love.

If you haven't seen it yet... go watch it now!

EDIT: Oh and the gory parts were very sudden, very brutal... this is definitely not a movie for kids or the fainthearted (said category normally includes me, so I was a bit traumatized)

EDIT 2: This and "The Fountain" I watched one after the other... they keep each other very good company I thought.

[Zendog13]

I watched the news today and was totally let down. Journalists can't act to save their lives.

[Abyss]

JUNO - great movie, great fun, sets up cliche after cliche and then goes in the opposite direction.

ATONEMENT - what i'm going to demand from the person who dragged me to this tedious pile of predictable tripe.

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR - clever retelling of a complicated story. Hanks is watchable, Roberts is tolerable, Hoffman steals the movie.

KITE RUNNER - worth seeing, and no, you need not have read the book. Interesting look at Afganistan as it was pre-commie invasion.

SWEENY TODD - It's a Tim Burton musical movie with Jonny Depp in it. By now, you know what this means and you either want to see it or you don't. I did, i was entertained.

- Abyss, enjoyed the holidays.

[RodeoRanch]

I saw Sweeney Todd.


Helena Bonham Carter has awesome cleavage. Otherwise, I was sad to have spent money seeing the film. But the ladies insisted.

[Optimus Prime]

I also saw Sweeney Todd.

My older brother and I were about 15mins into the movie when we suddenly looked at each other in horror and realized the movie was constant singing. (yes we should've realized this before hand but for some reason we thought it was some singing...and not ALL singing.

I thought it was bad.

I Am Legend was enjoyable...but I thought the ending was somewhat rushed. Will Smith, though, as always was superb.

I LOVED NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. But I like all his books and just thought visually the movie in some spots was gorgeous.

[caladanbrood]

Went to see Hitman last night. And now I hear that Olga Kurylenko (who was in Hitman, hence the train of thought) is the one of the next Bond girls, as well as Gemma Arterton. All in all, awesome news, considering:



The film itself was ok, provided you ignored the bad acting and atrocious accents (one of the characters appeared to be from the fictional country of Cockneyland...) It was certainly good fun to watch, provided you didn't want anything in any way thought-provoking. A nice little addition to the games:)


Looking forward to seeing Sweeney Todd, I don't mind musical films, so there's no problem with that. The advert looks great

[Morgoth]

caladanbrood;240376 said:

Looking forward to seeing Sweeney Todd, I don't mind musical films, so there's no problem with that. The advert looks great

I really liked Sweeney Todd to be honest. The acting was excellent, especially - as always - from Depp. He pretty much nailed the wild eyed, psycotic look, again as always

[Gothos]

I just watched the Godfather for the first time. I must say I am totally amazed by that film. it's so... complete. a masterpiece. tremendous character development, great plot, great acting, great directing. a true classic.

[Darkwatch]

AvP: Requiem

Darker and less predictable than the first. Also returns to the gore horror roots of the Alien and Predator franchises.

Good movie.

[Optimus Prime]

Gothos;240484 said:

I just watched the Godfather for the first time. I must say I am totally amazed by that film. it's so... complete. a masterpiece. tremendous character development, great plot, great acting, great directing. a true classic.

Wow that was the first time you saw the Godfather? Man I love that movie, and I think the second one is even better.

I didn't care for Sweeney Todd....there really wasn't much of a story and I pegged where it was going pretty quickly

I think sometimes musicals get more pub and credit because they are musicals.

I do love some Johnny Depp though.

[Mentalist]

caladanbrood;240376 said:

Went to see Hitman last night. And now I hear that Olga Kurylenko (who was in Hitman, hence the train of thought) is the one of the next Bond girls, as well as Gemma Arterton. All in all, awesome news, considering:



The film itself was ok, provided you ignored the bad acting and atrocious accents (one of the characters appeared to be from the fictional country of Cockneyland...) It was certainly good fun to watch, provided you didn't want anything in any way thought-provoking. A nice little addition to the games:)


Looking forward to seeing Sweeney Todd, I don't mind musical films, so there's no problem with that. The advert looks great

Are you serious? about Kurylenko, I mean.
That is awesome news
lol, as for accents... as a fluent Russian-speaker, i can say with authority--the bit parts were done by russians. the main parts were not. (cept for Kurylenko, who captured my heart with a stirng of flawless Russina expletives). the greatest was a police chief who made me think of Yeltzin....
also, the fact that the movie was filmed in Bulgaria (as I realized from the credits), a bunch of writng on buildings and such seemed weird (although for non-russian-speakers, im sure that ddin't make a difference)

[Gothos]

Statham should have played the Hitman, end of.

[Zendog13]

HAve not seen it yet but I will side with Gothos. Statham was a shoo'in for dat...idiots that they didnt

[Aptorian]

Just watched Deatproof. I guess it was the extended edition at around 100 minutes. I'm slpit in two over this film, meaning I thought the first part was fucking awesome and the second part was an awfull waste of my time.

I don't know how the film was cut together before it was made a single standing movie but it should have just ended with the first carcrash. I didn't care for the second pair of girls, they weren't as funny, not as pretty and didn't have as cool a dialogue as the first pair of girls.

Kurt Russel was amazing, it might be the best acting I've ever seen him perform. Again that being the first part of the movie, seeing as he did nothing but drive a car and cry in the second part.

I think the music was what I enjoyed most about the film. I swear Quinton Tarrantino could probably make a good living the rest of his life, merely releasing compilations of music he digs up from the where ever he gets it.

[Gothos]

Zendog13;240846 said:

HAve not seen it yet but I will side with Gothos. Statham was a shoo'in for dat...idiots that they didnt

he was actually their first pick, but he turned it down

[caladanbrood]

The guy who played 47 was fairly decent really. I mean, there's limited scope for talent to show in a part like that, but he did a very good job, and, most importantly looked exactly like 47. Statham would have been excellent though. I'm just glad they didn't get vin diesel to do it.

Kud - yeah, apparently she's gonna be the main sidekick character, like eva green was. Can't wait!