[Tiste Simeon]

Spaceballs is genius - I watched that once after watching all 6 Star Wars films back to back in a day. It has never been funnier. Although that could have been because I was utterly exhausted at that point.

[amphibian]

Tiste Simeon;274125 said:

Spaceballs is genius - I watched that once after watching all 6 Star Wars films back to back in a day. It has never been funnier. Although that could have been because I was utterly exhausted at that point.

If this was any other poster, I would cite your post and write "I question your decision-making skills." You get a pass.

Sunshine was a surprisingly good movie. To me, it struck a balance between Event Horizon and 2001. I don't know why word of mouth didn't spread further, but my friends will hear about it.

The Darjeeling Limited was solid. My father took a bunch of Nepalis to see it because he thought it'd be all about India. It really wasn't and it's the usual Wes Anderson movie. Is the set design why he always chooses rich people for his characters?

The New World was awesome. It's a slower-paced movie, but honestly, Colin Farrell and Quorianka something are truly excellent. Another movie which word of mouth failed.

[RodeoRanch]

I liked "The New World."

Strangely, the first time I watched it there was an audio screwup. So there was no dialogue. Only the natural background sounds. It was a rather surreal viewing experience, trying to guess what the characters were saying as only the wind and trees creaking were heard. Strange but cool.

[Zanth13]

RodeoRanch;274245 said:

I liked "The New World."

Strangely, the first time I watched it there was an audio screwup. So there was no dialogue. Only the natural background sounds. It was a rather surreal viewing experience, trying to guess what the characters were saying as only the wind and trees creaking were heard. Strange but cool.

I hated it... (if its the one with Christian Bale? about Pocahontis)

Way to long, drawn out, many borin parts.. ( have not watched it in two years but thats the impression I remember..)

[Slum]

I watched Before the Devil Knows You're Dead last night. I enjoyed it. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is excellent as usual. It's a rather dark movie about a heist gone awry. Give it a shot. Marisa Tomei does some nude scenes...

[Aptorian]

I watched American Psyco 2 earlier. Not even William Shatner was able to save that excuse for a sequel.

[Slum]

@Apt - Was that the one with the girl from That 70s show?

[wolf_2099]

Aptorian;275861 said:

I watched American Psyco earlier. Not even William Shatner was able to save that excuse for a sequel.

American Psycho was fucking awesome with Christian Bale.

If you mean American Psycho 2, then remembering that 2 is a pretty big thing.

[Aptorian]

Where did that 2 run off to? Slippery numbers...

Yes, I ment the sequel. I like the first one. the first and the second are only linked by the name bateman.

And yes, it was the chick from that 70s show. She could stab me any day.

[Dag]

Saw 1408 yesterday. Quite disappointing. I guess I expected too much...

[Astra]

Watched "Gone Baby Gone" this weekend.

I really liked it.
A good life lesson. Not everything is black and white.

[Zanth13]

Astra;276114 said:

Watched "Gone Baby Gone" this weekend.

I really liked it.
A good life lesson. Not everything is black and white.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....probaby not the best place to discuss this... let me make a new thread

http://malazanworld....read.php?t=9830


there.

oh and the movie was good I guess....

[cerveza_fiesta]

holy crap...watched King Cong (about the first 2/3 of it) last night and holy crap. I mean its corny and lame, but as far as action flicks go its super high quality. The CGI is pretty much the best Ive seen anyplace.

[Aptorian]

King kong was the best film that came out that year, the manuscript, the directing, the acting, the effects, it was fucking awesome.

I've seen it three times and I'm still uncomfortable at the bug/slug attack scene in the bottom of that ravine.

[ch'arlz]

Watched _No Country for Old Men_ on DVD this weekend. It was OK. Somebody mentioned Stephen King's _The Stand_ so I also did a marathon viewing of that. It's still awesome, but I didn't get any housework done.

[cerveza_fiesta]

@apt

Ok, finished it and saw the part in the ravine with the bugs. My girlfriend had to leave the room. Sweet ass ending to the whole thing too. Very sad.

Spoiler

I thought for a second that they were going to try and put him back on the island, but then realized how cool the movie had been up to that point and how much that ending would suck, and figured KK was toast.

and HOLY SHIT....The part where KK fights 3 tyrannosaurus rexes to save whatserface?!??!?!?! I was literally giddy.

@Ch'arlz

Saw that in the theatre en lieu of 10000 BC (after I heard what a travesty 10000BC was) and I gotta say I really liked it. Good movie about how the world is changing and the old ways and methods just don't work or fit the new badguys anymore. Tommy Lee Jones' character made me think of the T'lan Imass, how their ideals are outdated and their existence is futile now because their old enemies are gone and they have no real reason to exist.

That and the fact that I'll have nightmares about a tall ass mofo with a silenced shotgun chasing me down dark alleyways for awhile now. Holy shit did that gun ever rule.

@all

Saw American Gangster. Very very well done movie for something whose script was basically a rehash of every gangster movie ever made. I read the back at the movie store and almost didn't rent it, but the GF insisted and I'm glad she did.

Denzel was awesome, like always. Russel Crowe was mediocre, like always imo. I really liked how well they captured the grittiness and complete uncaring attitude that a gangster would have had in the early 70s. Just going around shooting people because nobody is going to stop him if there are no witnesses (Little to no fingerprint ID). Also the lengths that folks would have had to go to bring a mob boss down. I think my favourite part is that EVERYBODY in the movie was a badguy, and the good guy (crowe) was almost a secondary character. It kept it interesting when I'd start thinking "ok boring...selling another load of dope...move it along" and out of nowhere the super corrupt Jersey cop comes in and starts messing shit up.

Even though the theme wasn't entirely original, I liked the characters and it was generally well acted.

[Zanth13]

I Felt american gangster was good, but kinda of long winded, they could have shortened it and it would have had more impact, or maybe thrown a few more action scenes in..

[Mezla PigDog]

I went to see The Other Boleyn Girl at the weekend. Now, I knew that going in the first place was a big mistake, but I was hoping for ridiculous levels of awful that went through awful and came out the other side as entertainingly awful. I was expecting terrible accents, lots of bodice busting boob shots, Eric Banner being an overblown Henry VIII and a terrible American interpretation of English history. Well, I got my last wish in spades but the rest was just people striding purposfully down corridors, galloping furiously across the countryside and heavy breathing. I'm still glad I went, me and my sister laughed the whole way through. I do not, however, recommend it

[cerveza_fiesta]

longwinded is exactly right...

Good but just a bit too drawn out. I watched the uncut version too.

Drawn-out is great in a movie like Das Boot, where the drawn-outedness adds to the psychological effect on the characters and the viewer.

Gangster movies are more themed on selling dope, shooting people and extorting money...not intelligent discourse.

[Slum]

I agree w/ Zanth and CF. American Gangster was way too long. Boring, too. I wasn't drawn in at all.