whats the latest movie you have watched?

[sam peebles]

Yeh, I watched this with Dawnie (Sknut70) a few months back. I didn't hate it but definitely won't ever watch it again.

The friendships of the guys, and alien subplot reminded me of Dreamcatcher (movie version) and I wouldn't be surprised if the writers had taken some inspiration from that.

Yeah, I wouldn't watch it again either. Maybe they took inspiration from Dreamcatcher, but that's as far as I would go. There are few similarities besides some basic archetypes.

Last night I watched Troll 2, considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. I've seen worse movies (The Room comes to mind), but this was wonderfully awful. It also has nothing to do with Troll 1 (there isn't even a single troll in the entire movie), and was only titled this to cash in on the minimal success of Troll 1. If anyone likes really terrible, terrible horror movies, I would recommend this piece of crap.

[fljoe0]

The Fighter - Another great Christian Bale performance.

[kingricefan]

Yeah, I wouldn't watch it again either. Maybe they took inspiration from Dreamcatcher, but that's as far as I would go. There are few similarities besides some basic archetypes.

Last night I watched Troll 2, considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. I've seen worse movies (The Room comes to mind), but this was wonderfully awful. It also has nothing to do with Troll 1 (there isn't even a single troll in the entire movie), and was only titled this to cash in on the minimal success of Troll 1. If anyone likes really terrible, terrible horror movies, I would recommend this piece of crap.

Reminds me of what they did with Halloween 3- Season of the Witch. That one had absolutely nothing to do with the Halloween franchise. It was about some mad scientist guy who developed some kind of way to turn kids into killing machines after they had viewed a certain commercial on the TV!???????????? Stupid waste of time.

[xkittyx]

Random DVD borrowed from a family member, ended up being Disney's Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan, and I forget the other guy's name. It was kind of silly, but still pretty entertaining, and I'm interested in watching other, more serious versions maybe if there are any. I might even eventually take on reading the book, though I have to say, classics intimidate me most of the time, sadly I haven't read very many.

[sam peebles]

Reminds me of what they did with Halloween 3- Season of the Witch. That one had absolutely nothing to do with the Halloween franchise. It was about some mad scientist guy who developed some kind of way to turn kids into killing machines after they had viewed a certain commercial on the TV!???????????? Stupid waste of time.

Yeah, I think I've seen parts of that one.


Fun bit of trivia...The original Troll film (released in 1986), has a main character named Harry Potter, who befriends a witch and battles golbins, trolls, mythical creatures, etc...They claim JK Rowling ripped them off. I've never actually seen the movie, but I seriously doubt the accusation.

[am78]

The Crazies starring Timothy Olyphant.

[fljoe0]

Hereafter - not bad for a chick flick :grinning: Someone described this as "Clint Eastwood's spiritual chick flick"

It's a little slow until the pieces start to come together but I liked it.

[~Ally~]

Hereafter - not bad for a chick flick :grinning: Someone described this as "Clint Eastwood's spiritual chick flick"

It's a little slow until the pieces start to come together but I liked it.

Hmm, of all the terms I would use to describe this movie, chick flick isn't one of them. Guess that just shows how we all view things in different ways.

Good movie, didn't have a clue what it was supposed to be about when I saw it so it had no expectations to live up to. Amazing opening scene!

[Jojo87]

Today I re-watched Needful Things. It was so awesome movie.

[Terry B]

In honor of Pirates of the Caribbean 4 opening this weekend I'm on my yearly Pirates of the Caribbean film festival. One down and two to go.

[sam peebles]

I watched Empire of the Ants with Joan Collins. I have to stop watching this terrible horror flicks.

[fljoe0]

Hmm, of all the terms I would use to describe this movie, chick flick isn't one of them. Guess that just shows how we all view things in different ways.

Good movie, didn't have a clue what it was supposed to be about when I saw it so it had no expectations to live up to. Amazing opening scene!

Yes, that opening scene was great. Gives you a little taste of how scary it would be to be in a tsunami. I think the movie got the "chick flick" tag because Clint referred to it that way. The term just means the film is probably more appealing to the ladies than the men. You know, no bullets or explosions.

[fljoe0]

The Road. Another in my favorite genre, dark and bleak. A father and son try to survive amongst the thieves and cannibals after the world has pretty much been destroyed. Robert Duvall is amazing in his small role.

[~Ally~]

The Road. Another in my favorite genre, dark and bleak. A father and son try to survive amongst the thieves and cannibals after the world has pretty much been destroyed. Robert Duvall is amazing in his small role.

I watched this in the cinema when it was released, amazing movie and great performances, especially from Viggo.

I was impressed by how closely they followed the original story, as we all know how Hollywood likes to screw with those.

[Becks19]

We watched Hachi a dogs tale....It's one of our favorite family movies. ( not to mention Richard Gere is not hard to look at:wow:)

[sam peebles]

I watched Kick-Ass, and The Lookout, with Joseph Gordon Levitt. The Lookout wasn't as good as I'd expected, it was okay, decent enough, but I'd heard really good things and was a little disappointed. Kick-Ass I'd seen before. Love it.

[blunthead]

About 3am. It was an oldie.

[cat in a bag]

We watched The Rite with Anthony Hopkins Friday night. Not as scary as I was expecting, but didn't know it was based on a true story, that puts a little more scare into it for me.
Saturday we watched the newest version of A Christmas Carol, it is really amazing how real it looked!

[Jojo87]

I re watched Pet Sematary 2 on Saturday. Still scary and creepy. But Pet Sematary 1 with Steve as the minister in the movie is my favorite.

[Cowboy]

Saw the new Pirates Movie....it was pretty good. The mermaid section was interesting. Kids loved it.

[SusanNorton]

The last movie I watched was one I DVR'd, and it was "Eat, Pray, Love." It was good - not wonderful, but good.

The last movie I went to a theater to watch was "Gnomeo and Juliet," with my 10-year-old, and I did it with very low expectations (which helped).

I want to see "Bridesmaids" and "The Hangover II," but will probably have to wait until I can rent them and watch after daughter's bedtime. :D

[Brian]

Saw How to Train a Dragon on cable. It was delightful.- Better than Toy Story 3 which I recently watched and enjoyed.

[KJ Norrbotten]

Shutter on bd. Very Japanese for an American film.

[jacobtlong]

I recently re-watched Waterworld for the first time in a couple of years. I guess the third watching is the charm for this movie in my case. I actually thought, "this movie is not as crummy as I remember it." It was actually pretty good. It's like Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior only on water and with much better special effects. I love the Mad Max movies and now I've finally come to like Waterworld. Kevin Costner is good as the travelling stranger and Dennis Hopper is perfect as the evil and slightly cheesy Deacon of the Deez.

[Anna_Johnson]

I made the biggest mistake of my life by watching "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I." If you haven't read the book, then by all means watch it. If you have, well, save your money, guys!:oops:

[devernxo]

Walk the line and Orphan, tonight though i'm watching Mirrors and The shining on tv.

[SusanNorton]

Saw How to Train a Dragon on cable. It was delightful.- Better than Toy Story 3 which I recently watched and enjoyed.

Brian - "Dragon" was awesome!! I made a "no more 3-D movies" stand, and this was the first one that made me regret it.

[kingricefan]

Re-watched David Lynch's Mulholland Drive again (making this viewing about number 8 or 9). I absolutely LOVE this movie!! Even after seeing it this many times, there are no false notes in it at all! The acting is fantastic (Naomi Watts is stellar in it, yes, the first 15 minutes that she's on screen is somewhat cheesy, but she's SUPPOSED to be). The cinematography is amazing. The music is otherwordly. If you haven't seen this film, seek it out and be amazed. Be forewarned- there are NO chapter breaks in it as Lynch wants you to become immersed in this world. (And, just try to come up with a theory on what it is supposed to be about- is it a ghost story? is it the replaying of scenes from a woman's life in the last few seconds before she dies? is it a wild ride inside the mind of a schitzophrenic? is it a revenge story?) Can't really tell ya!:eek2::biggrin2::love:

[SHEEMIEE]

hey --get a copy of MEGIDDO- oh how the mighty have fallen !!!! the guy from logans run -plays the anti christ - whoooooooooooooo and his brother once a$$ kicked the terminator.

[SHEEMIEE]

oh and i have to admit to viewing ULTRAMARINE yesterday- if i could stand up and apologise to you all i would- but I enjoyed it!!!!!

WARHAMMER ROOLS- OH WHAT HAVE I BECOME!!!!!

[lsparrow]

i need a big box of tissues to watch this movie!

[lsparrow]

i love cheesy creature feature movies ,went to cinema to watch pirhana last year and watched sharktopus on tv last night..was so bad it was good

[sam peebles]

Watched a foreign film (from Czech Republic, I think) called Little Otik. It was...weird. It's about a married couple that can't have a baby, so the husband, while chopping down a tree, sees some roots that resemble a baby and gives it to his wife. She takes it very seriously to his dismay...starts this whole charade that she gives birth to it, breast feeds the thing, etc. It comes to life, and starts eating people. Some bizarre stop motion in it. Just overall strange, though not necessarily bad. I've got mixed feeling on it.

[Terry B]

Saw The Tourist (Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie). Excellent!

[bobledrew]

Saw Bridesmaids this weekend. Quite funny -- in fact, funnier than I expected it to be.

[Lina]

On weekend I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Loved the movie. I'm not trying to decided if the movie is better or worse than the previous ones, it's just a very good, exciting movie. Disney's done a good work again. And sure, Johnny Depp is the best pirate, he's awesome.

[skyrow]

Arthur with Russell Brand. FREAKING HILARIOUS!!! must see!

[jacobtlong]

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) - This movie is so cheesy and fun. You don't need to bring your brain for this movie because it might get eaten. This is not a sequel to Night of the Living Dead or any of Romero's work; it's something completely different. There are sequels to The Return of the Living Dead, but I strongly suggest you don't venture past The Return of the Living Dead III unless you are just a fan of really bad movies.

Phantasm/Phantasm II/Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead/Phantasm IV: Oblivion - I love the Phantasm series, but no matter how many times I watch all the movies I still can't figure out what the heck is going on. Each sequel provides few answers and poses even more questions. Or at least it seems that way. But all the brain-scratching is worth it because the Tall Man might turn me into a zombie if I say otherwise. There really needs to be a fifth movie that will provide some sort of closure.

[sam peebles]

[QUOTE=Jacob T. Long;450418]The Return of the Living Dead (1985) - This movie is so cheesy and fun. You don't need to bring your brain for this movie because it might get eaten. This is not a sequel to Night of the Living Dead or any of Romero's work; it's something completely different. There are sequels to The Return of the Living Dead, but I strongly suggest you don't venture past The Return of the Living Dead III unless you are just a fan of really bad movies. QUOTE]

Return of the Living Dead is awesome, one of my favorite zombie flicks ever. Yeah, it's definitely cheesy in an eighties sort of way, but some of the acting is decent, and it's not a dumb movie. Super fun.

[~Ally~]

Saw Bridesmaids this weekend. Quite funny -- in fact, funnier than I expected it to be.

Really? Saw the trailer for this last night and it looked awful. I actually turned to my friend and said "I am not coming to see that!"...as it looked like her type of movie. I'd probably give it a shot on TV, but wouldn't spend money to see it. Glad you enjoyed it, though.

Watched "The Hangover 2" last night. Loved it. Great characters. Sure the story~line is predictable and followed the same format as the first movie but I still laughed. A lot.

[fljoe0]

There really needs to be a fifth movie that will provide some sort of closure.

How about one where the zombies feed on the cast of Twilight?

[jacobtlong]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - This is a fantastic movie depicting the lives of three WWII veterans as they try to readjust to civilian life. The most fantastic performance in this movie in my opinion is given by Harold Russell. Harold Russell lost his hands in 1944 during a training exercise when some TNT exploded in his hands and he had to have hooks to replace his hands. So the hooks in the movie were real. They were not special effects.

A Bridge Too Far (1977) - This movie, in the tradition of The Longest Day (1962), has some heavy star power. James Caan, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Sean Connery (who was also in The Longest Day as a different character), and so on. A very good movie about a failed Allies mission. Just don't watch it if you don't have four hours to kill because it very long.

[jacobtlong]

How about one where the zombies feed on the cast of Twilight?

This would greatly please the Tall Man. http://s244650838.onlinehome.us/forum/Smileys/default/tallmanani.gif And the zombies. http://s244650838.onlinehome.us/forum/Smileys/default/zombie_bullet.gif
:biggrin2:

[Terry B]

Unstoppable with Denzel Washington. Very riveting.

[Brian]

Hangover II - I did not like it. Not very creative and too many potty mouth jokes with no style. I was a bit embarrassed for the audience actually. It does not matter how stupid the potty mouth joke is, they would laugh like crazy as long as some private part or bodily function was mentioned.

Also, it was too dark and fast paced. Like they mashed up The transporter and the original Hangover. Strange cinematography choices for a comedy too.

[kingricefan]

Watched Hereafter last night. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt damon. It's the one where Damon plays a psychic. I was actually surprised at how well Eastwood handled the subject matter. All of the actor's did a fantastic job too. It starts out with a tsunami (literally) that will take your breath away. Eastwood deftly handles three different story lines and weaves them together in a very satisfying ending. Good, good movie.

[Martsa]

The original Wicker Man from the 70's. Haven't seen the remake and after all the critiques I've heard I don't have to see it either :P

[jacobtlong]

Open Range (2003) - A great western starring Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, and Annette Benning. I would rank this movie in my top fifteen favorite westerns and I've seen quite a few of them. Kevin Costner does a fantastic job directing and playing the part of Charley Waite. Robert Duvall is fantastic, too. I chose this movie from the store just at random because I had never seen it and I wanted to watch something different. I'm glad I chose this movie to add to my collection. :y:

[Terry B]

One thing I do like about this time of year - we watch more movies. This evenings entertainment was "The Last Three Days", with Russell Crowe (who would also do Roland DeSchaine justice) and Elizabeth Banks. I highly recommend this one.

[Lina]

Water for Elephants. Good movie, great drama! I was so deeply touched while watching it, so it's definitely a very good movie. It has everything a good movie needs - nice actors, exciting plot, a bit unexpected ending - everything is perfect. The movie is worth seeing.

[AshTrayDentures]

i got a great cheap dvd of 1941 the other day.....such and under rated big mess of a war film and never on cable.

[jacobtlong]

The Aviator (2004) - Martin Scorsese is one of my all-time favorite directors. If he made a movie based off the phone book I would probably watch it (but only if Robert De Niro was in it :laugh:). So I may sound really biased (and I probably am), but I think this film is fabulous. It details the life of Howard Hughes from the 1920's to the mid-1940's. Leonardo DiCaprio (in his second of four Scorsese movies so far) shines as Howard Hughes. Kate Beckinsale plays Ava Gardner and Cate Blanchett (in an Oscar-winning performance) plays Katherine Hepburn. Not a bad cast at all.

[fljoe0]

The Aviator (2004) - Martin Scorsese is one of my all-time favorite directors. If he made a movie based off the phone book I would probably watch it (but only if Robert De Niro was in it :laugh:). So I may sound really biased (and I probably am), but I think this film is fabulous. It details the life of Howard Hughes from the 1920's to the mid-1940's. Leonardo DiCaprio (in his second of four Scorsese movies so far) shines as Howard Hughes. Kate Beckinsale plays Ava Gardner and Cate Blanchett (in an Oscar-winning performance) plays Katherine Hepburn. Not a bad cast at all.

Cate is always great but she was fantastic as Katherine Hepburn. Excellent flick. Be sure to check out the bonus disc on the dvd - there is a documentary of the life of Howard Hughes that is excellent.

[~Ally~]

X~Men: First Class.
Awesome, awesome and awesome...with a whole lot more of awesome on the side. Seriously awesome. :cool2:

(That's probably my most coherent review to date!)

[sam peebles]

I watched the original Stepfather, starring Terry O'Quinn. It was decent, and Terry was definitely awesome in the titular role. Definitely had some cool parts. The ending was kind of typical.

[jacobtlong]

Watched Turner Classic Movies last night when they were cranking out the creature features. Them! (1954), Cosmic Monsters (aka Strange World of Planet X) (1958), and Tarantula (1955). Them! (which featured the late James Arness as Robert Graham and a brief appearance by a young guy named Leonard Nimoy as an Air Force Sergeant) is one of my favorites and so is Tarantula, but not so much for Cosmic Monsters. Cosmic Monsters just really doesn't compare to the other two.

[fljoe0]

The Faculty - Robert Rodriguez directed this tale of aliens taking over a high school. An Invasion of the Body Snatchers for high schoolers. It was made in 1997 and has Jon Stewart in it (remember when he used to do movies?). Elijah Wood is a high schooler. Pretty good horror flick and has a good deal of humor in it too.

[Jojo87]

I watched Dark Water and Little Fockers this weekend.

[Terry B]

Saw Wild Target with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. What a hilarious movie! Sad thing though - I can't look at Bill Nighy any longer without thinking of Davy Jones in Pirates.

[Brian]

The Pope Of Greenwich Village - What a classic. Hadn't seen it in 20 years.

[Bev Vincent]

We watched five this weekend:

Super 8: Brilliant. Elle Fanning is spectacular and the kids are all good. If you like Stand By Me/The Body + ET/Close Encounters
Midnight in Paris: I'm not a big Woody Allen fan but Owen Wilson owns this romantic, nostalgic film
True Grit: I've never seen the original, but it's hard to imagine John Wayne being better than Jeff Bridges, who lets himself be gritty and grimy and gruff
Bitter/Sweet: Funny romantic east (Thailand) meets west (Seattle) in a film about coffee
Love and Other Drugs: We thought this would be campy and corny but it's quite a good romantic film. Could have done without the younger brother's character. The trailers did not allude to illness at all, and that's really the pivot of the film.

[Patricia A]

The Return of the Vampire with Bela Lugosi. One of my favorite golden oldies. It's on On Demand so I've actually watched it about 3 times in the last week.
You got Bela Lugosi; WWII London, grave diggers, a really lame werewolfish servant who's under a mind control spell and Dr. Lady Insley, what's not to love?
The only thing that could have possibly made it any better is if they would have thrown in a couple of gypsies.

[friend of Oye]

True Grit...........Good but wait till you can catch it on a movie channel.

[Timmy]

Hunt for Red October...

[fushingfeef]

I saw Super 8 yesterday and I enjoyed it. Kind of a combination of "Stand By Me" and some Spielberg movies.

[jacobtlong]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) - I thought this movie was really good. Of course I had my problems with it, but I loved the fact a Sabretooth got the much-needed screen time he deserved. Sabretooth is my favorite Marvel villain and the first X-Men movie in no way did any justice to the Wolverine/Sabretooth rivalry. Liev Schreiber was great in this movie. It was nice to see Gambit finally make an appearance in the X-Men series, too. Now I really need to see X-Men: First Class.

Salt (2010) - Another Schreiber movie. An entertaining action flick and a fun movie.

[Connie Reader]

I watched True Grit last night.
I dug it.

[sam peebles]

Watched Harold and Maude. It was good, quirky. I liked Harold's multiple suicides, and Maude being a Holocaust survivor was a nice touch. And the soundtrack by Cat Stevens. Love me some Cat Stevens. It's not a new favorite of mine, but I'm glad I finally saw it.

[Becks19]

We watched The Rite with Anthony Hopkins. I thought it was good!:biggrin2:

[JellybeanJay]

Fast Five, entertaining and lots of eye candy :grinning:

[skyrow]

"The other guy's" It teetered from stupid funny to actual funny for me and finally landed on the funny side. Made me lol!

[fljoe0]

An oldie but goodie - Rosemary's Baby. It's over 40 years old but still just as creepy as ever. It has held up very well. I think there was a thread about the difference between scary and creepy. My take on that would be Alien = scary and Rosemary's Baby = creepy.

[Terry B]

Is this the new version or the John Wayne version?

[Terry B]

Is this the new version or the John Wayne version?

This was a question for Friend of Oye. My direct reply didn't work.

[fljoe0]

This was a question for Friend of Oye. My direct reply didn't work.

I've seen Rosemary's Baby at least 3 times and I never remembered John Wayne being in it.:biggrin2:

[Born In Sin]

I just "The Rite" I really liked it. But like I tell ALL my friends this is not a recommendation. :oops:

[xMonicax]

Re-watched The Pursuit of Happiness...:sad:....so sad, but makes you think "if he can do it, so can I" lol....

[Lina]

I've watched Cars 2 in the cinema today. A nice Disney cartoon, they're always good. The movie is very funny and interesting. A good one to see at least once.

[blunthead]

I saw Wind Chill the other night on TV, a horror movie with certain things to recommend it. Emily Blunt, good acting, good effects, good story. If you have nothing else to do.

[fljoe0]

I just "The Rite" I really liked it. But like I tell ALL my friends this is not a recommendation. :oops:

I just saw The Rite and liked it also. But, this movie has one of the most blatant product placement ads for McDonalds I've ever seen in a movie. Those kinds of ads have always been around but I really hate to see them get so blatant.

[Lina]

I went to the movies to see The Ward. It's supposed to be a horror movie, but it's not that scary... The plot is rather interesting, but still there is nothing special about the movie, just a usual thriller, not a very bright one. It's worth watching it once, but definitely I'm not gonna watch it again.

[skyrow]

Went to the drive-in and watched Green Lantern and Thor. Both weren't THAT good. I thought Thor was better though.

[sam peebles]

I watched Splice, with Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley. It was slow and boring, not at all what I expected it to be, but it was also interesting at parts and different from most of the crap horror films pumped out these days. I wouldn't watch it again, but I wouldn't dissuade people from seeing it, either. I'm torn.

[Brian]

Super 8 this weekend. There were times the movie felt as if it was specifically made for me. Really enjoyed it, even if the end was underwhelming. (imo)

[fljoe0]

The King's Speech - excellent. Tells the story of King George VI trying to overcome his speech impediment with all of the pre WWII turmoil going on around him. It's a fascinating glimpse at King George but also of the chaotic times and the extremely odd story of King Edward stepping down.

[sam peebles]

I watched a bit over the weekend. The Man with Two Brains, The Man Who Knew Too Little, MacGruber, Mimic. Probably some others I can't think of.

[jacobtlong]

Space Jam (1996) - Watched this movie over the weekend for the first time in quite a while. A retired Michael Jordan is enlisted by the Looney Tunes to compete in a high-stakes basketball game against the evil morons from Moron Mountain. That's the plot in a nutshell. Danny DeVito voices the evil leader of Moron Mountain, Wayne Knight plays Michael Jordan's bumbling assistant, and Bill Murray makes an appearance as himself and pretty much steals the movie. It's a weird movie, but it kind of works. I like it. :) Although I think Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) is probably the better movie.

[skyrow]

Transformers 3! in 3D. AMAZING!!!!!! Kept my attention the whole like 3 hours!

[fljoe0]

Little Fockers - They went to the well one too many times. Not very good.

[Jojo87]

I re-watched Carrie yesterday and re-watched Cat's eye day before that. Very good both.

[omm poppa mow mow]

Although I was an avid Walker Percy Movie Goer, in all kinds of ways, it has been a time since I've seen a movie. That one from that fat slob, what's his face? Michael Moore? Farhenheit whatever? I think that was the last theatre movie I'd seen. But they ran "I am Legend" w/Will Smith this weekend and I happened to be flipping channels at the right time, so I watched.

I'd seen "The Omega Man" w/Charleston Heston, yay, all those years ago...

And I think both are good takes on Matheson's story. I liked how they played w/the idea that...I forget the character's name...sue me...that Will Smith played....played w/the idea that he loses his mind, or is losing it. That seems a fair...extension...for what is happening. Like, when he sees the dummy standing there...the...zombies/vampires...having set some sort of boobie-trap....but....THAT...did not play well w/his previous evaluation...(I like how he played the scientist, recording his findings...but he records his take on the....zombie/vampire....that dares the light, and attacks him)....So....the same ones what are losing their humanity, by...daring the light...also have the wit and wherewithal to set that boobie trap.

Naw. Don't buy it. But still, good take. Matheson did not have that...or, he had a different take in his story.

I liked hos they used the shepherd and play back scenes from "before" so you learn how it is that he came to that point.

The deer hunting? Naw. No can do. I had problems w/the speed...speed of the car he was driving, the speed of the animal.

The best part, I thought, was him losing it after seeing the dummy standing at the intersection...he loses it and he almost lost the whole deal. That was nice.

[Homer403]

Last movie? 1408.A good movie,but not great.Definitely not low budget,but they could have spent more! Still I enjoyed it!

[cat in a bag]

We watched Season of the Witch with Nicolas Cage the other night, it was good up to the end, then I thought it was just a little same old. Better than I expected, though.

Last night we watched Gnomeo and Juliet, and I was very pleasantly surprised! It was very cute, probably one we will be adding to our home collection soon.

[Aericanwizard]

I went and saw "Super 8" the other day, and although it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, it was a fun film. It was a monster movie that was more concerned with character relationships than the monster (where have we seen stories like that before? :laugh:). Fun summer movie.

[jacobtlong]

The Matrix: Reloaded - I've seen it quite a few times before, but my mom and dad haven't seen this one so I watched it with them last night. I really need to get the first movie on DVD. It just seems silly for me to have the last two on DVD without having the first one. Then I can nerd out and have a complete Matrix marathon without the freaking commercials on TV. And I really want to have those cool glasses Morpheus wears. :geek:

[Jojo87]

Creepshow - Yöjuttu came on tv Saturday night and I re-watched ít. Steve was good again as Jordy Verill.

[jacobtlong]

I watched all four of the Indiana Jones movies last week. It was the first time I'd seen Kingdom of the Crystal Skull since I saw it when it was in theaters and I liked it a lot more this time around.

[Elemeno P]

The Matrix: Reloaded - I've seen it quite a few times before, but my mom and dad haven't seen this one so I watched it with them last night. I really need to get the first movie on DVD. It just seems silly for me to have the last two on DVD without having the first one. Then I can nerd out and have a complete Matrix marathon without the freaking commercials on TV. And I really want to have those cool glasses Morpheus wears. :geek:

Don't forget the Animatrix.....I enjoyed those a lot.

[Elemeno P]

Cars 2 with the kiddo.

Can't believe they waited so long to make that disappointment.

[jellydonut25]

Let Me In - If you've ever seen "Let the Right One In" this is the American remake. Normally I hate this kind of thing (Quarantine-[rec]; A Tale of Two Sisters-The Uninvited; etc) but in this case, not only does the remake differ enough from the original to offer a different feel (and, imho a VERY different atmosphere), it's actually a GOOD movie. 4 outta 5.

[sam peebles]

I watched Rango. Really enoyed it. It was a beautiful thing to look at, every second like a big-budget special effects flick. Plus it was funny, great acting, just a fun movie all around.

[Solete]

actually, the last movie i went to watch was cars2, with my middle son, fantastic 3d, but the last movie for ppl my age i watched and enjoyed was Limitless, fantastic idea and very cleverly developed. By ther way, what do you guys think about the Zeitgeist documentary movies?

[Lina]

I watched Kiss The Girls. After having read the book, I wanted to watch the movie, so I finally did it. The movie is not bad, it's rather nice. Sure, the book is better, but the movie is also okay to see once.

[bryras]

I watched The Fighter last night. I wasn't expecting much but it was pretty decent IMO.

[Turd Ferguson]

Red Riding Hood. It was not very good.

[fljoe0]

A fantastic Danish film called "Terribly Happy." Has a Cohen Brothers feel to it. Highly recommended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terribly_Happy

[jellydonut25]

Red Riding Hood. It was not very good. no it was not...in fact, it was HORRIBLE. I had low expectations at first, because i had heard bad things...then i saw Gary Oldman was in it, Leonardo DiCaprio produced it and when I started watching, it kinda reminded me of The Princess Bride aesthetically...it was ALL downhill from there. big time.

I watched True Grit the other day...awesome movie, even if i think Jeff Bridges dropped the ball ever so slightly with his somewhat difficult to understand accent.

[bookworm101]

Insidious. It was ok. If Amityville horror and Poltergeist had a baby it would be Insidious. LOL

[Samantha_]

Cars 2 with the kiddo.

Can't believe they waited so long to make that disappointment.

I loved Cars. Haven't seen Cars 2, but I will, at some point. I've been to Shamrock, Texas where a few landmarks in Cars exist. That was an unplanned part of a roadtrip ... but, cool to see.

[tracyd]

I watched Kiss The Girls. After having read the book, I wanted to watch the movie, so I finally did it. The movie is not bad, it's rather nice. Sure, the book is better, but the movie is also okay to see once.

Lina- Along Came A Spider is a good movie to.

[Terry B]

I was browsing through the instant downloads in Netflix today and ran across a movie I hadn't seen in years. No Time for Sargeants
(1958) with Andy Griffith and Nick Adams. I have to say it - they don't make them like that any more. Now to find Onionhead.

[jacobtlong]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - My mom wanted to watch this one. I didn't. It ain't the original, that's for sure. There are some remakes that I like, but this isn't one of them. Can't believe I missed the new episode of Rescue Me to watch this. Save yourself the trouble and stick with the original. Unless you like watching movies that don't do anything except make you want to watch the original.

[jacobtlong]

The Thing from another World (1951) - A classic. I like Carpenter's version more, but the original is almost as good.

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008) - This is a documentary for people who don't know much about Lovecraft other than Cthulhu. John Carpenter, Neil Gaiman, and a few others are on hand to pay homage to the man and discuss his works. Most Mythos fans probably already know everything about Lovecraft and the Mythos so there isn't much new to them. If you've never read Lovecraft you might want read a few of his stories (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/) and then watch this documentary.

Casino Royale (2006) - I suppose this might be the Batman Begins of the Bond franchise. I think it's fantastic, but I admit it's weird seeing a prequel that isn't really a prequel. I do hope Daniel Craig works out as Bond. I haven't seen Quantum of Solace yet, but I've heard it wasn't that great. Still, I hope Bond can keep going with Craig because I'd hate to think that Pierce Brosnan got ousted out of the Bond role for nothing.

[Elemeno P]

easy A (2010) - Pleasantly surprised. Came on and I was too lazy to change the channel. The 80's movies references is what kept me chuckling.

[sam peebles]

I saw this flick called Cedar Rapids, starring Ed Helms and John C Reilly. It was okay, nothing special but enjoyable.

[Terry B]

Animal House. Can never get enough of Eat Me!

[Raoul Duke]

Antitrust (Ryan Phillippe is a newly hired programmer who begins to find out just how sinister his boss Tim Robbins is)
For Richer Or Poorer (Tim Allen & Kirstie Alley are a couple hiding from the IRS by pretending to be Amish)
Happy Gilmore

[jellydonut25]

I saw this flick called Cedar Rapids, starring Ed Helms and John C Reilly. It was okay, nothing special but enjoyable.yeah, i was disappointed with this movie. I like Ed Helms, but this was just a mediocre, mailed-in film...

[Neil W]

After.Life - Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long: woman wakes up on mortician's slab, mortician tells her she's dead and he is helping to ease her passing, but is she really dead? Sounded promising, but was deadly boring, illogical, thought it was important (and wasn't). On the other hand, Miss Ricci spent much of the film with no clothes on, so that helped to pass the time...

[Jojo87]

I watched Dead Calm with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane in leading role. Very good movie. I've seen it two times before.

[Markallan]

last film i watched was 'Catfish' bit of a eye opener :o)

[JellybeanJay]

We recently watched Insidious and wow did that scare the poo outta me :eek2:

[Laymonking]

Art Of The Devil 2- it was crap.

[Becks19]

We watched Secretariat.....I loved it..absolutely positively loved it!! ( this is one I will buy to watch over and over)

[Neil W]

Switchblade Romance (original title Haute Tension)
Grim psychological horror with similarities to Dean Koontz' Intensity. High Tension indeed.

[TheHMC]

I went with my mom and brother last night to see Transformers 3. I'm a movie junkie, and Especially a special effects and action junkie and this series is a favorite of mine. Not to mention, it has become tradition for my brother and I to go see them together and he just got back from his 2nd deployment(his 1st in Afghanistan) in time to see it in the theater.

[dsurrett]

I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 last weekend.

[aliphil]

i have just watched the collector and it was so good...so would watch it again

[fljoe0]

The Tillman Story - A documentary on the death of Pat Tillman by friendly fire in Afghanistan and the subsequent coverup of the details. When you watch this, you realize that it wasn't just the military using this story for their advantage but also the news and other organizations were exploiting his death also. The clip of the congressional testimony with Donald Rumsfeld will make you want to throw things at the TV.

[sam peebles]

I watched a bunch of movies over the weekend.

The Fighter - great movie, but predictable. It's the performances of the actors involved that elevate this
above the normal sports flicks...at least for me.

Fatal Instinct - a spoof on the erotic thrillers of the early nineties. Terrible movie, but it had its moments.

Larger than Life - love me some Billy Murray, but this movie sucked.

Guarding Tess - boring, not at all as funny as I'd expected.

Tapeheads - starring Tim Robbins and John Cusack, this was my least favorite movie I watched this weekend.

My Bloody Valentine 3D - starts off very promising, but just ends up the usual horror fare, with lame actors and a lame ending.

Night of the Comet - decent eighties horror flick, some interesting scifi aspects, but overall left me disappointed. I'd heard good things. Oh well.

Tideland - Terry Gilliam flick starring Jeff Bridges. This was a weird, morbid thing, and I still don't know if I liked it or not. It was definitely upsetting.

Anyway, I think that's all of them. I actually didn't sit home all weekend watching movies, just Friday night and then Sunday afternoon. Saturday I climbed Mt Monadnock (which really sucked), and then went swimming.

[Jojo87]

I watched The Gruge on Saturday. I've seen it few years ago but didn't remember it was so creepy.

[cat in a bag]

We took the kids to see The Smurfs yesterday. It was pretty cute, made me chuckle out loud a few times. The kids really liked it, it was fun to watch them giggle and enjoy themselves, and that's really the whole point, isn't it?

[sam peebles]

I saw Super 8 this weekend. It was good, but the last half of the movie was a little bit of a let down after a really awesome build up.

[dsurrett]

Watched The Tourist with Angelina Jolie. Let me rephrase that. I watched The Tourist, STARRING Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Watched it at home, Angie wasn't there.

[Lina]

The two latest movies I've seen:
Firestarter:Rekindled. I watched the movie a few years ago and I decided I wanted to see it again. So, I still like it,I think it's a very good movie, especially if to think about it as about a usual movie, not like SK movie, an adaptation of the novel. As a movie it's great.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It was the only HP movie I saw in the cinema, so, it may be the reason why I loved it so much. But I really found it to be brilliant, I guess now it's one of my favorite movies.

[JellybeanJay]

We watched Transformers Dark of the Moon, Cars 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2 while we were on holidays. All three were great, the kids really enjoyed Cars 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2 and my hubby and I enjoyed a nice Transformers date night!

[jacobtlong]

I've been in a mood for some Spinal Tap so I watched This is Spinal Tap. Ozzy Osbourne said that he didn't think this movie was funny when he first saw it because he thought Spinal Tap was a real band. Everything that happened in this movie really happened to a lot of rock bands in one way or another and to Ozzy himself more than a few times, I'm sure. I couldn't help but think of Sharon Osbourne and Yoko Ono when I watched David St. Hubbins (played by Michael McKean) take his girlfriend on the road which in turn almost broke up the band.

Great movie and not just for the laughs either.

[Moderator]

Crank it to 11! :biggrin2:

[fljoe0]

I've been in a mood for some Spinal Tap so I watched This is Spinal Tap. Ozzy Osbourne said that he didn't think this movie was funny when he first saw it because he thought Spinal Tap was a real band. Everything that happened in this movie really happened to a lot of rock bands in one way or another and to Ozzy himself more than a few times, I'm sure. I couldn't help but think of Sharon Osbourne and Yoko Ono when I watched David St. Hubbins (played by Michael McKean) take his girlfriend on the road which in turn almost broke up the band.

Great movie and not just for the laughs either.

I've heard that the Stonehenge scene was something that actually happened to Black Sabbath in reverse. They built a Stonehenge stage set that turned out to be too big to fit on the stages they were playing (of course in the movie the set is very tiny).

[jacobtlong]

I've heard that the Stonehenge scene was something that actually happened to Black Sabbath in reverse. They built a Stonehenge stage set that turned out to be too big to fit on the stages they were playing (of course in the movie the set is very tiny).

Yep. (http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/stonehenge.html) :D

[fljoe0]

Current TV has been running a series on great documentaries and they ran one the other night called "One Day In September" that was about the 1972 Olympic terrorist kidnapping and killing of the Israeli athletes. I was only 11 years old when this happened but remembered quite a bit about it and remembered us all watching this tragedy as it unfolded on live TV. The heart of the documentary is the coverage of the day of the kidnappings but the documentary is also a very thorough look at the events leading to this and the aftermath. One of the things that is striking is how ill prepared the German police were for something like this and thinking of how differently this situation would be handled today.

[sprinco12]

I just saw Edge of Darkness (I think that's what it's called) last week. It was a very depressing movie, but well worth it. Boy, can Mel Gibson act or what? He brought on some pretty real sobs throughout the movie.

[sam peebles]

I saw Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows Part 2 yesterday, in IMAX 3D. That was the way to see the finale of the series! I totally loved it! I felt like a little kid getting off a roller coaster when I left the theater, screaming to his parents: "I want to do it again! I want to do it again!"

It also makes me a little sad that the series is over, there will never be a new Harry Potter film. Oh well.

I also watched the King's Speech on my netflix. It was a well-crafted, well-acted film, but I was a little upset that they left out that whole "appeasement" part of King George and Nazi Germany.

[Tyrotoxic]

I recently watched "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters", a documentary on the two world record holders for the old Donkey Kong arcade machine games. It got my nerd-rage boiled up!
Really good, and really sad at the same time.

[Lina]

The Child's Eye. I don't even want to comment upon it. Though, usually I'm very loyal and I'm not really judgemental of movies, this time I absolutely didn't like the movie, it was just awful. It's not scary, in general the whole movie makes no sense and it's simply not worth of watching.

The Smurfs. This was one good movie! In fact, I absolutely adored it and I didn't regret I went to the movies to see it. Though, I'm not a child, I loved the movie, it's very kind, funny and exciting. And sure, it is a good movie for children.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End. Finally I watched the third part of the movie, it was the only part I haven't seen yet. And I liked it, as all the Pirates. Though, I must confess I like the first two movies and the fourth one much better. But still, the third one also wasn't bad. Jack Sparrow was great as usual :)

[jellydonut25]

Evil Dead II on blu-ray. "A Farewell to Arms" best gag in the movie.

[jacobtlong]

The A-Team movie - I love the series, but the movie kind of left me with mixed feelings.

Back to the Future Parts 1, 2, & 3 - I kind of nerded out over the weekend and had a full day of Delorean time travel. I wish I had my own flux capacitor. :down:

[MelissaConstantReader]

The Mist and Sybil. Both were great! By the way, Sybil is a true story about a woman with 16 personalities.

[CaptainBaccarat]

I finally got around to Where The Buffalo Roam. Bill Murray does a nice job playing Hunter S Thompson, and I enjoyed Peter Boyle's version of Lazlo. As your attorney, I advise you to watch this movie.

[Raoul Duke]

I finally got around to Where The Buffalo Roam. Bill Murray does a nice job playing Hunter S Thompson, and I enjoyed Peter Boyle's version of Lazlo. As your attorney, I advise you to watch this movie.

I've been wanting to see this for a long time. One day I'll probably buy it.



Last movies I watched were:
Wild Things (from 1998, has twists & turns more than most movies with Denise Richards, Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Bill Murray, Neve Campbell, Robert Wagner, & Theresa Russell)
Body Heat (from 1981, Kathleen Turner manipulates a lawyer into murder and then some)
Starsky & Hutch (2004 remake with Vince Vaughn & Ben Stiller)

[fljoe0]

The Fabulous Baker Boys with Jeff and Beau Bridges. A seemingly simple story about a brother duo lounge act but it is more complex than that. The Jeff Bridges character is more talented than what he has settled for in life, which is playing in a lounge act with his far less talented brother. The story is about selling out, the relationship between art vs income and the dynamics of this brother relationship that gets even more strained when they add the steamy Michelle Pfeiffer as a singer to the act. All three actors are superb and Jeff Bridges, as always is great.

[Connie Reader]

I watched "Paul" last night. The alien movie with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogan, Jason Batemen and one of my fav actresses, Kristen Wiig...It was HILARIOUS!!!

[jacobtlong]

Watched the original Pink Panther (1963) last night for maybe the second or third time ever. David Niven plays a master thief trying to steal a diamond from a Princess (Claudia Cardinale), but Peter Sellers is the one who actually steals the movie. It's hard to believe that Clouseau was actually just a supporting character in this movie. Wow. Anyway, I'm going to watch the second Panther movie A Shot in the Dark (1964) tonight. I'd like the get the Return (1975), Strikes Again (1976), and the Revenge (1978) so my Pink Panther collection would be complete.

I don't even recognize the existence of all the other terrible Panther movies like Inspector Clouseau, Son of the Pink Panther, and the Steve Martin remakes.

[tower-obsession]

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[Moderator]

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) is my favorite of those. :biggrin2:

But that's a priceless Steinway!
Not any more!

:biggrin2:

[fljoe0]

Inside Job - A documentary about the financial meltdown of 2008. This excellent film takes some very complicated subject matter and makes it understandable for the viewer. It shows how this had been building for 30 years through Democratic and Republican administrations. I think it is a very fair depiction of what happened. In the process of watching this, it will piss you off even more than you already were about the architects of the meltdown. There are some excellent interviews with some of the culprits who were blindsided by the intelligence of the interviewer and offer up some interesting answers. Everyone should see this.

[Jojo87]

I watched Thinner today. Very excellent movie. Steve did a great job as Dr Bangor.

[Raoul Duke]

Face Off (action thriller from 1997, one of the best performances from both John Travolta & Nic Cage)
The Frighteners (years before Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson was actually making good movies like this one with Michael J. Fox from 1996)

[fljoe0]

True Grit (the newer one) - loved it. The girl in the movie was really good. I love the old version and the new version - very different stories but both are good.

Ironweed with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep - From my favorite genre, dark and depressing:biggrin2:. Depression era story about a couple of down and out alcoholics. Both actors are phenomenal in this but especially Meryl Streep. This movie is from 1987 and I don't remember hearing much about it. I guess it was just too damned depressing to be a big box office success. It's really worth seeing but you need to be in the right mood for it.

[jacobtlong]

Unknown (2011) - I was actually surprised by this film. Very good movie. For a guy who is 59, Liam Neeson can still play a great and believable action hero.

I just hope the upcoming Battleship (an adaptation of the Battleship game... only this one is going to have aliens in it or something) movie that Neeson will star in will be at least decent. Then maybe someone will make my dream come true and make Tetris the movie. :oo:

[sam peebles]

I saw Insidious. It was good, but the plot reminded me a lot of Poltergeist, and the second half of the film was a disappointment in regards to the tension that was built and developed in the first half. Impressive for only having cost 1.5 mil to make.

[jacobtlong]

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) is my favorite of those. :biggrin2:

But that's a priceless Steinway!
Not any more!

:biggrin2:

I thought you said your dog does not bite.
That's not my dog.

I'm pretty sure that's from the same movie, anyway. It's been a while since I've seen that one.

[Jax]

Jackass 3.5 - as ridiculous as these shows are, I can't help laughing like a fool. I end up with tears, and gasping for breath at times.:rofl:

[fljoe0]

Jackass 3.5 - as ridiculous as these shows are, I can't help laughing like a fool. I end up with tears, and gasping for breath at times.:rofl:

As much as I hate to admit it, I've watched these and laughed like a fool too. It's like having a front row seat to the decline of Western Civilization.

Reminds me of a story of my Grandmother back when everyone was starting to get movie channels on cable. My grandparents had several movie channels and my grandmother always seemed to have trouble sleeping. So she got started watching the movie channels in the middle of the night and some of the racier stuff was always on late at night. One day she was telling everyone about one of these "disgusting" movies she had seen on late night cable and she was talking about how bad it was. My grandfather pipes and and says, "well, why in the hell did you keep watching it?" She said, "I just wanted to see how bad it could get."

[Brian]

I saw The Help this weekend. I thought it was really well done and enjoyed it thoroughly. Its always refreshing to see a "real" movie.

I must say that I have never been so embarrassed to be a white person in my life. It hits hard on the emotions. I can only imagine what white woman must feel like when they leave the theater. Not only were they portrayed as some kind of round about racists, but mean spirited too.

The chocolate pie thing is outrageous! :eek2: :barf:

I highly recommend this film to both men and woman. But it *is*a "chick flick", so if that's not your thing, steer clear.

[91rewoT]

Watched "Red Riding Hood" last night - it was pretty good...and watch until the credits are done...

[Tery]

I saw it The Help this past weekend, too, Brian. I'm with you: I was embarrassed to be white. I've read that some in the African-American community feel that the maids weren't depicted correctly somehow. I felt that they were presented respectfully, as human beings with dignity. I suppose it's not my place to insist that I'm right about it, though. I can just say that, as a film-goer, I loved those women. I felt their strength, their fear, their love, their doubt... they were full-realized human beings. Isn't that what they are supposed to be - characters rather than caricatures?

Oh, and if Viola Davis doesn't get an Oscar nomination I will be very put out. :oops:

[James-B]

Knowing is crazy good.

Im currently watching The Stand mini series (i know its not a film but its really good!!)

J

[bryantburnette]

The last movie I saw at the theatre was the new Conan the Barbarian. It's terrible. Momoa was decent as Conan, but Marcus Nispel is utterly incompetent as a director.

[Tinahorve]

Unfortunately, The Smurfs.

[Gladys]

yesterday i watched pet semetary again. awesome final scenes, gage was so scary... I also watched Super 8 few weeks ago. it's a very good film, ust like sk stories. an d for the first time, i appreciated a "monkey planet". the origins is very exciting

[Terry B]

Saw the Lincoln Lawyer last night. Loved it!

[jellydonut25]

Knowing is crazy good.If by crazy good, you mean so crazy and terrible that it somehow ends up being entertaining and good...then I almost agree.

Knowing really sucked though...

[blunthead]

Watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) on TV at 3:00 this morning. Loved the sets: the houses and rooms and windows are all askew. I'd like to see more movies with such surrealistic sets, but I wonder if another movie with anything like them exists.. And I loved how it ends, of course.

[jacobtlong]

Watched The Big Lebowski last night for the first time ever. Awesome. Funniest movie I've seen in a long time. My brother is a bowler and now I finally understand the importance of league games. :rofl: John Goodman is brilliant in this movie.

[Tery]

Went to see Fright Night in 3D last night with my daughter. It was pretty good. Colin Farrel did a good vampire. Chris Sarandon, who played the vamp in the original, did a cameo. But the best thing was David Tennant. In leather. And shirtless. You ladies know what I'm lying down, here :wink2:

The 3D was actually not annoying, too.

[Neil W]

Spy Kids 4 - good for kids, noit so great for grown ups.

Conan The Barbarian (new version) - endless fighting, no character development.

One Day - emotionally dishonest chickflick.

[sam peebles]

Watched some crappy horror flicks.

Zombie High - bad, bad movie from the eighties, starring Virginia Madsen.

The Return of the Living Dead Part 3 - not as terrible as I thought it would be. Some campy acting, but enjoyable.

The Reef - a supposed true story of some Australians swimming in the ocean when their boat sinks. Everyone gets eaten by a great white. The scenes with the shark are cool, there's some intense attacks, but the pacing of the movie was slow. Still, it was well-made.

[fljoe0]

I watched Wolf Creek - A pretty good Australian horror flick. Australia has vast areas of isolation and a movie like this where people are cut off from all communication is believable and works very well set in the outback.

Also, Day Of The Dead (remake) - Not as good as Romero but not too bad. The zombies are a little too acrobatic in this.

[Jax]

Caught the movie Identity on Starz the other night. I enjoyed it, but about half way through I had a pretty good idea of what exactly was going on, and a vague idea of how it was going to end. It was good, but predictable. I really like John Cusack, and have always found Ray Liotta a bit on the creepy side.

[just another fan]

Congo...oldly but I like it.

[CCRider529]

The New Daughter starring Kevin Costner. He is my all time favorite actor, but this movie scared the crap outta me!! I never thought he would do a scary movie..

[sam peebles]

Watched 127 Hours last night. It was a great movie, but it also made me uncomfortable to watch at times.

[jellydonut25]

Watched 127 Hours last night. It was a great movie, but it also made me uncomfortable to watch at times.man, this movie bored me to tears. it was about as exciting as a david blaine magic 'trick' has become, "watch this guy do nothing for hours on end"

[cat in a bag]

Watched The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. It was pretty cute, but the scene where the actual switch was made kind of grossed me out a little. The little boy made me look twice at first, he reminded me so much of the kid who played Gage in Pet Sematary!

Watched My Soul to Take, too. It was terrible. The premise was good, about souls never dying, but the storyline was just terrible. No scares at all, just a bunch of gore.

[Jojo87]

I watch IT right now. Is third time is see the same movie. But still very good. I never get tired to see a SK movie.

[dsurrett]

Watched "Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time" Sunday night. Pretty good, but with my quirk of finding inconsistencies I noticed the line about "stopping this Armageddon" was out of place since Armageddon is a New Testament term and the movie is set in Old Testament era Persia.

[NW Groupie]

Watched The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. It was pretty cute, but the scene where the actual switch was made kind of grossed me out a little. The little boy made me look twice at first, he reminded me so much of the kid who played Gage in Pet Sematary!

Watched My Soul to Take, too. It was terrible. The premise was good, about souls never dying, but the storyline was just terrible. No scares at all, just a bunch of gore.

Funny, I just saw those two movies over the weekend, too! I thought "The Switch" was going to be more of a romantic comedy, but I was actually pleasantly surprised that it wasn't. The "switch" scene cracked me up (including Diane Sawyer!). The little boy was cute, without being annoying - an impressive feat in movies nowadays.

"My Soul to Take" was soooo damn dorky! I watched it late at night - hoping to be scared - and was not scared at all. The only thing scary about it was the title - which I thought was a good one! Even the killings were pretty damn unimaginative.

Sure wish there could be a scary movie that would actually scare me . . .:ghostface:

[Sigmund]

The Roommate. It was okay. If you have seen Single, White Female you don't have to watch The Roommate. And SWF is better. IMO.

[Lina]

Yesterday I re-watched Pirates of the Caribbeans: On Stranger Tides. A very good movie, like it even more than the othe rparts.

[Neil W]

The Roommate
And SWF is better. IMO.
Much.

[Neil W]

Final Destination 5
Format exactly the same as 1-4, imaginative deaths, excellent opening disaster, terrific use of 3D, ending great fun for those who have been with the series from the start.

[cat in a bag]

We watched one called Triangle last night. Melissa George was in it. I was a little surprised that it kept my interest, because there is something about Melissa George that just bugs me, but it was pretty decent. Group of people out sailing, and they got caught in some weird time loop. Got my heart beating a few times.

[Jojo87]

Watch Scream 4, very good so far.

[exzel]

Watched Creepshow on DVD last night. We’re still experiencing intermittent outages of cable because of Hurricane Irene.

[Jake Featherston]

The last movie I saw in the theater was "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." It was awesome; highly recommended!

The last couple newish movies I saw at home (among those I'd never seen before) were the Australian "found footage" horror film, "The Tunnel," which was pretty good (I really like the "found footage" sub-genre, but this movie is probably not for everyone), and the American remake (I've never seen the Swedish original) of "Let Me In." Stephen King calls that "the best American horror film in the last 20 years," and while I'm not sure I precisely agree with that statement, he's definitely not far off. Certainly one of the better horror movies of all time.

[Jake Featherston]

The Reef - a supposed true story of some Australians swimming in the ocean when their boat sinks. Everyone gets eaten by a great white. The scenes with the shark are cool, there's some intense attacks, but the pacing of the movie was slow. Still, it was well-made.

Oooh! I'm going to try to get ahold of that one ASAP.

[Jake Featherston]

I've already downloaded & watched "The Reef." I have kind of a thing for shark-oriented horror movies (and they really haven't made very many of them). It was well done. Not as good as "Open Water," but otherwise first-rate.

[cat in a bag]

I finally got to see Let Me In. I enjoyed it very much. Still would like to read the book as well. I loved the dynamic between Abby and Owen.

And one called Get Low, with Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray and Lucas Black. It was very good. Robert Duvall plays a hermit with a secret who gets in touch with the local funeral parlor to set up his own funeral--but he wants it to be held before he actually dies. Had some really funny moments, and I laughed and cried. The best movies make you laugh and cry. :smile2:

[Brian]

Saw a few this past week...

Planet of the Apes: First two acts were really well done. I did not like the climax at all. - CGI was amazing.

The Debt: A good solid film. Nothing to write home about. But good.

Inglorious Bastards: I really enjoyed this. I know its a bit old now, but i just got to see it on Showtime this weekend. Really good stuff.

[Bev Vincent]

Someone posted a question about Planet of the Apes -- I wonder what they found to eat in the forest. It's not exactly a natural ape habitat. Lots of trees, but food?

We saw Lincoln Lawyer this weekend -- very clever and well done.

[blunthead]

Caught the movie Identity on Starz the other night. I enjoyed it, but about half way through I had a pretty good idea of what exactly was going on, and a vague idea of how it was going to end. It was good, but predictable. I really like John Cusack, and have always found Ray Liotta a bit on the creepy side.I gotta admit, I love Identity. The subject matter is right up my alley--special crazy people. The first time I saw it it was not predictable to me. I watch it on TV just about whenever it comes on.

Last night watched No Country for Old Men again, picked up on a couple things I'd missed before. I love Bardem in it, and I like the way it plays out.

[fushingfeef]

We watched one called Triangle last night. Melissa George was in it. I was a little surprised that it kept my interest, because there is something about Melissa George that just bugs me, but it was pretty decent. Group of people out sailing, and they got caught in some weird time loop. Got my heart beating a few times.
"Triangle" was one of my favorite surprises last year! Very cool. If you liked the structure of "Memento" and combined it with an episode of The Twilight Zone, you'd get "Triangle". Worth re-watching.

[Jax]

My parents took my girls to the fair yesterday so my husband and I watched The Rite. Now that movie scared the tata's off me. ICK, and it was based on true events. Ok, I'm gonna call a spade a spade here, but if something that creepy EVER happened to me, the nurses would be taking away my shoe laces. That is so grotesquely creepy, I don't even know what to say....:ghostface: ISH!

[jellydonut25]

Megamind - I hate how so many recent animated films just take a bunch of comedy actors, throw them into a wild plot and call it "COMEDY"...usually, i prefer my comedy films to have JOKES. Megamind is nowhere near as funny as it should be.

[muskrat]

I watched MIRANDA (1949) starring the lovely Glynis Johns as the mermaid that all the guys around are in love with. Actually a pretty weird flick. See, this married doctor fella finds her half dead and nurses her back to health, keeping her in his house under the pretense that she's an invalid (and is carried everywhere she goes--no legs, you see, only a tail). She sleeps nights in the bathtub and eats raw fish sandwiches. Every guy that comes in contact with her falls for her, due in part to Miranda's constant flirtation with them. But I can understand--Glynis Johns was MONDO hot back then, with that sultry, kittenish voice. Anyhoo, a couple guys break off their engagements in order to propose to the fish-woman, and even the doctor begins an extra marital affair with Miranda, hiding said affair from his loyal and equally lovely wife. His wife ends up figuring out that Miranda is a mermaid (simply by seeing an advertisement of a mermaid in a magazine, reading an encyclopdeia, and putting two and two together [?]), and she even figures out that her husband has the hots for this aquatic tart, but she never gets angry about it, she just accepts it with a shrug, "Oh, boys will be boys". Heh, one part cracked me up--dig this, the housekeeper (whose beau ALSO has the hots for Miranda) discusses Miranda's weird habits with the doctors wife. She says, "And going through her dresser, I discovered Miranda never wears panties!" To which the doctors wife replies, "I knew there was something fishy about her!" HAH! Racey stuff for a movie made in the forties, eh?

So, at the end, realizing that she's messing up everyone's lives, Miranda leaps in the sea to return to her home. She made mention of her home in Cornwall, where she must be in the spring. The last shot shows Miranda the mermaid in her natural habitat, bouncing a little baby mermaid on her knee! Ooops, looks like somebody knocked the fish-girl up! But is that even possible?

Right afterward, TCM aired MAD ABOUT MEN, the sequel to Miranda. This one was in color. Didn't watch it...there's something fishy about the whole mess.

Oh...uh, SPOILER ALERT. A little late, sorry.

[blunthead]

...my husband and I watched The Rite. Now that movie scared the tata's off me...This is where I say a moviemaker has gone too far!

I can't wait to see The Rite and now Triangle. Thanx!!! :smile2:

[Terry B]

Saw The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. It was excellent.

[Neil W]

I can't wait to see The Rite and now Triangle.

You'll enjoy Triangle - it's really good.

[Darnell]

Just watched Limitless... It was alright. Definitely better then I expected.

[Jake Featherston]

Last night I watched "Paths of Glory" (1957), which was excellent. I'm actually surprised I'd never seen it before.

I recently read "Lisey's Story" (I would have read it years ago, but I lost my copy when I was about 100 pages into it, and never obtained another; the one I read was from the library), and was so curious about all the references to "The Last Picture Show," that I viewed that too. It was OK. I wasn't really that into it...but it was kinda erotic, LOL.

[Laymonking]

Rec 2- pure ****.

[jacobtlong]

We Are Marshall (2006) - This was a tough movie for me to watch. It starts with the 1970 plane crash that killed pretty much destroyed the football program by killing the football team, coaches, and trainers. Then the movie deals with the school trying to rebuild the football program with the help from new head coach Jack Lengyel (portrayed by Matthew McConaughey) and deal with the town's reluctance to move forward. There are a few historical inaccuracies, but that doesn't keep me from thinking highly of the movie. Considering the subject matter, it'll certainly make you choke up at times so you might need a box of tissues.

[Jake Featherston]

Rec 2- pure ****.

No way, that movie was excellent. I'm not sure why you didn't like it, but over at IMDB, all the Richard Dawkins fan boys are upset because there's a super-natural angle, and they felt betrayed because they wanted a purely materialist explanation for the zombie phenomenon, as the first movie hinted at. I really don't understand this thing where any movie that has a super-natural theme now gets assailed by mobs of radical Atheists who claim its impossible for them to enjoy movies "about things that aren't real." I'm no longer an Atheist, but I was one for most of my life, and I never felt like my worldview was being threatened by super-natural horror. Just as now that I'm a Christian, some other Christians think its strange I still enjoy horror fiction & movies. Although I frankly don't see any contradiction, in either case. I have yet to receive a satisfactory explanation why I should have ever felt bothered by super-natural fiction, either as an Atheist, or as a Christian.

Like I said, I'm not sure why you disliked "[REC] 2," but so far, every single person I've encountered who had a strongly negative reaction towards it, had this weird, Atheist-activism oriented reason for hating it. I hope you hate it for some other reason, because the reason people over at IMDB all seem to have, is really, really stupid. I've even had people tell me I shouldn't read Stephen King books, because Stephen King is a Democrat! That's what Atheists who are offended by "[REC] 2" remind me of. There's something wrong with this society, where everyone's turning into a sort of fanatic who's expected to dislike anyone or anything that deviates from their beliefs (Orson Scott Card has written about that in his "Empire" novels, so its not just me). And before the 1990s, it wasn't like that. But something tells me, we ain't going back. We're just going to keep getting more and more alienated from each other, until a freakin' civil war erupts over some stark difference of opinion about some moral and/or political question. So yeah, I think its fair to say I hope you disliked this movie for some other reason altogether, LOL!

(I got a little wound up there, it seems...tell me you just didn't like the acting, or whatever...please!)

[Jake Featherston]

Speaking of "pure ****," I've got a movie that would make almost anyone regard "[REC] 2" as a masterpiece, by comparison. A few hours ago, I made the mistake of watching the 2010 horror film called "The Shrine." Now THAT movie is pure garbage. Its just bad on nearly every level. Avoid at all costs, and if you do see it, don't say you weren't warned.

[Lina]

Uncle Buck. It's a rather old, but very nice family movie, I had a good time watching it.

[Becks19]

Anger Management....Hubby just finds that movie hilarious. It seems to be his go to movie for laughs.

[sam peebles]

I watched Basket Case, an eighties cult horror flick about a guy that carries his conjoined twin (no longer conjoined, separated at the age of twelve) around with him in a wicker basket.

And Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. It was made well, great acting and directing, and the film was scored by Grizzly Bear, which is cool, but it is one of the most miserable films I have seen in a long, long time. There should be a warning not to watch it if you're going through a breakup.

[Sigmund]

Watched Contagion. Sorely disappointed. An hour into the movie I asked my friend, 'Shouldn't something exciting, scary, something, be happening by now?' When the movie ended (finally) there was an audible gasp in the audience.( A gasp of what-the-heck! Is that all there is?) Including mine. As my friend and I were getting up to leave I said that the movie would be something I would have expected from a basic cable channel. Or maybe SyFy. The three people who were sitting in the row in front of us overheard my comment and agreed with my comments. Bummer.
JMO

Peace.

[Sigmund]

I gotta admit, I love Identity. The subject matter is right up my alley--special crazy people. The first time I saw it it was not predictable to me. I watch it on TV just about whenever it comes on.

Last night watched No Country for Old Men again, picked up on a couple things I'd missed before. I love Bardem in it, and I like the way it plays out.

Exactly, Blunt! Thank you.

[Timmy]

Does Contagion really suck??? Haven't seen it yet, but was really looking forward to it...

[Timmy]

I just saw a goofy comedy called "Eagle vs. Shark" on hulu. It wasn't a laugh riot, but pretty cool. The best part - lots of exterior shots of New Zealand... and the cinematography was fantastic. Made me want to go... Anyway, cool flick, check it out.

[fushingfeef]

I watched "Trollhunter" over the weekend and it was a lot of fun. It's one of those "found footage" type stories, but it was much more fun than Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity--and you actually get to see the monsters, lots of 'em! The trollhunter character himself was the best--he reminded me of Quint from "Jaws", but more deadpan. I liked this movie because it didn't take itself too seriously and it delivered the goods.

[bryantburnette]

I saw Warrior. It's a really good movie, assuming you can accept some of the more implausible plot elements.

Bonus for Stephen King fans: a subplot of the movie involves Nick Nolte's character listening to Moby-Dick on audiobook, and he's listening to the edition that was read by Frank Muller!

[Jake Featherston]

I watched "Trollhunter" over the weekend and it was a lot of fun. It's one of those "found footage" type stories, but it was much more fun than Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity--and you actually get to see the monsters, lots of 'em! The trollhunter character himself was the best--he reminded me of Quint from "Jaws", but more deadpan. I liked this movie because it didn't take itself too seriously and it delivered the goods.

Yeah, that's a great movie. They're doing an American remake that takes place in Minnesota, but I'd recommend viewing the original. There's no way a remake wil be as good as the version those Norwegians came up with.

[jacobtlong]

Watched Falling Down starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Douglas plays an angry guy who gets fed up with being on the short end of life's stick and just goes on a Death Wish-meets-Rambo kind of crusade and Duvall is the cop (on the day of his retirement from the force, no less) who tries to find out who, what, and why. Awesome movie.


I just saw a goofy comedy called "Eagle vs. Shark" on hulu. It wasn't a laugh riot, but pretty cool. The best part - lots of exterior shots of New Zealand... and the cinematography was fantastic. Made me want to go... Anyway, cool flick, check it out.

I first read that and I thought it was some sort of cheap Syfy movie, but then I reread the "goofy comedy" part. :alien:

[bryantburnette]

Watched Falling Down starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Douglas plays an angry guy who gets fed up with being on the short end of life's stick and just goes on a Death Wish-meets-Rambo kind of crusade and Duvall is the cop (on the day of his retirement from the force, no less) who tries to find out who, what, and why. Awesome movie.

I listened to the audiobook of Roadwork recently, and it made me think of Falling Down. That is indeed a good flick.

[fljoe0]

I listened to the audiobook of Roadwork recently, and it made me think of Falling Down. That is indeed a good flick.

When I read Roadwork, I thought of Falling Down too. We all get that "I've had enough" feeling sometimes.

[Jake Featherston]

Last night I watched the 1981 film, "Possession," starring Isabel Adjani and Sam Neill.

Wow. My appreciation for weird, horrific movies is pretty much emblematic of my personality, but dang, this one was almost too much. I'm not even going to recommend seeing it, beyond noting that if you wish to see some of the most disturbing images of esoteric terror in the history of cinema, then watch this film. For the first 45-50 minutes, I wasn't even convinced it really was a horror movie (it just seems like a rather unpleasant movie about a couple getting a divorce), but then all of a sudden, it shifted gears in a major way. I might have turned it off if it wasn't for the fact that I just like looking at Isabel Adjani, but I'm glad I suck with with. Once I was past the one-hour mark, developments had taken place that had me glued to the screen.

It actually reminds me of another Isabel Adjani film ie., Roman Polanski's 1976 film "The Tenant." If you liked "The Tenant," you'll probably like this too. And if you didn't, then you'd probably be better off skipping this one.

[Jax]

This is where I say a moviemaker has gone too far!

I can't wait to see The Rite and now Triangle. Thanx!!! :smile2:

:rofl:

[Jax]

Watched Falling Down starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Douglas plays an angry guy who gets fed up with being on the short end of life's stick and just goes on a Death Wish-meets-Rambo kind of crusade and Duvall is the cop (on the day of his retirement from the force, no less) who tries to find out who, what, and why. Awesome movie.




Love this movie, one of my favorites.

[Neil W]

Jane Eyre - culture, innit?
Friends with benefits - raunchy romcom with decent script and heart
Colombiana - OK revenge action thriller

[Timmy]

Endless Bummer, a low budget surfer flick shot in Ventura. It's got a good party scene, a great boob shot and a surprisingly good ending - dude, like way meaningful, man... - that I never saw coming and kinda stuck with me.

Peace.

[Becks19]

I watched Soul Surfer with my girls. I have to say, Bethany Hamilton is one courageous, determined girl.

[Raoul Duke]

Next Day Air (comedy-suspense flick from 2009, madness ensues when a shipment of drugs are delivered to the wrong address)
Basic (John Travolta/Samuel L Jackson action movie from 2003 that flopped & never gets talked about, I didn't think it was that bad)
Terminator 2 (best movie Ahnold was ever in, best movie James Cameron ever made, also greatest example of a sequel being better than the original)

[muskrat]

Howl starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg. Oh man, great flick. Ginsberg had guts and vision. Franco did a superb job capturing his speech and mannerisms.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroy'd by madness..."

[Timmy]

Howl starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg. Oh man, great flick. Ginsberg had guts and vision. Franco did a superb job capturing his speech and mannerisms.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroy'd by madness..."

James Franco is a great actor... Did you know he is working on a Doctorate at Yale University???

[jellydonut25]

Terminator 2 (best movie Ahnold was ever in, best movie James Cameron ever made, also greatest example of a sequel being better than the original)I 100% disagree, in fact, I think this movie was the direct cause of the downfall of James Cameron.
He slapped together a cheesy action movie with stereotypical, cardboard cutout characters, shined it up real nice, put cutting-edge effects in it and it was eaten up like crazy.

Watching Eddie Furlong teach a TERMINATOR how to be "cool" by throwing around phrases that nobody EVER used (except when they thought this movie was cool) is cringe-worthy after watching the MASTERPIECE that is the first Terminator film. Cameron replaced terror with action, suspense with chase sequences, and an overwhelming sense of realistic dread with slick effects. All downgrades.

[CertifiedCzech]

Hi.First time poster.
I recently saw"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." It was a remake of the movie that came out in '74,I believe,for TV. I enjoyed the first movie because the little creatures were basically heard and not seen.I loved the way they giggled and whispered...built up some delicious tension. The re-make had Guillermo del Toro handprint all over it,which is a good thing,in my opinion. The actors were quite good,especially the little girl. The CGI creatures were pretty horrifying,but because they were so visible,so often,I didn't get the rush of terror that I love so much!! I would give it 4 stars out of 5.

[Jojo87]

I saw three movies during this weekend. First one was Buried not my favorite. The second one was Sex and the City 2 much better then the first movie. And my third one was SAW the final chapter. Good that this was the last SAW movie (or I hope). I don't like when they torture and kill people. But I had to see it anyway.

[blunthead]

Hi, welcome to the board! Keep posting! I hadn't heard of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark or its original. Thanx for letting me know! I just finished watching Picnic (1955), a title which I'd always avoided due to ignorant, preconceived notions. The movie was fantastic, great writing, great casting, great acting, great everything.


Watched Contagion. Sorely disappointed. An hour into the movie I asked my friend, 'Shouldn't something exciting, scary, something, be happening by now?' When the movie ended (finally) there was an audible gasp in the audience.( A gasp of what-the-heck! Is that all there is?) Including mine. As my friend and I were getting up to leave I said that the movie would be something I would have expected from a basic cable channel. Or maybe SyFy. The three people who were sitting in the row in front of us overheard my comment and agreed with my comments. Bummer.
JMOThanx, Siggy, for the warning. I had looked forward to Contagion, but I take your word.

[bryantburnette]

I saw Drive, which is astonishingly good.

[DeathStalker]

I saw Something Borrowed, which was astonishingly bad (RedBox rental - the bank wouldn't approve my loan to see a movie at the theater).

[SHEEMIEE]

i watched FRIGHTNIGHT 3D the other night - oh what a disappointment. colin farell was as wooden as the stake that went through his heart. reminded me of Jim carey in the cable guy. David tennent done his best > Cap'n Jack sparrow but ended up a rather camp russel brand. he was the best thing in the film , but i still saw dr who in everything he done. i recommend walking in from one of the other films in the multiplex and catching the last 30 minutes for free rather than paying to watch this crud!!!- oh yeh the side kick in kick a$$- Mclovin??? he plays the same part he always plays - what is he 25 26 playing a college geek - again!!!!

[jellydonut25]

^^Jim Carey is awesome in The Cable Guy.

[Brian]

I saw Drive, which is astonishingly good.

IMO...Drive is the best film since Inception. I loved it. Totally out of left field too. Cliff Martinez soundtrack is haunting and intoxicating. Cinematography outstanding. Even Albert Brooks as a hardcore gangster worked extremely well. - Highly recommended.

I offer a bit of a warning regarding the escalating violence. It gets pretty out of hand. Not for the faint of heart.:eek2:

[J.T. Adams]

Didn't even know they made a movie of this, would love to see it. Love Ray Bradbury

[Becks19]

^^Jim Carey is awesome in The Cable Guy.

We watched " Bruce Almighty" last night.....gotta say Carey is hilarious in this too!

[Raoul Duke]

The Replacement Killers (for an action flick this was enjoyable, not to mention the beautiful Ms. Mira Sorvino)
Ransom (from 1996 this may be Ron Howards best film, Gary Sinise is a beast as the villian, Mel Gibson is a dbag but this is easily his best performance ever)

[Neil W]

The Catch-up - crude, coarse, rude, and a lot funnier than I expected
30: Minutes Or Less - entertaining, but not a comedy (a bit like Fargo: crime drama with comedic overtones)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - very dense, hard to follow: quality, but hard work
Warrior - decent family drama based round cage fighting