The "I have just seen this movie" - thread

I saw this one the other day...

While it was an entertaining two hours, I don't know as if I thought it was a great film. The storyline wasn't up to much, and the 'young trek' mannerisms were a little too hackneyed for my liking: it wasn't so much "Chris Pine doing Kirk" as "Pine doing Shatner doing Kirk" if you get what I mean :think002

 

If you have not seen UP yet go. That is all.

 

Dang it took me awhile to find this thread, but I knew it was here somewhere. Time for a revival. First however I noticed that up above a couple posts last year I recommended the Hotel Babylon series on BBC. Well the first couple seasons were good, but it went straight to hell around season 4 or so. So if you want to check it out keep that in mind.

Anyways I just watched Shutter Island on DVD last week. What a great suspense thriller. It's one of those twist ending flicks which I hate to say I figured out in the opening scene. Didn't take away from my enjoyment however. A dark and clausterphobic "murder" mystery. I always looked upon this Leo DiCaprio as something of a lightweight, but I've gotta say I'm pretty impressed with his recent work. I'll give anything he's in a chance.

In addition I recently watched Book of Eli w/ Denzel. Also a twist ending flick which I did not figure out right away. Not a bad apocalypse movie. Kind of slow and plodding but good acting and enough action to keep you interested. Not the best I've ever seen but worth a rental.

 

Not really a movie but I just finished watching Pacific.. Its a good series, not as good as Band of Brothers but very intresting and watchable

 

Watched Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson the other night. Based on a British mini series by the same name. Not a bad flick. Good action, good mystery and intrigue. I don't think it did big at the theaters but it's worth a rental. It provided an entertaining 2 hrs. and interested me enough to put the mini series up on the Netflix queue to see how it compares. He's a Boston cop whose daughter is murdered in the opening scenes. He spends the rest of the film figuring out why and who, quickly discovering a possible tie in to her work as an intern at a mysterious corporation. That's teaser enough without giving away much.

On a side note Mel is definitely showing his age. I'm sure his off-screen melt down isn't helping much. Too bad when a fine actor completely implodes like that. No excuse for his behavior really. Can't respect his world views, but I still enjoy his performances.

 

Book of Eli

Just watched this one a couple of days ago. Denzel Washington is the man! He plays well in this movie. Its an interesting look at a post apocalyptic world and how important knowledge can be, plus it has a cool twist at the end.

5/5!

 

Been watching Doc Martin on the Netflix streaming box. If you're a fan of dry British humor and thick sarcasm like I am, you'll enjoy this. Big city surgeon moves to small seaside village as their new town doc. He's got eccentricities and a troublesome demeanor to boot which adds to the amusement. Four seasons available; not sure if that's it or if there's more to come.

Clash of the Titans (the new one) coming in the mail tonight so we'll see how that one is.

 

I recently signed up for Netflix, so I have been going movie crazy lately. I'm mainly watching the documentaries they offer on their instant streaming feature.

A couple of good food system docs are Food Inc. and King Corn. The latter is a bit less biased than the former, but both are extremely thought provoking. I have changed my diet considerably in the two or so weeks since I watched these films.

 

Watched The Hunting Party. Pretty good movie.

 

City Island...masterful performance by Andy Garcia...

 

Watched after.life w/ Liam Nieson the other night. Ok, but not great. Some plot holes that actually get filled in a bit if you watch the xtras featurette. A few holes leftover even after that however. I did find myself a little disturbed for a few days after watching it. Mostly because the premise is so creepy. You'll have to watch to see what I mean...I won't be a spoiler!

 

Yesterday I watched Too Tough To Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone. Awesome band worthy of an awesome tribute show.

I could have used a little less Anthony Keidis (RHCP), but the rest of the show was great. Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), and Henry Rollins (Black Flag, etc.) were fantastic.

Hey Ho, Let's Go!

 

Just watched "Lucky Number Slevin". Good flick, would recommend.

 

+1 A very cool movie.

 

Just caught The Expendables on Blu Ray. A kick ass, popcorn, shoot 'em up with many of the A-list B action movie stars of the 80's. Ain't gonna win any awards but well worth the hour and a half. Kind of reminded me of Commando. Arnold even makes a cameo! Good times. :happy088

 

Battle Royale.

Very violent, very Japanese, very intense, very awesome.

 

Jeff and I went to see Red during one of our endless days of vacation. It was Awesome ... definitely one to actually purchase when it's available.

 

Yesterday: Harry Potter 7/1

Really decent movie. For me it was some kind of good-bye. The 3-screen theatre I went to the last 10 years (saw over 100 movies there, liked the owner and the flair of the place) lost 2 of its screens recently. One got turned into a dancefloor and one into a bar because the costs of going digital are too high [it cost 1/3 of the money needed for digitalization to transform the rooms and the bar and dancefloor get a month's amount of cinema-cash into the register on one single good day...]. Potter 7/1 might also be the last movie being played on the last remaining screen .

 

Harry Potter 7/1 as well.

Very sorry to hear about your favorite theater. We try not to go to the big screen kinda like an eff you to the rising costs of it; probably part of the reason you are losing your favorite theater though....We try to only go when it is a movie "worthy" of the IMAX expense.

HP7.1 was good though.