[Lobowolf]

hrothgar, on Jan 3 2010, 03:13 PM, said:

Watched Sin City on News Years Eve, waiting for the ball to drop...
Kick ass film, especially with the right company

Still convinced that "Better Off Dead" is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern cinema...

Agree on both counts...2 great ones.

[ggwhiz]

I liked 500 days of summer a lot.

Maybe it depends on what you are expecting?

Second hand Lions was Michael Caine and Robert Duval instead of him and Sean Connery in The Man who would be King. Total fluff but well done entertaining fluff.

As opposed to Inglorious Basterds that Ebert said he had to watch a second time to get and wasn't sure on first viewing. It was reasonable but not (to me) worth that second effort.

[Mbodell]

I also really liked (500) days of summer. But I'm a sucker for both romantic stories like that and the independent style of the movie.

[jonottawa]

I could RELATE to the main character's predicament just fine, I just didn't like him. I didn't like her. I didn't like them together. Hopeless loser meets autistic chick who's slightly better than average looking.

Like many idealists, I'm a hopeless romantic, but none of their escapades were remotely entertaining, romantic, funny, or clever. I also hated the spoiler that the narrator gives at the very beginning. Apparently the audience has to be warned that these two aren't destined to be together because we just couldn't handle it without a heads-up first.

If you haven't seen the Cove or 500 days, you'd be a fool to see 500 days, rent the Cove.

[mike777]

Just saw Avatar.. a good movie see it.

I did wonder about the story and the science involved.


I did wonder how we humans can fly to the stars, expensive, ..create an Avatar, expensive, but cannot kill off a few natives or tree huggers and get the rocks out of the ground.

How expensive it is to create a poison gas, or a virus or unbreakable glass for our fighting ships, oh well.

Anyway It's Complicated remains my fav. movie of the last month,,,,see it!

[jdonn]

500 Days of Summer was fine, it was just what you expect from a chick flick. Fun to watch but nothing special at all.

[mike777]

jdonn, on Jan 4 2010, 04:56 PM, said:

500 Days of Summer was fine, it was just what you expect from a chick flick. Fun to watch but nothing special at all.

I agree.

[gwnn]

Come on everyone you didnt think that split screen scene was awesome? The music (Regina Spektor Hero? or something like that) and the timing and everything...

[jonottawa]

gwnn, on Jan 4 2010, 10:15 PM, said:

Come on everyone you didnt think that split screen scene was awesome? The music (Regina Spektor Hero? or something like that) and the timing and everything...

I almost mentioned that. Yes, that was the one part of the movie that I thought was pretty cool.

[neilkaz]

Finally saw Avatar today and want to thank you guys here for the reco as it rocked !!

[mike777]

Rumor is Sam Mendes will direct the next Bond movie...hmmm I have my doubts about going in that direction.

[gwnn]

has anyone seen the up! series? they picked 14 seven year old children from England and made a movie once every seven years. next will be the one made when they're 56 in 2011 or '12. They wanted to test the Jesuit maxim "give me a child until seven and I will give you a man".

I got a hold of them and started watching. I think it's very well made. They ask intelligent questions. And they try to jump to conclusions a little bit to make a point and I think that's a fair approach as long as they don't overdo it (try to generalize but do it with an open mind).

[mike777]

gwnn, on Jan 10 2010, 03:38 AM, said:

has anyone seen the up! series? they picked 14 seven year old children from England and made a movie once every seven years. next will be the one made when they're 56 in 2011 or '12. They wanted to test the Jesuit maxim "give me a child until seven and I will give you a man".

I got a hold of them and started watching. I think it's very well made. They ask intelligent questions. And they try to jump to conclusions a little bit to make a point and I think that's a fair approach as long as they don't overdo it (try to generalize but do it with an open mind).

agree, see the director's non up movies also....enjoy.

[gwnn]

oh and also I loved the way they asked questions like 'what do you think of fighting in schools' from the 7 year olds, being honestly curious about their opinions. and no interviews with their parents or teachers. really cute approach.

[jonottawa]

hrothgar, on Jan 3 2010, 08:13 PM, said:

Still convinced that "Better Off Dead" is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern cinema...

Note to self: Never trust hrothgar's movie recommendations again. Just rented this and wow it's awful. I think the title is based on how you'll begin to feel about halfway through it. I can't begin to guess what made you like this.

[Winstonm]

I know it's not recent, but I saw for the first time Thirteen Days. I was in the 6th grade when that occurred - and I am grateful JFK was in office at the time.

[gwnn]

seen Memento again last night. now officially my favorite movie ever.

[helene_t]

Just saw Avatar. Nice story (OK some might find it too politically correct, I am usually semi-allergic to PC but this story was quite good I thought), the pseudoscience was ok, personally I would have preferred a slightly more realistic technology to achieve similar effect as this avatar thing, but that's just me.

As usual with American films there is way too much violence and too little sex (well, I mean, affections between avatars, aliens and earthlings is an interesting theme on which they could have elaborated) for my taste. But overall a great film.

If you like District 10 you will like Avatar too. The themes are very similar. The main difference between the two films is in the scenery (the planet Pandora is full of strange plants and animals and they are beautifully made). And in the way the aliens are displayed. While the District 10 aliens are about as different from earthlings as one might expect, the Avatar aliens are very similar to Earthlings. This makes Avatar less believable (sometimes the Avatar's speak English between themselves) but the way they are made (morphed actors, unlike the District 10 aliens who are animated) is interesting and very well done.

Don't see it for the 3D effects, though. There were three scenes in the beginning where 3D effects were important, and sometimes in the forest there were some mishaps with semi-transparent ferns (I wondered if the same error was visible to someone watching from a different angle but that may be nonsense), otherwise I noticed no difference whether I used the glasses or not.

[Fluffy]

Sherlock Holmes was fun to watch, I had heard horrible things about him, but it was entertaining, not very deep though.

[andrei]

gwnn, on Jan 20 2010, 06:39 PM, said:

seen Memento again last night. now officially my favorite movie ever.

agreed ...

Christopher Nolan is very good ...