Films watched recently... (CAUTION, SPOILERS)

Goat · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:47 am

metalNESS wrote:

Zad wrote:

1408 - poor. John Cusack should pick his films better, he's a more than decent actor who makes a ton of shit...

Yes, horrible movie. I didn't enjoy any part of that movie.

There was one bit where he lost it completely, and it gave you a glimpse of how good an actor he is. He does throw himself into things...

Speaking of Cusack, should I watch Say Anything?

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:02 am

Just started UHF. Already made me laugh out loud three times in 2 minutes. Weird Al is brilliant!

traptunderice · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:28 am

Zad wrote:

Speaking of Cusack, should I watch Say Anything?

Great 80s teen flick. Not groundbreaking but a fun film. Really captures the fleeting nature of teenage relationships.

leee · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:56 pm

The Silent Man wrote:

Infection - 6/10 Weird confusing Japanese horror movie. Some interesting atmospherish stuff kept me entertained enough to enjoy it on a level where understanding anything didnt matter.. Like playing Silent Hill.

Agree on that, if you liked it ok, you might want to check out EM Embalming if you have not seen it.

noodles · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:40 pm

Reign Over Me - great movie. it wasn't perfect (the female characters were kinda shallow and some of the dialog was a little awkward), but its not often you see a movie with this much emotional grey area.

heatseeker · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:37 am

Saw I Am Legend. I really liked it, probably my favorite movie that has anything to do with zombie-type apocalypse things ever, since most movies of that kind generally suck. Will Smith gave an amazing performance, I thought...

I really want to see No Country for Old Men.

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:41 am

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:43 am

noodles wrote:

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Yeah, it was too long and had a bit of an anticlimactic ending. It was building up great and getting me anticipated, but at the end I was just like "wat"

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:56 am

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

noodles wrote:

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Yeah, it was too long and had a bit of an anticlimactic ending. It was building up great and getting me anticipated, but at the end I was just like "wat"

I liked the stuff that focused on Jake Gyllenhaal's obsession and thought that had sort of a climax going for it... but the part in the middle with the investigator just didn't feel needed, they probably could have summed it up with a brief flash of text or voiceover or something.

Ness · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:33 pm

noodles wrote:

Reign Over Me - great movie. it wasn't perfect (the female characters were kinda shallow and some of the dialog was a little awkward), but its not often you see a movie with this much emotional grey area.

I agree. And Sandler suprised the hell out of me with his performance.

Radagast · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:47 pm

noodles wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

noodles wrote:

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Yeah, it was too long and had a bit of an anticlimactic ending. It was building up great and getting me anticipated, but at the end I was just like "wat"

I liked the stuff that focused on Jake Gyllenhaal's obsession and thought that had sort of a climax going for it... but the part in the middle with the investigator just didn't feel needed, they probably could have summed it up with a brief flash of text or voiceover or something.

Well I thought the whole point of the film is that it was long, episodic and never came to any real conclusions - just like the Zodiac case.

Great film full of great performances. And it had Casey Jones and Mike from Phantasm II :dio:

Azrael · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:57 am

just came back from the theater, where i saw Sweeney Todd. very good musical, see it if you can.

Goat · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:04 am

metalNESS wrote:

noodles wrote:

Reign Over Me - great movie. it wasn't perfect (the female characters were kinda shallow and some of the dialog was a little awkward), but its not often you see a movie with this much emotional grey area.

I agree. And Sandler suprised the hell out of me with his performance.

Yes! Very surprising.

RW: The Edukators - was expecting a completely different ending. Not great, it lacked something. Not bad overall. 6/10

noodles · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:40 am

Radagast wrote:

noodles wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

noodles wrote:

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Yeah, it was too long and had a bit of an anticlimactic ending. It was building up great and getting me anticipated, but at the end I was just like "wat"

I liked the stuff that focused on Jake Gyllenhaal's obsession and thought that had sort of a climax going for it... but the part in the middle with the investigator just didn't feel needed, they probably could have summed it up with a brief flash of text or voiceover or something.

Well I thought the whole point of the film is that it was long, episodic and never came to any real conclusions - just like the Zodiac case.

Great film full of great performances. And it had Casey Jones and Mike from Phantasm II :dio:

I guess

i thought it came to a pretty clear conclusion incriminating the guy whose house they searched :o

Eastern Promises - an unpredictable and very dark drama (don't go into this expecting an action movie!!!). it takes some patience because, like A History of Violence, David Cronenberg is more interested in fleshing out the characters for the first half rather than pushing the story relentlessly onward.

Caldogg · **Joined:** Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:28 am **Posts:** 764

Alien vs Predator: Requiem

Good mindless, violent, sci-fi action. A hell of a lot better than the original, in my opinion.

Goat · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:21 am

Caldogg wrote:

Alien vs Predator: Requiem

Good mindless, violent, sci-fi action. A hell of a lot better than the original, in my opinion.

Saw the trailer for that earlier today, looks quite good. Plus Michelle from 24's in it! :wub:

Watched a load of dvds with my little sister today, including Batman Begins and Pride And Prejudice (the BBC series from about ten years ago, better than the Kiera Knightley one). Then got drunk, then watched Knocked Up with the parents, for some reason, they hated it, I laughed quite a bit.

So no Rush classic this week, alas.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:41 am

noodles wrote:

Eastern Promises - an unpredictable and very dark drama (don't go into this expecting an action movie!!!). it takes some patience because, like A History of Violence, David Cronenberg is more interested in fleshing out the characters for the first half rather than pushing the story relentlessly onward.

I really liked that movie. It is probably my favorite movie of the year. Viggo is so impressive as an actor. The movie was better than History of Violence and the main fight scene was badass despite its obvious negative aspect. I was required to watch the movie with subtitles because of the Russian accents and my awful hearing but nonetheless the movie was awesome.

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:48 pm

Shoot 'em up... stupid and violent

Radagast · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:55 pm

traptunderice wrote:

noodles wrote:

Eastern Promises - an unpredictable and very dark drama (don't go into this expecting an action movie!!!). it takes some patience because, like A History of Violence, David Cronenberg is more interested in fleshing out the characters for the first half rather than pushing the story relentlessly onward.

I really liked that movie. It is probably my favorite movie of the year. Viggo is so impressive as an actor. The movie was better than History of Violence and the main fight scene was badass despite its obvious negative aspect. I was required to watch the movie with subtitles because of the Russian accents and my awful hearing but nonetheless the movie was awesome.

Shitty ending set up by a deeply unsatisfying twist. Still quite a good film.

I saw I Am Legend last night. Even though it did more or less sucumb to the it's-a-zombie-movie-so-there's-going-to-be-a-third-act-collapse routine I still enjoyed it very much.

Why can't Will Smith be such a good actor all the time? He was terrific. And that scene when he follows the dog into the dark was terrifying. Shame the zombie guys looked so awful, the computer effects just looked unfinished.

Eternal Idol · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:18 pm

noodles wrote:

Radagast wrote:

noodles wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

noodles wrote:

Zodiac - This movie was great for the last hour... the start was nice but the middle could have been cut out. Definitely should have been 30~ minutes shorter.

Yeah, it was too long and had a bit of an anticlimactic ending. It was building up great and getting me anticipated, but at the end I was just like "wat"

I liked the stuff that focused on Jake Gyllenhaal's obsession and thought that had sort of a climax going for it... but the part in the middle with the investigator just didn't feel needed, they probably could have summed it up with a brief flash of text or voiceover or something.

Well I thought the whole point of the film is that it was long, episodic and never came to any real conclusions - just like the Zodiac case.

Great film full of great performances. And it had Casey Jones and Mike from Phantasm II :dio:

I guess

i thought it came to a pretty clear conclusion incriminating the guy whose house they searched :o

Right, but then he died of a heart attack. It's kind of hard to prosecute a dead man.

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