Thread: last movie you saw - and what did you think of it?

Saw Scott Pilgrim last week and loved it. It's cool how close the ending was to the comics, even though the ending of the comics hadn't been written yet when they were making the movie.

Tried to watch Jonah Hex a couple days ago, and it was awful. I fell asleep around 3/4 through it, and won't be going back for the ending. I can't believe Malkovich participated in that dogpile.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Saw Scott Pilgrim last week and loved it. It's cool how close the ending was to the comics, even though the ending of the comics hadn't been written yet when they were making the movie.

Tried to watch Jonah Hex a couple days ago, and it was awful. I fell asleep around 3/4 through it, and won't be going back for the ending. I can't believe Malkovich participated in that dogpile.

As much as I enjoy Josh Brolin, I can't psyche myself to a see a movie that bases its trailers on the fact that Megan Fox is attractive. She looks like a coke addict who doesn't shower. I dunno, I just imagine she'd be sticky to the touch.

Now, True Grit looks amazing.

The Box. It was crap, largely because I felt no sympathy at all for the main characters. It did not provoke thought about complex moral decisions like 'The Trap' and did not build up well like 'The Brass Teapot.' Instead, you have the plight of a well off couple who own 85,000 dollar cars and live in a 5 bedroom house whose biggest financial worries include, 'My pHd wife no longer gets free college.' and 'My husband with a stable government job who is being offered the position of director over a NASA project is not getting his perfect ideal dream job.' Oh, so, pretty much your financial worries mean you now have to face a couple of the financial concerns that EVERYONE else worries about? Namely, almost no-one has their ideal job and the rest of the world DOES have to pay for their own/their kids college. If you are living 'paycheck to paycheck' but buy cars worth more than some houses you are not a sympathetic figure. You are a stupid figure. Oh, yeah, the wife is missing some toes, too. Suddenly that means you are morally pitiable enough to kill someone. (The plot is, 'push a button that kills someone and get a million bucks.')

There could have been moral questions posed here. Like, they could have said, "Why don't we give a quarter of the money to a charity that prevents Malaria, then we will have saved more than one life." Or else they could have said, "Didn't the guy say if we refuse to push the button he will give the offer to someone else? The next person probably will push the button, might it as well be us?" But no. The only point the wife or the husband makes to justify killing someone for money is not even based around keeping their house or maintaining their, (less than frugal,) lifestyle. Rather, the argument is, "We could really buy a lot of s**t with that dough." These are terrible, terrible people. The alien speech on the altruism co-effecient is stupid and illogical, as well. Screw aliens who think they are the galactic police like in the Day the Earth Stood Still, (either version, the old one may be even more applicable.) And what happened to Richard Kelly's script writing skills? Darko's script for the most part seemed pretty natural to me. At least it flowed better than a gutter with a beaver dam built in it, unlike this robotic script.

Further, this movie should have been a 12-14 minute short film if anything at all, not a feature that involves aliens.

I watched shutter island for the first time a few days ago, had me hooked throughout, really good film.

Originally Posted by RooJ

I watched shutter island for the first time a few days ago, had me hooked throughout, really good film.

I just watched it on our movie channel yesterday. It's great the second time around too; you can look for all the "clues".

Originally Posted by spockman

The Box. It was crap, largely because I felt no sympathy at all for the main characters. It did not provoke thought about complex moral decisions like 'The Trap' and did not build up well like 'The Brass Teapot.' Instead, you have the plight of a well off couple who own 85,000 dollar cars and live in a 5 bedroom house whose biggest financial worries include, 'My pHd wife no longer gets free college.' and 'My husband with a stable government job who is being offered the position of director over a NASA project is not getting his perfect ideal dream job.' Oh, so, pretty much your financial worries mean you now have to face a couple of the financial concerns that EVERYONE else worries about? Namely, almost no-one has their ideal job and the rest of the world DOES have to pay for their own/their kids college. If you are living 'paycheck to paycheck' but buy cars worth more than some houses you are not a sympathetic figure. You are a stupid figure. Oh, yeah, the wife is missing some toes, too. Suddenly that means you are morally pitiable enough to kill someone. (The plot is, 'push a button that kills someone and get a million bucks.')

There could have been moral questions posed here. Like, they could have said, "Why don't we give a quarter of the money to a charity that prevents Malaria, then we will have saved more than one life." Or else they could have said, "Didn't the guy say if we refuse to push the button he will give the offer to someone else? The next person probably will push the button, might it as well be us?" But no. The only point the wife or the husband makes to justify killing someone for money is not even based around keeping their house or maintaining their, (less than frugal,) lifestyle. Rather, the argument is, "We could really buy a lot of s**t with that dough." These are terrible, terrible people. The alien speech on the altruism co-effecient is stupid and illogical, as well. Screw aliens who think they are the galactic police like in the Day the Earth Stood Still, (either version, the old one may be even more applicable.) And what happened to Richard Kelly's script writing skills? Darko's script for the most part seemed pretty natural to me. At least it flowed better than a gutter with a beaver dam built in it, unlike this robotic script.

Further, this movie should have been a 12-14 minute short film if anything at all, not a feature that involves aliens.

It was actually a Twilight Zone episode at one point. It's based off a short story by Richard Matheson (same guy who did I Am Legend). I liked the implied backstory of the alien plot, but it didn't fit into the story at all. Leaving the idea that the man was able to make good on his promises was good enough.

Shutter Island's book is better, but the movie did a few smart things that I can't mention without spoiling the movie and book. I am a HUGE Scorsese fan, so I was very happy. Leo did a great job as Teddy Daniels.

Originally Posted by TheKing

It was actually a Twilight Zone episode at one point. It's based off a short story by Richard Matheson (same guy who did I Am Legend). I liked the implied backstory of the alien plot, but it didn't fit into the story at all. Leaving the idea that the man was able to make good on his promises was good enough.

Shutter Island's book is better, but the movie did a few smart things that I can't mention without spoiling the movie and book. I am a HUGE Scorsese fan, so I was very happy. Leo did a great job as Teddy Daniels.

Yeah, called 'button, button.' I like Richard Matheson. He knew when a story concept should be short and when it should be a novel. Filmmakers often lack this skill and so what should have been a short film becomes a crappy feature which needs an hour and a half of filler. You are very right, the alien thing is totally unnecessary. I did not know that it was ever a Twilight Zone episode.

The alien subplot felt VERY similar to Half-Life's story line. The G-Man often mentioned his employers in the games, and it was implied that they are indeed aliens of some type.

I think that plot could have worked better in its own movie.

I think The Box was short and to the point. Perfect movie imo.
The Machinist (B+)

I think The Box should have been short and to the point but instead dragged on for an hour after it's climax. Perfect movie imo.

Fixed.

land of the lost. I thought it would be fucking awsome to go to that place in a lucid dream.

How to Train Your Dragon: good, worth a watch, but nothing special. The best parts are probably all the dragon riding scenes--should definitely try that out in a lucid

Skyline [C-] I'm so disappointed.

Scoot Pilgrim vs the world. I don' care what anyone says, its a good movie. I wanna read the comics now. Shame it was a bomb.

Popeye- It's a classic.

Originally Posted by OldSparta

Scoot Pilgrim vs the world. I don' care what anyone says, its a good movie. I wanna read the comics now. Shame it was a bomb.

DVD/BD/Downloadable sales will maintain it as a cult classic for decades to come. Some people are saying it will be this generation's Ferris Bueller's Day Off (have '90s kids seen that?).

I watched The Sorceror's Apprentice last night, and wasn't expecting much, but it was worse than expected. It was watchable pretty much solely for special effects. It was a kids' movie, but I can't believe kids wouldn't be wandering out of the theater or playing with their shoelaces after the immediate and seemingly eternal exposition dump that opens up the movie.

Jackass 3 Just as hillarious, if not more so, than the 1st and 2nd one

Saw Scott Pilgrim as well. Although not perfect, I absolutely enjoyed it and will buy the DVD, (which I don't do too often.) Yet another good film with Cera.

Seven Pounds- One of the best "real movies" I've seen in a while. If I were a lesser man, I would have cried at the ending.

Originally Posted by Akono

Seven Pounds- One of the best "real movies" I've seen in a while. If I were a lesser man, I would have cried at the ending.

That's gotta be my favorite Will Smith movie.

I watched the movie Cango last week ........Its a Good movie thats about the life of Gorillas .

Watchmen - Loved it, even though some of the violence was fairly disturbing. I enjoyed Rorschach's character.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Watchmen - Loved it, even though some of the violence was fairly disturbing. I enjoyed Rorschach's character.

Ever read the comics?

From what I hear, the comics make the movie terrible.