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

Blackfin
Documentary, I know
So sad and makes me hate humanity 500x more than usual.

Saw "Son of God." It was cheesy but still an okay rendition of Jesus' life I'd say. Not recommended for atheists/other beliefs though of course.

I've been watching some killer '80s flicks lately. Rewatchted Ghostbusters II tonight, which was great, and also watched Big Trouble in Little China for the first time. That one was a lot of fun, too, in more of a B-movie way. A few weeks ago I watched Day of the Dead for the first time, too, and wow, that was good zombie flick. I've heard the title sequence as an electronic track many times (for good reason--great track) without realizing where it came from.

I watched Heartbreakers a few hours ago, just to see a 20 year old Jennifer Love Hewitt. And DAMN is she hot It was a fun movie, I wouldn't recommend it I wasn't bored. But maybe that's just because she was so damn hot.. These hormones man, I really can't resist em

My class is watching GATTACA right now since the we're not doing anything before Spring break. It's actually a pretty solid movie. It's one of the 90's gems with a really good concept and story. Sadly, I don't think we'll finish the movie because we have shorter periods today...hopefully Netflix has it.

Originally Posted by INeverWakeUp

My class is watching GATTACA right now since the we're not doing anything before Spring break. It's actually a pretty solid movie. It's one of the 90's gems with a really good concept and story. Sadly, I don't think we'll finish the movie because we have shorter periods today...hopefully Netflix has it.

I have seen it a couple of days ago and I think it's a crap movie and I feel sorry for anyone who has to endure watching it

Just saw Bad Grandpa. I don't think I've ever laughed so much before when watching movies. Really funny!

I just watched "Fucking Åmål", known as "Show Me Love" in America.
I had almost forgotten how powerful that movie is, it's probably the only teenage movie I have ever seen that manages to feel completely natural - it almost feels like watching a specifically touching real-life documentary.

Movies I watched the last couple of days:
47 Ronin: It has become one my favorite movies and I could watch it again and enjoy it anytime
The Cable Guy: Really funny movie, how can it not be funny with Jim Carrey playing a crazy guy
Ace Ventura When Nature Calls: Very funny of course, again with Jim Carrey playing a crazy guy
Pulp Fiction: Seen it for the 4th time I think, simple and beautiful, beautiful in its simplicity
Reservoir Dogs: Pretty interesting and cool movie. But I don't know if I will watch it again
Upside Down: Really good and touching love story with some comedy. But more importantly it was really really interesting. It is about a world with dual gravity!! The clouds are in the middle of the world and if you go high enough you fall down to the other side of the world. I will make a thread about this movie and dual gravity tomorrow. I will definitely watch it again in a couple of months

Yeah I have a lot of free time

The Single moms club.....it was enjoyable to watch. 4/5

I tried watching "Mobsters" i thought i would be into it because of the 30s scene and gangs etc....buuuuuuut i-wasn't-that-into it...i don't know, it's odd because usually i would like it...i just think the story line and plot was a bit slow for me and i wasn't feeling it like i did with Public enemies ...which is rather odd.
Mobsters (1991) - IMDb 4/10 not 5.8 imo

Hachiko: A dog's tale is an evil movie.

Originally Posted by INeverWakeUp

My class is watching GATTACA right now since the we're not doing anything before Spring break. It's actually a pretty solid movie. It's one of the 90's gems with a really good concept and story. Sadly, I don't think we'll finish the movie because we have shorter periods today...hopefully Netflix has it.

Great movie!!
And yes - pretty solid, while there is a ton of fluff in the genre.

Goodbye World - The poster makes it look like an apocalyptic action movie, it's not. It's a drama depicting college friends that all turn up on their buddy's off-the-grid property when the shit hits the fan. It depicts how societal collapse really would go down, eluding the martial law and chaos going down in major population centers but focusing on internal conflict in a well prepared community. In our modern world, when conflict arises you can just leave, find somewhere new. But that's not always possible. Teetering on some Lord of the Flies themes, the film also spends a lot of time dealing with tensions in relationships where people suffering from old wounds and resentment can't just fuck off, their survival depends on their ability to get along through better or worse and resolve issues. Plus it nailed the soundtrack (what little exists).

In the blood....was good action 4/5

I saw Borat not too long ago. It was damned hilarious! But it was also a quite disturbing and offensive movie. It's just like Bad Grandpa(a movie filmed in public without telling anyone there until after the scene), but it hosts much more offensive jokes and a lot of extra male nudity which disgusted me. In fact there's an entire scene where two naked men(one obese) fight for a solid five minutes. I'd recommend skipping that part. Still a funny movie all around.

Baron Cohen is a great comedian, and yeah - he is surfing hard on the edge of what is sufferable.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Surprisingly enjoyable since I've grown contemptuous of Ben Stiller's type casted character. I thought I'd see some boorish indie rom com quirkfest about an older gentlemen exploring the great expanse of non-likeability. But the character is deeply relatable for a change. His introversion isn't presented as cartoonish discomfort in any situation but rather the character zones out, dreaming in live action for seconds of heart pounding adventure or shameless confidence before cutting back to someone trying to grab his attention back from his day dream. When his job is on the line over the whereabouts of an extreme photographer, the character begins to crack through his fantasies in pursuit of the authentic meaning in life, to feel alive. 8/10 stars would bang.

Mitty was a good movie, but it will always bother me that movie doesn't explore his day dreams for very long. The first thirty minutes is about his struggle with day dreaming, and then the rest of the movie is about him looking for the 25th graphic he lost and traveling the world for it. That was the only thing about it that disappointed me about the movie.

It almost feels like it should be a short and they expanded it and just kept going.

Recently I finally saw Stephen King's "It". Long ago I read the book, then I didn't care much in watching the film version until a couple of days ago when I got curious because of a Facebook post. It's fun to see the differences between what you imagined and what the film director put on the screen. At least the spider looked far better than mine

I watched "Peaceful Warrior" - and I quite liked it.
It is about a professional gymnast, who trains with his group to be the national American team for the Olympics.
He keeps having a nightmare, where he shatters his leg, and sees a guy with mismatched shoes, who sweeps up the shards of it.
After a while he comes across an old man at a gas-station - with these shoes and superhuman capabilities - like jumping up 10 m onto the roof like by magic.
I don't want to spoil the thing - but it comes to an interesting conclusion, as to who that man, whom he calls Sokrates might be.

The lesson, he learns from Sokrates is that there is only the moment - only the now and here - and that with that insight and putting it to practice - he can overcome almost insurmountable obstacles, which he had brought upon himself.
Oh - and that it is the way that counts and not the destination, if it is about being happy.

What is really interesting, is that there is a German professional gymnast, who has been interviewed in a TV feature, and he practises in his LDs.

I would say - recommended if not really genial.
But for a movie with such a message - well done - no cheesy eso-stuff.



What I really, really loved watching lately is not a movie but the US TV series True Detective with 8 episodes - so much did I love it, that I opened a thread on it: http://www.dreamviews.com/entertainm...detective.html
If you get your fingers on it - a must-watch - see link above for more details and the beautiful intro.

Originally Posted by StephL

I watched "Peaceful Warrior" - and I quite liked it.
It is about a professional gymnast, who trains with his group to be the national American team for the Olympics.
He keeps having a nightmare, where he shatters his leg, and sees a guy with mismatched shoes, who sweeps up the shards of it.
After a while he comes across an old man at a gas-station - with these shoes and superhuman capabilities - like jumping up 10 m onto the roof like by magic.
I don't want to spoil the thing - but it comes to an interesting conclusion, as to who that man, whom he calls Sokrates might be.

The lesson, he learns from Sokrates is that there is only the moment - only the now and here - and that with that insight and putting it to practice - he can overcome almost insurmountable obstacles, which he had brought upon himself.
Oh - and that it is the way that counts and not the destination, if it is about being happy.

What is really interesting, is that there is a German professional gymnast, who has been interviewed in a TV feature, and he practises in his LDs.

I would say - recommended if not really genial.
But for a movie with such a message - well done - no cheesy eso-stuff.



What I really, really loved watching lately is not a movie but the US TV series True Detective with 8 episodes - so much did I love it, that I opened a thread on it: http://www.dreamviews.com/entertainm...detective.html
If you get your fingers on it - a must-watch - see link above for more details and the beautiful intro.

They used only the book's best of cheesy eso stuff. That book actually offered some alright advice that eventually powered my ability to quit smoking, centered on conscious decision making.

But to go the complete opposite direction...

I finally watched The Counselor written by Cormac McCarthy and directed by Ridley Scott. I knew it was some drug cartel thriller, and I knew Cormac McCarthy wrote No Country for Old Men and figured The Counselor would be good if I ever got around to seeing it. No Country for Old Men is a really dark movie, and it's such a good movie I forgot how dark it was. The Counselor surpasses it. There's one gun fight, the rest of the violence is created mostly by your imagination. But god, the violence they implicate is haunting. It doesn't leave anything up for surprise, there's no twist ending. In fact, from the beginning it screams to you, "This is a cautionary tale." It reminds you relentlessly that bad things are coming. It sets a tone not of "if" or "when" but really "how?" How bad can it really be? What is this risk? The character is put in a tight spot, and why is never explained. The only context is that he's in deep and works on a job for the cartel to get out. He's an intelligent guy, the kind of guy you'd see coming up with a brilliant idea to get himself out of any tough spot in the last minute. And you know if you believe it, he probably believes it, too.

Martyrs ... an interesting horror lol