Last movies you saw

[Seth]

Was Before Sunset as good as it's predecessor?

I'd like to recommend Samurai Champloo if you enjoyed Cowboy Bebop at all...I'm on episode 21 of 26, and the climatic tension is starting to build. I like CB more, but it's still a great anime. The samurai setting doesn't feel rehashed because of the hiphop n general creativity.

Shutter Island. Teddy was sane. Scorsese gives enough metaphor to show the 'real' island setting. Good movie.

[The Germanator]

Recent watches:

I Love You, Man: Not a bad run for the recent "bromantic" comedies. I've always like both Paul Rudd and Jason Segel (and Rashida Jones) and they were all pretty good in this. Nothing special, but I laughed a lot. 7/10

The Invention of Lying: Ricky Gervais never does anything safe and this one's not any different, but not necessarily for the better. The concept had a lot of potential, but the tone swayed in weird ways at weird times. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. Still a good try though. 6/10

Waltz With Bashir: This film was incredible. It's really one of the most beautiful things I've watched all while being surrounded by troubling subject matter. I'm not sure what took me so long to watch it because it's really really amazing. 10/10

[Seth]

I really enjoyed Waltz With Bashir as well.
Also, I thought the invention of lying was a lot similar to Ghost Town, but failed in the delivery. Maybe it was just the poor script and bad delivery of a world without lies.. too self indulgent maybe. I'd like to see Ricky Gervais attempt a film that doesn't involve some supernatural or wildly outrageous premise.

Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place
5 Centimetres Per Second
Both these films are from the same creator. The animation was breathtaking, similar tweeny love story shit....but overall I'm happy to have watched. If you're a fan of animation these two are a go.

[KillerGremlin]

The Crazies was a well-executed but somewhat generic movie. So good and recommended, more important when you consider the source material and when it came out.

[Angrist]

I saw Barry Lyndon. It was ok I guess, for it's genre (18th century drama).

[Seth]

The Bounty (1984)
I loved this movie. Sooooo many Tahitian titties once the story got underway. Felt really bad for Mel's character...titty duty turmoil. I like sea-going movies that give that starving adventure tropical happy scurvy feel.

[Angrist]

Going to see District 9 tonight. Downloaded it in HD.

[magus113]

I watched Ghost in the Shell 2.0 yesterday. It was a nice way to freshen up the movie and it looked pretty good for a digital restoration of a 15 year old movie. The Blu-ray transfer wasn't the best at times but I wasn't expecting much.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by magus113

I watched Ghost in the Shell 2.0 yesterday. It was a nice way to freshen up the movie and it looked pretty good for a digital restoration of a 15 year old movie. The Blu-ray transfer wasn't the best at times but I wasn't expecting much.

Hm which one is that? It's not 'Innocense', right? Because I think that's only 5 years old or so.
I saw the 2 seasons and the 2 movies of GitS.

I thought Akira was incredibly boring.

I saw Happy-Go-Lucky, I hated it. It was supposed to be like Amélie, but it wasn't. She was annoying, the movie didn't have a story. Some jokes were funny though.

Also finally saw Moon and District 9. Moon was awesome. The whole next day I was still thinking about the story.

[magus113]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Hm which one is that? It's not 'Innocense', right? Because I think that's only 5 years old or so.
I saw the 2 seasons and the 2 movies of GitS.

It's a slightly redone edition of the original movie. Some of the effects were redone with new CG, and some of the scenes were redone in CG entirely, as long as a full digital remaster with redone vocal and audio tracks from the original people. It was quite nice.

Originally Posted by Angrist

I thought Akira was incredibly boring.

I can see where you're coming from with that but you have to admit that there was some pretty crazy animation for being a 20 year old movie. There was a lot of stuff that is very influential and wasn't done back then.

Originally Posted by Angrist

Moon was awesome. The whole next day I was still thinking about the story.

One of my co-workers was watching Moon when I was at work while he was on his lunch break. He said it was pretty fucked up, I'll have to check it out.

[magus113]

I saw Akira for the first time today! That was pretty awesome.

And saw Advent Children Complete. The added scenes and the revisions were refreshing since I was able to tell that the movie was different since the last time I saw it, but it's still kinda over-rated and the plot doesn't make much sense still.

But eh.

[magus113]

Just finished getting through my newly-delivered copy of Evangelion 1.11: You are (Not) Alone.

It was a great way to bring the old into the new, lemme tell you. It's a visual overhaul, definitely not just watching the entire show (or I guess the first 6-8 episodes of the series) all over again. Especially the fight against the 6th angel. Holy hell.

I don't know how interested people would be in it if you haven't seen the show before, but it's worth a watch. Sadly there's no news of when even a DVDRip from Japan or a US release will happen for the second movie, and it already was released in theaters in Japan back in July.

[Swan]

Saw Hot Tub Time Machine the other night. Hilarious movie.


Definite classic

[magus113]

Originally Posted by Swan

Saw Hot Tub Time Machine the other night. Hilarious movie.


Definite classic

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Craig Robinson and John Cusack are pretty funny guys.

[Teuthida]

Eden of the East: The King of Eden

The first of two movies that follow the events of the series. The show took place in Washington D.C. and Tokyo while the movie is mostly set in NYC. Probably the best depiction of the city I've seen animated; a number of recognizable areas.

Trailer for the show: