Last movies you saw

[Teuthida]

The Usual Suspects - Been attempting to see this one for years but something always happens. Kept having to shield myself from "the twist." Not much of one it turns out. Just an unreliable narrator, so you can't really go back and rewatch to see things you didn't catch the first time suddenly fall into place. A shame. Still enjoyed it though.

Drawing a comic heavy on an Aztec aesthetic so in addition to viewing a number of documentaries, watched The Emperor's New Groove (Inca) and The Road to El Dorado (a mix of Pre-Columbian cultures). Saw bits of both before but believe this was the first time I saw them in their entirety. Both fun but think I liked TRoED more. Plus it has one of the sexiest animated females ever.

Despicable Me was pretty cute. "It's so fluffy!" Not much else to say.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - I feel bad for the folks who haven't read the book. They don't explain the mirror at all. I didn't even remember what it was until after perusing IMDb's board. Was it touched upon in the 6th movie? They also left out the whole "Voldemort" being taboo thing. Seemed important. Anyway, the tone was nice and it had good pacing though not too much actually happens. Made up for with some nice character moments.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

The Usual Suspects - Been attempting to see this one for years but something always happens. Kept having to shield myself from "the twist." Not much of one it turns out. Just an unreliable narrator, so you can't really go back and rewatch to see things you didn't catch the first time suddenly fall into place. A shame. Still enjoyed it though.

Drawing a comic heavy on an Aztec aesthetic so in addition to viewing a number of documentaries, watched The Emperor's New Groove (Inca) and The Road to El Dorado (a mix of Pre-Columbian cultures). Saw bits of both before but believe this was the first time I saw them in their entirety. Both fun but think I liked TRoED more. Plus it has one of the sexiest animated females ever.

Despicable Me was pretty cute. "It's so fluffy!" Not much else to say.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. - I feel bad for the folks who haven't read the book. They don't explain the mirror at all. I didn't even remember what it was until after perusing IMDb's board. Was it touched upon in the 6th movie? They also left out the whole "Voldemort" being taboo thing. Seemed important. Anyway, the tone was nice and it had good pacing though not too much actually happens. Made up for with some nice character moments.

I don't think the mirror has been mentioned since the 5th movie.

The "Voldemort" taboo is mentioned in a deleted scene shown on the dvd/blu-ray. No idea why they would take that out.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I don't think the mirror has been mentioned since the 5th movie.

The "Voldemort" taboo is mentioned in a deleted scene shown on the dvd/blu-ray. No idea why they would take that out.

I think at the end of the day, it was more of a plot point than anything. A reason that their location was discovered. It wouldn't have added much more to the movie IMO.

And I love the return of various elements that are important to the movie, but they completely ignored during the others.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

I think at the end of the day, it was more of a plot point than anything. A reason that their location was discovered. It wouldn't have added much more to the movie IMO.

And I love the return of various elements that are important to the movie, but they completely ignored during the others.

That's true, but in the movie they had the characters wondering how they had been found. It's like they set up the question but never answered it. If you're going to cut the answer, they should have cut the question as well - it just adds confusion to the movie.

[Angrist]

Tangled. 9/10.
Wow, it might be the most enjoyable Disney movie ever. It was funny, adventurous, romantic..... and the graphics really added to the experience. The horse running over rooftops and racing over the bridge for example... Just awesome.

Now I just regret that I didn't see it in 3D cinema.

[Professor S]

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Probably one of the more original movies I've seen. Great subtle satire sprinkled throughout. "Their first album was better than their first album" was a favorite. Brilliant direction, editing, and sound. I started naming the games they pulled sound effects from toward the end.

Only problem is the lack of any real character development, making a repeat viewing only interesting to catch more of the satire and references.

7/10

[Vampyr]

I also watched Scott Pilgrim, it was on HBO a couple nights ago. I actually didn't like it, even though I thought I would love it. All of the video game references just seemed to be there for the sake of being a video game reference.

I got the feeling it was a movie made by hipsters, with hipsters in it, for hipsters.

[Teuthida]

Eh, I've seen that criticism a lot. Many of the characters fit that definition but it mostly makes fun of the culture such as the example Prof gave. When I think hipster movie I think Napoleon Dynamite or Juno or any of those movies with hand-drawn titles. Of course hipsters are just the in-thing to bash on right now. Previously it was the emos. I'm just waiting for the next sub-culture to emerge for everyone else to hate.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Eh, I've seen that criticism a lot. Many of the characters fit that definition but it mostly makes fun of the culture such as the example Prof gave. When I think hipster movie I think Napoleon Dynamite or Juno or any of those movies with hand-drawn titles. Of course hipsters are just the in-thing to bash on right now. Previously it was the emos. I'm just waiting for the next sub-culture to emerge for everyone else to hate.

I never minded emo or goth or steampunk people or whatever. They just want to wear their clothes and mope.

Hipsters actively try to put you down in regular conversation. It's not hard to be annoyed by them.

I think I could probably watch Scott Pilgrim and enjoy it somewhat, I just thought the references would be a little more cleverly used.

[Angrist]

I watched Monsters (2010).
The atmosphere was great, the main characters were likable, the acting was good... The only boring part was (ironically) the monsters.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Angrist

I watched Monsters (2010).
The atmosphere was great, the main characters were likable, the acting was good... The only boring part were (ironically) the monsters.

You liked that movie?
Ahhh, me and some friends couldn't really stand it. We made jokes before hand like "Hey, wouldn't it be funny if someone made a love-story that was just set in some type of alien invasion?"

And that's basically what it fucking was.

I was let down.

[Angrist]

Yeah I can totally understand that. I expected a lot more monsters. Different types, more action, more suspense.
But I also expected a story about a guy and a girl... I enjoyed that part. The woman was beautiful (and cute) by the way.

[Teuthida]

Thor

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The Asgard bits felt like a more magical action-paced version of Game Of Thrones which I've been enjoying. The Earth bits were just ok. There was one annoying character who I heard they added more of after she did well with test audiences. Bleh.

[Teuthida]

The Illusionist (the recent animated one)

Sad and beautiful. Almost without dialogue like The Triplets of Belleville (which makes sense here since there's a language barrier between the two main characters). One thing that stuck out was that the camera angles were all static and reused over and over for the interiors. I wonder if that was to better concentrate on the character animation, since that was superb. But it also meant there were no closeups so you felt removed from the story a bit.

[Angrist]

Agora. 7/10.
Interesting times. Shows how scary a mob can be when they know the government is behind them.