Last movies you saw - Page 51

BreakABone · 09-22-2009, 02:40 PM

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Pros: Beautiful backgrounds. Solid voice acting.
Cons: Everything else.

I was so bored watching this I had to take a break in the middle. It's only an hour long so that's saying something. The entire movie is basically one big slugfest, which wouldn't have been so bad if the animation was any good. Horrible character designs that moved chunkily through monotonous fight scenes. (Minor grievance but they changed the ending from the comic taking the glory away from my boy Captain Atom. Can't a nuclear man get any love?)

Well they changed a bit of the story around, like framing Superman for murder, which makes more sense than the comics, and some other stuff.

I thought it was okay, but expected more of a slugfest, most of the fights were over too fast.

At least they had the robot!

KillerGremlin · 09-26-2009, 12:34 PM

Was gonna see Surrogates but it was opening night and the movie isn't getting great reviews so I didn't feel getting to the theater early for tickets....so saw Julie and Julia. It's a good thing Amy Adams is a very charming actress because the "Julie" part of the movie is no where as interesting as the "Julia Child" part. Speaking of "Julia Child," Meryl Streep really nailed the role in my opinion....if you haven't seen Julia Child's cooking show on TV I would recommend it as a starting point before you consider the movie. Meryl Streep is such a good actress. How does she do it?

Angrist · 09-21-2009, 04:55 AM

Star Wars movies in HD.

Especially episode 4 got a lot more emotional after the first 3.
Other thoughts: Can't believe how boring 1 and 2 are. They don't have any emotion. It's only a blast and saber fest, nothing more. Those actors didn't act. 3 finally got some emotion into the play, mostly when Anakin turns evil.
5 is overrated. Some parts are pretty slow. 6 is still my favorite. I think.

The Germanator · 09-26-2009, 02:28 PM

I caught a double feature of The Unknown and Freaks, both films directed by Tod Browning in the late 20's/early 30's.

Both stories center around circus and sideshow performers, with Freaks actually using real siamese twins, little people, a man who was only a torso, people with no arms, etc. actual sideshow performers of the day.

Going into it, I thought it would be very exploitive of the "freaks", but they were actually the heroes of the film and the "normal" people being the evildoers. It was surprisingly intense and way better than I expected.

The Unknown was a bit more silly, but starred a deranged Lon Chaney and a super hot young Joan Crawford. Something about those flapper girls...total babes. The best part about the screening was that they had a live piano player improvise a score during the film (it is a silent flick). That kind of stuff is just really cool.

Angrist · 09-26-2009, 05:41 PM

Carriers (I pronounced it as 'carreers' (in Dutch) but I don't think the cashier got the joke

) 7/10
Pretty enjoyable movie about 4 friends who try to survive in a post-pandemic world. If you get infected you die, so you stay away from all the ill people. You don't help them, because they're basically already dead.
Has some good scenes, but I didn't care one bit for the characters.

Bedtime Stories 8/10
Saw this with 5 friends on Bluray. Adam Sandler is a likable guy and the 2 children were funny. A feel-good family movie.

Swan · 09-26-2009, 06:26 PM

Saw The Informant last night with Fox.

Great movie. One of the funniest I have seen this year. Matt Damon did a great job

Fox 6 · 09-26-2009, 07:29 PM

Yes, a very funny movie.

That being said, it better to go into it knowing as little as possible about the story. I knew some of his secret motives going in, and it kinda knocked the wind out of the sails.

Swan · 09-26-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Fox 6

Yes, a very funny movie.

That being said, it better to go into it knowing as little as possible about the story. I knew some of his secret motives going in, and it kinda knocked the wind out of the sails.

And told me those secrets.

Angrist · 09-27-2009, 02:48 PM

And then posted on GT that he has secret motives.

Fox 6 · 09-27-2009, 04:31 PM

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And then posted on GT that he has secret motives.

well its a film where the main character goes to the FBI to rat his company out about price fixing, so people some secretive motives......

its unavoidable in those types of movies.

Angrist · 09-27-2009, 04:39 PM

Worry not young man, I have little intentions to watch it any time soon.

Fox 6 · 09-27-2009, 06:33 PM

Well then, I guess everything is wrapped up in a neat little package!

+ rep for anyone that gets the Simpsons reference

Angrist · 09-28-2009, 05:05 AM

I've seen every Simpsons episode (+movie), but I did not get it.

Typhoid · 09-28-2009, 07:45 PM

Blindness.

I actually liked it a lot. I thought it was really well done, true to the novel for the most part, and had none of those terrible dialogue metaphors that explain what's going on despite the fact you're watching it.

I will also say that the very end of the movie gave me a chill down my spine.

Personally, I recommend it. Rent it, not buy it.

Typhoid · 09-29-2009, 05:36 PM

Eagle Eye.

This movie isn't what I was expecting. I will ruin parts of the story, so stop reading if you plan on seeing it for whatever reason.

Anyways, I thought it was about a group of people controlling what happens via satellites. Not at all.

Starts off with the government relying on a computer analysis to make sure a person in the middle east is actually the terrorist they are looking for - the computer says it's 51% probable, but doesn't agree with continuing the mission. The president says to send a missile to the group of people, and they subsequently die. Countless suicide bombings happen at American embassies and many people die. So after that, the basis of the movie is the AI (that said not to attack the terrorist, because it wasn't him) is using the Constitution (Specifically the part that says if any government puts its people in irreparable harm, the people of that government are allowed to overthrow it) to ratify the idea of this major plot to kill the top 12 - or so - people at the head of American government [via an impromptu militia of people doing seemingly random things to them], leaving the secretary of defense - the person who disagreed with the presidents option of killing the "terrorist", thusly agreeing with the AI, as the new President of the United States.

I find the concept pretty neat, and the AI (voiced by Julianne Moore) a cross between Glados and Hal. It's pretty good, I thought. You just have to deal with Shia The Beef for a while.