Topic: Last movies you saw & what you thought of them (Read 200256 times)

sad_song · « **Reply #580 on:** December 29, 2009, 09:49:28 PM »

"Life of Brian" and "The Wall". I've seen that movies so many times, but I can watch it again and again

Jane · « **Reply #581 on:** December 30, 2009, 08:06:55 PM »

Avatar is going to be a trilogy. It is a tremendous success.

Kaleidoscope_Eyes · « **Reply #582 on:** December 31, 2009, 01:37:27 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 29, 2009, 09:04:54 PM

I have just seen AVATAR! It is fantastic! Very good movie, original and unusual with very good ideas.

Hmm... I think I'll disagree with you on that...

Quote from: Jane on December 30, 2009, 08:06:55 PM

Avatar is going to be a trilogy.

Oh really? I think I can predict what will be the story line in the following two.
I liked it though, very cool to watch it in 3D.

Watched also the new Sherlock Holmes movie. It's excellent!

Sondra · « **Reply #583 on:** December 31, 2009, 02:26:23 AM »

Sherlock Holmes was much better than thought it would be. I guess it's gonna be a series cuz they barely introduced Moriarty. Cool.

Octie · « **Reply #584 on:** December 31, 2009, 02:40:20 AM »

Quote from: Sondra on December 31, 2009, 02:26:23 AM

Sherlock Holmes was much better than thought it would be.

Same! My initial reason for seeing that film was "hmm, let's see just how badly they will mess it up", but I was pleasantly surprised

And I'm glad they didn't mess up the characters (some people make Watson exaggeratedly slow/silly... glad they didn't do that).

Last one I saw was Avatar, in 3-D. Never seen a movie in 3-D before, so that was intersting. I liked the movie, but I think I liked the Sherlock Holmes movie more.

alexis · « **Reply #585 on:** December 31, 2009, 02:51:53 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 29, 2009, 09:04:54 PM

I have just seen AVATAR! It is fantastic! Very good movie, original and unusual with very good ideas. I loved the planet, its beauty and its peace and the connection between all the creatures living on it.
But mind the movie is very long.

I saw Avatar this weekend too. I liked it a lot, I'm not one to usually be impressed with super-cool graphics and such (and I wasn't!), but the story was pretty good, even a little bit unpredictable as to how much the good guys would win this time, or not.

Ridiculously, I've read that the right wing nut jobs in the USA are up in arms about it because it promotes:

a) Naturalism and spiritualism, rather than strict Roman Catholicism (honest to goodness, this is for real! [ http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=6103211 ; http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/350fozta.asp ] )

b) Anti-Americanism (Marines can do things that aren't right?

)

And the left is all atwitter too - apparently it is not sensitive enough to transgenderism .. http://stopavatarmovie.blogspot.com/

Jeesh, it's just a movie! Just more signs that the apocalypse is upon us ...

Subtitle - "Smurfs on Steroids" ?

HeyJude18 · « **Reply #586 on:** December 31, 2009, 03:34:00 AM »

Ok, I loved Avatar!! I honestly forgot that I was watching a CGI film! (We didn't see it in 3D though, my boyfriend has some weird thing with his eyes where it just gives him a huge migraine after).

I'm hoping to get out to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie this weekend, I've been hearing some pretty good stuff about it and staying true to character...

sgt. peppie · « **Reply #587 on:** December 31, 2009, 11:25:54 PM »

I saw Sherlock Holmes and Avatar.
I gotta say, plot wise, Sherlock Holmes is better.
I think Avatar reminded me too much of "Dances w/ Wolves in outer space"
My favorite part in SH was how he planned his fighting moves, and then you got to see it in action.

Mairi · « **Reply #588 on:** January 03, 2010, 04:43:23 AM »

The Princess and the Frog!!! NGL< I went with my mom and liked it a lot. Not the best Disney has ever made but the best in a while!

Euan Buchan · « **Reply #589 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:34:52 AM »

Nowhere Boy amazing

sgt. peppie · « **Reply #590 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:49:54 AM »

I saw 'Up in the Air', it was okay I guess. The brunette girl isn't the world's best actress.
I just had a problem w/ the fact that the blond lady in the movie looks alot like Heather Mills.

LSD · « **Reply #591 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:20:17 PM »

Finally just saw Time Travelers Wife. I really liked the book and the movie wasnt too bad in comparison.

I watched Bridget Jones diary too just for fun. Its one of my all time favorites!

Jane · « **Reply #592 on:** January 06, 2010, 10:20:21 PM »

Quote from: alexis on December 31, 2009, 02:51:53 AM

a) Naturalism and spiritualism, rather than strict Roman Catholicism (honest to goodness, this is for real!
b) Anti-Americanism (Marines can do things that aren't right? )

I`ve heard a lot of opinions like that. 1.The film is anti-Christian, not only anti-Catholic. 2.The film is anti-American, one reason being: "What can you offer them, cheap beer or jeans? They don`t need it." Kind of, they don`t need your values, you won`t have your mission so easily accomplished this time.
In fact I don`t find anything so anti-anti. I think it`s a clever movie.

Joost · « **Reply #593 on:** January 07, 2010, 03:27:56 PM »

Quote from: sad_song on December 29, 2009, 09:49:28 PM

"Life of Brian" and "The Wall". I've seen that movies so many times, but I can watch it again and again

'Life Of Brian' is really one of those movies that you can watch for 10-20 times without getting sick of it.

An Apple Beatle · « **Reply #594 on:** January 07, 2010, 03:46:34 PM »

Avatar - Stunning visuals, nice movie, Inglorious Basterds, gruesome effects, quite good.

Jane · « **Reply #595 on:** January 07, 2010, 07:40:46 PM »

Quote from: sgt. peppie on December 31, 2009, 11:25:54 PM

I saw Sherlock Holmes and Avatar.
I gotta say, plot wise, Sherlock Holmes is better.

I`ve seen both movies, and I like Avatar more. Hard to explain why, maybe because I don`t like magia themes so much, all this magic, which finally can be easily unravelled. But what I did like was the Dawny-Law tandem, the actors are amazing, a perfect match!

JimmyMcCullochFan · « **Reply #596 on:** January 11, 2010, 10:32:12 AM »

Well my friend Taylor came over for a movie day yesterday after I got off work and we watched Brave Little Toaster followed by Secret Window

Joost · « **Reply #597 on:** February 01, 2010, 12:19:54 PM »

Reeker
The plot couldn't possibly have been less original: five young adults get stranded in the middle of nowhere and spend the night in a deserted motel where they get slaughtered one by one. And unless you haven't seen more than five horror movies in your life, the ending was totally predictable. But still this really isn't a bad movie. Great camera work, nice location, decent actors and some good dark humor.

The Attic
This movie reminded me why I have a soft spot for bad low-budget horror movies. The really bad ones are often just as enjoyable as the good ones and this was a really bad one (although really not as bad as the 3.6 on IMDb suggests). The main character is a complete b**** so you really don't care if she dies or not and the rest of the cast just seems confused and unsure which emotions they're supposed to express. The most rediculous thing about this movie: the girl first has a violent encounter with a ghost in her attic but doesn't seem to have any really problems going back to the attic after that. But after she's seen the same ghost in her backyard, she consequently refuses to leave the house for the rest of the movie. Again, totally predictable ending if you're somewhat familiar with the genre.

I_Will · « **Reply #598 on:** February 01, 2010, 02:23:47 PM »

Quote from: An Apple Beatle on January 07, 2010, 03:46:34 PM

Inglorious Basterds, gruesome effects, quite good.

Perhaps my favorite movie of 2009

HeyJude18 · « **Reply #599 on:** February 01, 2010, 02:35:45 PM »

I just saw Lovely Bones... again I must say another book to movie adaptation that missed the mark a little. I think that too after seeing the stunning graphics in Avatar, the graphics in the Lovely Bones seemed almost cheap in comparison. It has been quite a while since I read the book but I was leafing through it while watching the movie. They definitely played up the "who done it" aspect of it and it seemed kinda lacking of the human aspect that I thought was prevalent in the book.

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