Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

[Tsuchiya]

Girlfriend and I just watched this last night. Not a huge fan of Joseph Gordon Levitt myself, but this movie turned out to be hilarious. I should have watched it sooner.

Hmm I'll have to track this down. The main actors are great, should be a no brainer (though after "Super" I'm a tiny bit wary of Rainn Wilson )

I like thrillers and horrors
yesterday I watched "the last house on the left " (2009)
thats an awesome movie. Watch it

The early forest scene was uncomfortable to watch. It took nearly half a season of Raising Hope before I could watch Garret Dillahunt again without cringing

 

[ag3nt47]

Hmm I'll have to track this down. The main actors are great, should be a no brainer (though after "Super" I'm a tiny bit wary of Rainn Wilson )

I posted told a friend that I watched Hesher the other night, and he recommended that I should see "Super" as well. I know Rainn Wilson is in both of the movies, but is Super worth seeing? Or at least worth a download?

 

[charlieroberts]

right now
Aliens & Cowboys


not so hot... I'm on murmurs at the same time lol

 

[Tsuchiya]

I posted told a friend that I watched Hesher the other night, and he recommended that I should see "Super" as well. I know Rainn Wilson is in both of the movies, but is Super worth seeing? Or at least worth a download?

Definitely, it's just a bit...quirky I think is the word.

 

[bdodds1985]

and

2 very "different" but funny movies. "Attack the Block" is kind of hard for me to understand but I watched it twice, not all people from UK talk that way right? is it slang?

 

[aloofman]

You'd *never* seen it before?! That's crazy... Not my favorite Disney movie overall, but Belle is pretty awesome

I haven't either, mostly because I just never got around to it. I was recently subjected to a "Beauty and the Beast" Christmas spinoff that was really crappy. And I'm still confused as to why a curse provoked by one jerk should be inflicted on the entire household. It's nonsensical even for a fantasy film. It didn't make me enthusiastic about seeing the first one.

I started watching District 9 last night but I couldn't stand how bad it was, despite the fact that I usually like the science fiction / alien genre. I turned it off after about 15 minutes of documentary style filming.

As the others said, you really should have kept watching. It's probably the best sci-fi film to come out in years.

 

[bdodds1985]

The Hurt Locker- watched tonight. Very good depiction. No one escapes war unscathed no matter how tough they are.

Regarding the Hurt Locker's primary character who do you view him? He was fearless but reckless. Maybe that was the only way he could function in such an environment?

I know it is an older post but this movie is the worst reflection on how EOD, especially in the army, operates. Even in the early years of us being in Iraq. Not a good movie to anyone who's been there done that and whoever directed it should have spent more time with real EOD members, not a journalist who spent two weeks with a small group of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker
read response among veterans, and take ones word

 

[acidfast7]

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2 very "different" but funny movies. "Attack the Block" is kind of hard for me to understand but I watched it twice, not all people from UK talk that way right? is it slang?

How was it? Was it horror or humor, or both. Is it worth watching?

 

[Daffodil]

I haven't either, mostly because I just never got around to it. I was recently subjected to a "Beauty and the Beast" Christmas spinoff that was really crappy. And I'm still confused as to why a curse provoked by one jerk should be inflicted on the entire household. It's nonsensical even for a fantasy film. It didn't make me enthusiastic about seeing the first one.

Either you like Disney movies or you don't. Clearly you fall in the latter camp. Unsurprisingly, sequels and prequels that went straight to dvd are bad; not good to judge by. Although to be fair, I probably won't be seeing it now either -- not a big fan of 3D... But the original is a classic!

 

[speedyfv]

Saw Blood Diamond last night. Seen it before but still a great movie.

 

[bdodds1985]

Just watched The Thing. One of my favorites.


The new one was just...okay.

Cool movie and I didnt think it would be any good at first but the whole "thing" freakiness and nasty little creatures is still there. AND!!!! it ties in with the first movie. a prequel. not too shabby

just watched Captain America and while it did a good job of creating a WWII vibe, the story was blah, can't recommend it.

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This movie was horrible. Im such a fan of WWII movies and series (band of brothers etc etc) and even for the whole avenger set up and futuristic comic book theme of the movie, I could not stand it and took me about a week to watch. horrible. Captain America is officially a genetically mutated wimp.

wall-e , for the 10th time. hitch

did you watch the pixar short film "Burn-E"?

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How was it? Was it horror or humor, or both. Is it worth watching?

I guess its a humorous horror like a shaun of the dead kind of movie. its really different. The "alien invaders" are some crazy looking beasts and I think the overall craziness/randomness about the movie is what I liked about it. Plus I am infatuated with the UK, so I watch a lot of movies like this.

anyone ever seen this?

 

[Huntn]

I know it is an older post but this movie is the worst reflection on how EOD, especially in the army, operates. Even in the early years of us being in Iraq. Not a good movie to anyone who's been there done that and whoever directed it should have spent more time with real EOD members, not a journalist who spent two weeks with a small group of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker
read response among veterans, and take ones word

Thanks for your perspective. My impression was that this is not how the U.S. Army EOD generally operates, more of a story about one "cowboy" personality. While the primary character seemed to show no fear, which is good to some degree, I thought he was scary and reckless. Regarding this quote from your linked article:

A review published March 8, 2010 in the Air Force Times[48] cited overall negative reviews from bomb experts in Iraq attached to the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, quoting a bomb disposal team leader who called the film’s portrayal of a bomb expert "grossly exaggerated and not appropriate", and describing the lead character as "more of a run and gun cowboy type…exactly the kind of person that we're not looking for". Another bomb disposal team member said that the lead character's "swagger would put a whole team at risk. Our team leaders don't have that kind of invincibility complex, and if they do, they aren't allowed to operate. A team leader's first priority is getting his team home in one piece."

Typically in movies regarding many subjects, a prejudice/flawed character that represents a group, in many cases that group will protest, "that is not us". My impression is that in most cases the story is not trying to represent the group, but one individual. Is that the case here? I can't speak for operational inadequacies, but I would think it would have been best if the film makers made sure they portrayed such operations accurately. The exception would be if the story is about a flawed character that does not follow SOPA.

 

[skunk]

Just watched Die Welle (the Wave), very interesting German film about a modern school experimental project about autocracy which goes terribly wrong.

 

[Surely]

Back To The Future was on HBO tonight, so I watched it. It's still awesome, even after all these years. I saw it in the theatre!

 

[verwon]

Just watched Bug!

 

[Huntn]

Can't remember if I mentioned "Girl with Dragon Tattoo". It was ok, but I won't be buying it (the real measure of my favorite movies).

Last night watched The Saint with Val Kilmer. I'd seen it before but still a very entertaining movie. It's got a romantic vibe I like.

 

[mobilehaathi]

I recently watched Sound of Noise. Freaking awesome...

 

[The.316]

Saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night, and I LOVED it! I thought Rooney Mara was great!

 

[416049]

Saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night, and I LOVED it! I thought Rooney Mara was great!

Have you read the book as-well.. both are amazing stieg larsson is a great author !!

Back on the o.p i attempted watching the serbian film... i am still speechless.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Not sure that this counts as a movie, as - strictly speaking - it is a documentary series, not a movie, but am currently watching the characteristically excellent BBC 2 documentary "Putin, Russia and the West".

This is an example of superb public broadcasting. Nuanced, intelligent, balanced, and has access to an impressive array of sources....

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Have you read the book as-well.. both are amazing stieg larsson is a great author !!

Back on the o.p i attempted watching the serbian film... i am still speechless.

Have read the books and thought they were superb; I have yet to see any of the films.

 

[firestarter]

Back on the o.p i attempted watching the serbian film... i am still speechless.

As a horror fan, this is on my watch list. It's as bad as its reputation, eh?

 

[416049]

As a horror fan, this is on my watch list. It's as bad as its reputation, eh?

It's defitnily nothin for the faint hearted and easily scared, it pretty much outdoes any horror movie I have seen so far (and I am a horror fan myself).
The scariest part is that every time I thought it can't get any worse it did, and I watched the uncut version

 

[slapple]

Fermat's Room is a great little movie - a mathematical thriller (you don't need to understand math to enjoy it). If you liked Saw or Cube, you might like it. But it's not scary, and there's no gore. Should have won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

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Legion. Entertaining OT biblical action blockbuster.

Last night I watched Lunocracy on Netflix for the second time. Very low budget conspiracy mockumentary with a great twist.

Re: Shutter Island: decent film that could have been amazing. Especially the last few scenes, DiCaprio had a chance at a real "of mice &men" emotional moment, and blew it. Other than that, the 3-second loop of Max Richter's "On the nature of daylight" kept taking me out of the movie when I saw it in theatres, and the openening gate scene was hard not to laugh at with the ridiculously long build-up of ominous music. It was almost like watching a psychological thriller version o the golf cart scene in Austin Powers.

 

[Grade]

Just re-watch Hachiko: A Dog's Tale.

Awesome movie, always brings tears to my eyes.