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The Movie Review Thread.

Finally saw Crazy Heart with the mother, while my brother was wanting me to watch the Finals with him. Great movie, and it was fun to turn up the system and not have my mother get annoyed with it.

Now we are watching the Finals.

This weekend is The Blind Side and True Grit.
 
Fiddytree said:
Finally saw Crazy Heart with the mother, while my brother was wanting me to watch the Finals with him. Great movie, and it was fun to turn up the system and not have my mother get annoyed with it.

Now we are watching the Finals.

This weekend is The Blind Side and True Grit.
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I thought Crazy Heart was wretched.
I'm going to watch that Wolfman thing this weekend. I think it's just arrived at the Redbox.

I watched Drag Me To Hell a few nights ago; that was pretty entertaining. Spoofy horror by Sam Raimi.
Got a few giggles out of it.
 
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I really liked How to Train your Dragon, Robin Hood gets a thumbs-up for effort (there were parts I wasn't over-enamored of, but the total experience was positive)
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Absolutely adored How to Train your dragon, fantastic movie, dreamworks got it right there.

Robin hood was a solid movie IMO however the story in certain spots was so thrown together just for the sake of holding the plot up it didn't quite make sense in terms of character motivation.

But on the whole I agree with you.
 
Just watched Wolfman with Benicio del Toro.
Call me crazy, but I liked it. Lots!
 
The good, the bag, and the ugly :lol:
Epicness xD
 
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Just watched Wolfman with Benicio del Toro.
Call me crazy, but I liked it. Lots!
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You are aware that the movie is practically the same as the first one? They didn't change anything. Plus the computer graphics was kind of shabby to say the least. Like when they are in the gypsie campy and the trained bear is sniffing. That looked so fake and crappy and unprofessional it was something out of a Stephen King movie. One thing I liked about the Wolfman was the girl in it. I like women like that they are so natural and beautiful unlike Megan Fox type girls. Btw and ftw the queen in Robin Hood was HOT lol.
 
Just saw Fantastic Mr. Fox.
It was a glib, witty, adept, thoroughly enjoyable romp.
My chief complaint is that it didn't seem quite long enough.
I mean, literally.
I guess it was around 80 minutes (which is really short, for a movie).
But it seemed like less.
I kept waiting for them to get to the movie- you know, the actual plot- but then suddenly it was over.

Nevertheless, it was very witty, very slick; entertaining, great dialogue.
I'd no doubt watch it again.
The problem is, I don't think I'll remember much about it a week from now.

All style, no substance. That's my verdict.
Which is okay, it's fine. Sometimes, you just want cotton candy: tastes great, looks pretty, melts in your mouth in an instant, and gone forever.
That's this movie.
 
I saw the new Karate Kid movie this weekend. It was fairly enjoyable. I still think the original one was better, but this was a pretty good adaptation of it. They changed enough so it didn't seem like they were directly copying the original, but left enough of the original storyline that those of use who grew up on it would still appreciate it for what it was. My biggest gripe was that I thought Jaden Smith was miscast. He's simply too young. I'd have preferred someone that was closer to the age of the original character.
 
I'm watching a documentary about whaling and such called THE COVE. Really touching stuff.
 
I just watched Shuttter Island and enjoyed it very much. Not sure what to think about the ending though.

The Road is also a very good movie. It is the most realistic take on what the world would become if there was a apocalyptic event that I've seen.
 
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I just watched Shuttter Island and enjoyed it very much. Not sure what to think about the ending though.
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It worked better in the book.
The book contained a lot more history and background about the era- Cold War, McCarthyism- and the struggle that was going on in the field of psychiatry.
Plus, I'm afraid Ben Kingsley's just gotten too old, and has lost his ability to act convincingly.

The Road is also a very good movie. It is the most realistic take on what the world would become if there was a apocalyptic event that I've seen.
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It was stunning.
It's one of the few DVDs that I actually own.
 
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I just watched Shuttter Island and enjoyed it very much. Not sure what to think about the ending though.
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I just saw it last week. Before I watched it, I had no idea what it was about, and was very pleasantly surprised. Loved the ending.:)

Polynikes said:
The Road is also a very good movie. It is the most realistic take on what the world would become if there was a apocalyptic event that I've seen.
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Was very disappointed with The Road. The realistic part is what "the world would become". The unrealistic part is that the man and the boy would have survived. The best line in the movie was at the end, when the man told the boy to stay off the road if he was going it alone. It was a sweet story about a man's love for his son, but that's about the extent of it.
 
Just saw Toy Story 3, 3-D.
Boy. This movie certainly packs an emotional wallop.
It might be especially poignant and affecting to mothers of newly-grown or nearly grown boys. Bring Kleenex.
The 3-D was not necessary; it added nothing to the experience, and jacked the price up to thirteen dollars a ticket.

This movie was darker than the others. I'm not even sure how child-appropriate it really is. There's a creepy baby doll- reminiscent of the scary toys in the first Toy Story movie- which might be disturbing to children. The movie deals indirectly with dark themes (including the darkest: mortality) which might be difficult for young children to have to grapple with. Although it ends on a happy-enough, if slightly melancholy, note.

Of all the sequels and threequels I've ever seen, this series is the only one where each movie was progressively better than the one before it.
So kudos to Pixar.
This one's definitely worth a watch.
If you take your children, be sure and let them know beforehand that none of the toys are going to die or be permanently messed-up. Because it shows the toys getting badly hurt by heedless toddlers, and near the end, there is a heartwrenching scene where they all come within a hairs' breadth of being incinerated at the city dump. Even though there's a last-minute rescue and everything turns out fine, the scene is very disturbing and emotionally affecting, and it is difficult to get it out of one's mind.
If I'd seen this movie as a kid, I would've had to be carried out of the theater crying before it was over.
I practically did anyway. :lol:

I think that's all I want to say about this movie for now (except that Ned Beatty does the voice of the villain, a pink, strawberry-scented bear named "Lotsa Huggin", and does it well, although he does not "squeal like a pig" in this movie; it might've been funny- a little inside joke for the grownups in the audience- if he had).
 
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saw the A-team the other day, and it is excellent mindless entertainment, great, over the top, special effects, pretty good story line, however, there are some niggly bits that sorta let it down, like a helicopter taking off without the tail rotor moving, an entire cargo ship blowing up, and sinking, from a single rocket, the lack of Mr. T, but other than that, it wasn't too bad.
 
I watched a Korean movie named National Representative, and although it came out a year earlier, it is still talked about and watched in Korea. Its Korean name is 국가대표. It's a movie based on a true story although the protagonist's living in America is false. Also, it does have an anti-American tone. However, it's very touching and one of the few movies that actually forced tears from my eyes. For those who know Korean, I highly recommend it.
 
Ive just watched a serious man.It sucked i cant believe how well it was reviewed.I found it smug and boring.I cant imagine anyone watching it twice.
 
Just watched Cop Out. As a Kevin Smith fan, it was a must see. Unfortunately, it was just not that good. Some of the humor was great. Unfortunately, most of it was pretty bad. Smith movies are always hit and miss when it comes to the jokes, but usually they miss a whole lot less than this.

Kevin Smith is also not a good director for action scenes. The action looked terrible. There was absolutely no exciting parts to an action comedy, and that spells trouble.

It was not all bad. Some of the humor did work, and Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis do work well together. When it hits HBO or one of those networks soon, it is definitely worth watching for free. It's just not worth paying money for.
 
Surprised to see no reviews of Inception.

I've seen it twice so far and enjoyed it very much, obviously. Many lingering questions I had after seeing it the first time become somewhat clearer while others seemed to become more confusing. Overall an excellent movie. I would even say one of the best I've seen in a long time.

Leonardo Dicaprio just doesn't take parts in bad movies, and I would even say he may be the best actor of the current generation.
 
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Surprised to see no reviews of Inception.

I've seen it twice so far and enjoyed it very much, obviously. Many lingering questions I had after seeing it the first time become somewhat clearer while others seemed to become more confusing. Overall an excellent movie. I would even say one of the best I've seen in a long time.

Leonardo Dicaprio just doesn't take parts in bad movies, and I would even say he may be the best actor of the current generation.
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last night i had a dream within a dream, but i didn't win the lottery in either one. ;-)
 
Shutter Island was a decent thriller although I've kinda lost it nearing the end, certainly worth watching.

Kick-ass was a surprisingly good movie, it appeared to be a rubbish movie at first but after a few minutes you really get sucked into the movie.

The Maiden Heist was ridiculous, it has many good actors playing in it but the plot is silly and common sense is so lacking in some scenes that it is a direct insult to the viewers' intelligence.
 
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Just saw Toy Story 3, 3-D.
Boy. This movie certainly packs an emotional wallop.
It might be especially poignant and affecting to mothers of newly-grown or nearly grown boys. Bring Kleenex.
The 3-D was not necessary; it added nothing to the experience, and jacked the price up to thirteen dollars a ticket.

This movie was darker than the others. I'm not even sure how child-appropriate it really is. There's a creepy baby doll- reminiscent of the scary toys in the first Toy Story movie- which might be disturbing to children. The movie deals indirectly with dark themes (including the darkest: mortality) which might be difficult for young children to have to grapple with. Although it ends on a happy-enough, if slightly melancholy, note.

Of all the sequels and threequels I've ever seen, this series is the only one where each movie was progressively better than the one before it.
So kudos to Pixar.
This one's definitely worth a watch.
If you take your children, be sure and let them know beforehand that none of the toys are going to die or be permanently messed-up. Because it shows the toys getting badly hurt by heedless toddlers, and near the end, there is a heartwrenching scene where they all come within a hairs' breadth of being incinerated at the city dump. Even though there's a last-minute rescue and everything turns out fine, the scene is very disturbing and emotionally affecting, and it is difficult to get it out of one's mind.
If I'd seen this movie as a kid, I would've had to be carried out of the theater crying before it was over.
I practically did anyway. :lol:

I think that's all I want to say about this movie for now (except that Ned Beatty does the voice of the villain, a pink, strawberry-scented bear named "Lotsa Huggin", and does it well, although he does not "squeal like a pig" in this movie; it might've been funny- a little inside joke for the grownups in the audience- if he had).
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Just saw it, and this pretty much sums up my thoughts. I don't think there was a single dry pair of eyes in the theater by the end of it; I cried like a little girl pretty much the whole way through. It was also pretty funny at times... Spanish Buzz was hilarious.

Probably the best one of the trilogy, which is amazing considering both how rare that is and how long it's been since the last two.
 
Just saw Låt den rätte komma in, a beautiful and critically acclaimed Swedish movie with subtitles, based on the novel of the same name.
It's about a boy who befriends a centuries-old little girl vampire (actually, it's a castrated male child-vampire, but you don't find that out until later).

The reason this film is showing on Netflix at the moment is because... *drumroll*.... they've made an American remake of it, which will be released in theaters Oct 3rd.
So far, the critical reviews have been outstanding; they say the remake is "perfection": better than the original, which was completely top-notch.

In the remake, the boy will be played by the little boy who starred in The Road, and the girl vampire will be played by Hit Girl from Kickass. :lol:

I'm not sure if the whole "castrated male" element will be part of the remake at all; from the reviews, it sounds like in the remake, the vampire is a girl, period, the end.
Which is fine, too. It won't really effect the storyline any, because the children are prepubescent anyway. I sort of wish they'd kept that element just to stay truer to the book, but it would be difficult for "Hit Girl" (actress Chloe Moretz) to pull that off; she's older than Lina Leandersson (the actress in the original), and clearly female. Lina Leandersson is much more androgynous.

Anyway, I'm definitely going to see this in the theater on opening night. I expect miracles from the remake, since the original was so awesome and the remake is supposed to be even better.
 
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