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What Was The Last Movie You Watched and Rate it!

Twilight something part 1

It was actually a fun watch despite the reputation of the series. The plot was very simplistic and easily predicted, but it's not meant to be intellectual by any means. Plus it got me laid and the girlfriend hasn't been feeling her best lately due to things stressing her out (not me)

It also made me remember that she is nearly ten years younger than me, so I shouldn't be surprised she likes stuff like this. I tend to forget her age.

So 5/10.
 
Ockham said:
I just watched Quarantine with the shaky handheld camera style (a la Blair Witch) a style which I tend to like - but it was meh.... 5/10

I also watched Despicable Me 2 with one of the neighbor kids ... I still love cartoons as an adult and this was well done but very long winded and hardly any substance 6/10

I think I get Elysium next.... I've heard good and bad about it so we'll see....
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I enjoyed Elysium. Pretty good if you like dystopian future stories mixed with a little social commentary. I'd rate it a 7/10. Hubby didn't much like it, though. Although, he did love Despicable Me 2. :)
 
The last movie I watched was a quirky little number titled Other Voices, from 2000. If you go into it expecting something odd you probably won't be disappointed. There are a lot of levels working in it. If you go into it expecting something conventional it falls flat. I'd give it a 7/10.

Before that I watched a movie called The Frozen. An interesting suspense movie. It was entertaining. I'd rate it 6/10.
 
Rush (2013)

Just caught this one tonight. I've got to say, for a film which I had absolutely no interest in seeing in theaters, and which focuses on subject matter that I know next to nothing about (1970s Formula One racing rivalries), I really enjoyed it.

The acting was top notch, the story kept my attention, and the development of the two main characters was well handled. The film even inspired me to do some research on the real people the characters in the movie were based off of.

History Vs Hollywood: Rush

It turns out that they were not only rather fascinating individuals in their own rights, but that the casting, in a lot of cases, was almost eerie in how closely it matched the actors with the real people behind the story. :lol:

8.5 out of 10
 
Rewatched Man from Nowhere.... Again
Korean movie, one of my favorites. Very nice action scenes and I loved the ending. Somewhat predictable and bizarre plot but very good acting, characters, and filming. 9\10. I highly recommend it to anybody interested in Korean movies and to even those who don't
 
Well'p... I just got back from the new "RobroCop" movie.

All I can really say about it is... "meh." It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but it really wasn't very good either.

There are a couple of funny and memorable scenes, and there are some great performances; mostly from supporting characters like Jackie Earle Haley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, and Gary Oldman. However, the story and logic behind it are a bit of a mess, the "satirical message" (if it can really even be said to have one) is muddled and confused at best, and even the violence and action scenes are a major step down from Verhoeven's original film.

The lead, for instance, is a total non-starter. He comes off as being wooden and kind of sleazy as Murphy. For the most part, he simply fails to really register as RoboCop as well.

At no point did I really care about him or his struggle.

Ironically, this leads me to the next major problem with the movie. It's not even really about RoboCop! :lol:

It mostly seems to be about the movie's far more interesting supporting cast and the corporate PR maneuvering and petty politicking involved in their quest to legalize drone usage on American soil.

This is both good and bad. On the one hand, they're all much more competent and likeable than the movie's lead. Gary Oldman is great as the emotionally conflicted scientist struggling to make the project work, Jackie Earle Haley is spot on as the snarky and efficient no-nonsense military man, Michael Keaton is fun to watch as the sleaze ball corporate mogul, and Samuel L. Jackson is hilarious as the inflammatory "Fox News" pundit stand-in.

On the other, this basically seems to relegate the movie's main character to "side show" status, and his family to little more than a plot convenient McGuffin. The fact that the operation to become RoboCop basically leaves Murphy a dickless eunuch, for instance, is never even addressed, in spite of the fact that, unlike the original RoboCop, he still has a pretty wife at home who is presumably going to expect some form of intimacy from him sooner or later.

Likewise, the impact of his cyborg nature on his role as a father is never given anything more than token mention either.

Why bother to keep the family around at all if you're not going to do anything with them?

Overall: 5.5 out of 10.

As I said before, it was neither bad, nor good; just a bland sort of "meh."

It was a Hell of a lot better than the "Total Recall" remake which came out a couple of years ago, at the very least. :lamo
 
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Total Recall's remake blew. Horrid.

I'll go see Robocop because I love me some Joel Kinneman and Gary Oldman, but I'm not going to expect much. :lol:
 
Superfly said:
Total Recall's remake blew. Horrid.

I'll go see Robocop because I love me some Joel Kinneman and Gary Oldman, but I'm not going to expect much. :lol:
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With low expectations going in, it's "okay." :lol:

I'd honestly never seen Kinneman before RoboCop. What else has he been in?
 
Gathomas88 said:
With low expectations going in, it's "okay." :lol:

I'd honestly never seen Kinneman before RoboCop. What else has he been in?
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He was Detective Holder in The Killing (amazing TV show on AMC) and was also in The Darkest Hour and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Well'p... I just got back from the new "RobroCop" movie.

All I can really say about it is... "meh." It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but it really wasn't very good either.

There are a couple of funny and memorable scenes, and there are some great performances; mostly from supporting characters like Jackie Earle Haley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, and Gary Oldman. However, the story and logic behind it are a bit of a mess, the "satirical message" (if it can really even be said to have one) is muddled and confused at best, and even the violence and action scenes are a major step down from Verhoeven's original film.

The lead, for instance, is a total non-starter. He comes off as being wooden and kind of sleazy as Murphy. For the most part, he simply fails to really register as RoboCop as well.

At no point did I really care about him or his struggle.

Ironically, this leads me to the next major problem with the movie. It's not even really about RoboCop! :lol:

It mostly seems to be about the movie's far more interesting supporting cast and the corporate PR maneuvering and petty politicking involved in their quest to legalize drone usage on American soil.

This is both good and bad. On the one hand, they're all much more competent and likeable than the movie's lead. Gary Oldman is great as the emotionally conflicted scientist struggling to make the project work, Jackie Earle Haley is spot on as the snarky and efficient no-nonsense military man, Michael Keaton is fun to watch as the sleaze ball corporate mogul, and Samuel L. Jackson is hilarious as the inflammatory "Fox News" pundit stand-in.

On the other, this basically seems to relegate the movie's main character to "side show" status, and his family to little more than a plot convenient McGuffin. The fact that the operation to become RoboCop basically leaves Murphy a dickless eunuch, for instance, is never even addressed, in spite of the fact that, unlike the original RoboCop, he still has a pretty wife at home who is presumably going to expect some form of intimacy from him sooner or later.

Likewise, the impact of his cyborg nature on his role as a father is never given anything more than token mention either.

Why bother to keep the family around at all if you're not going to do anything with them?

Overall: 5.5 out of 10.

As I said before, it was neither bad, nor good; just a bland sort of "meh."

It was a Hell of a lot better than the "Total Recall" remake which came out a couple of years ago, at the very least. :lamo
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Well I know not to spend money on that movie. :)
 
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ChrisL said:
Well I know not to spend money on that movie. :)
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It honestly just came off as being kind of cruel turning the guy into Robocop in the first place.

In the original movie, the guy died. He died, and he had been dead for several months, and possibly even years, before they decided to bring his brain back to life in a Robot body.

As such, his family left town, and he basically started his "Robo" career as a zombie. He had to grow to become like he was before his death.

This guy, on the other hand, never died, and never lost his old life or emotions.

He just got badly burned, and lost an arm and a leg. They even said that he might make a recovery.

They told his wife that the procedure would save him from the risk of being a crispy vegetable, so she agreed to let them do it.

That's where things get messed up.

Knowing full well that most of this guy's body is salvageable, and that he had a chance to go back home and live a somewhat normal life even without the operation, what do you they do? They cut off his entire body except for his head, his lungs, and his right hand (for some reason), and put them all in a robot shell, and send him back to his wife and family like that.

Ummm... Wtf? I would've been pissed. :lol:

"You left me my hand, but you couldn't leave the dangly bits!? WHY?!?!?" :lamo
 
Gathomas88 said:
It honestly just came off as being kind of cruel turning the guy into Robocop in the first place.

In the original movie, the guy died. He died, and he had been dead for several months, and possibly even years, before they decided to bring his brain back to life in a Robot body.

As such, his family left town, and he basically started his "Robo" career as a zombie. He had to grow to become like he was before his death.

This guy, on the other hand, never died, and never lost his old life or emotions.

He just got badly burned, and lost an arm and a leg. They even said that he might make a recovery.

They told his wife that the procedure would save him from the risk of being a crispy vegetable, so she agreed to let them do it.

That's where things get messed up.

Knowing full well that most of this guy's body is salvageable, and that he had a chance to go back home and live a somewhat normal life even without the operation, what do you they do? They cut off his entire body except for his head, his lungs, and his right hand (for some reason), and put them all in a robot shell, and send him back to his wife and family like that.

Ummm... Wtf? I would've been pissed. :lol:

"You left me my hand, but you couldn't leave the dangly bits!? WHY?!?!?" :lamo
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That sounds terribly cruel, you're right. Sounds pretty far-fetched IMO too. :) I think he would have a big-time law suit against them. Lol.
 
Padiya Nadu, (Pandiya Naadu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) a movie made in south India in what they call Kollywood, or from the Kerala region. Saw it in Pudicherry in Tamil Nadu province along the coast, same place they made the movie Life of Pi. Something about hardcore action and suddenly you stop the show and break into a dance before you finish off the bad guys. I love it! Proud to be able to call the star one of my friends in real life.

 
Babba said:
I enjoyed Elysium. Pretty good if you like dystopian future stories mixed with a little social commentary. I'd rate it a 7/10. Hubby didn't much like it, though. Although, he did love Despicable Me 2. :)
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I saw that. I thought it was pretty good movie too. At least 7/10.
 
Watched Labor Day tonight, with Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. Basically, Winslet is frump girl after a hard life and a harder divorce. Brolin escapes from prison and hides out at her house while he waits for a train.

Personally, I loved it, but it was very slow. The build up was worth it, but if you aren't a fan of that type of pace, stay away. My husband fell asleep. I kept having to nudge him because a couple of times he even snored. But I really liked it, and plan to buy it when it comes out, because it's a strong, empowering movie told from the point of view of Winslet's son - someone who needs a strong father figure in his life.
 
Informant.


Saw it on Netflix.


It's a 2012 documentary about Brandon Darby. According to the story, he was an "activist" and "community organizer" from Austin who co-founded Common Ground Relief, which by all accounts really helped with the relief efforts in New Orleans during the aftermath of the natural disaster.


Then the movie shows how he matured later in life.


I'd rate it about an 8/10.
 
Watched The Call with Halle Berry last night. Not bad for entertainment, but definitely not an award winner. At one or two points near the end, the actions of Ms Berry's character went beyond unbelievable which spoiled it for me but it was suspenseful.

I give it 5/10
 
"The Last Stand"

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the likable, aging sheriff of a sleepy Arizona border town. He and his misfit deputies are the only thing between the border and a murderous and seemingly indestructible, ruthless cartel leader and gang escaping across the border.

Real Hollywood BS.
Real Arnold BS.
Really just a whole lotta BS. But.........

Really fun if you have the time and inclination. Streaming Netflix.
 
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We're pretty much done at work and our overnight guy came in and put North By Northwest on the big screen. Probably my third-favorite Hitchcock film after Rear Window and Vertigo. 9.5/10.
 
Superfly said:
I'm not a big fan of Halle Berry. I don't know why - can't put my finger on it. I liked The Call, though.
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She was quite good in Monster's Ball, but other than that, most of her roles are pretty forgettable. Except for when she shows her tits in Swordfish.
 
Kobie said:
We're pretty much done at work and our overnight guy came in and put North By Northwest on the big screen. Probably my third-favorite Hitchcock film after Rear Window and Vertigo. 9.5/10.
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I love Rear Window and North by Northwest. Never saw Vertigo - always meant to.
 
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