Seen Any Good Movies...? - Page 118

Ensign Steve · #**2926** 02-02-2011, 02:14 PM

True Grit - As I expected, it totally lived up to the hype.

Lauri D · #**2927** 02-03-2011, 10:16 PM

Saw "The Fighter" last week and enjoyed it a lot. 8/10?

I will be surprised if Christian Bale doesn't pick up the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. He embodies the "tweaker" role so perfectly that you're sort of squirming and twitching in your seat just watching him.

Maybe going to see "True Grit" tonight and if not, tomorrow night.

Adam · #**2928** 02-03-2011, 11:27 PM

Red was very entertaining. I never read the comic despite, you know, Warren Ellis, so I'm curious to see how they differ now.

lisarea · #**2929** 02-04-2011, 02:32 AM

We finally watched My Winnipeg, which has been in our queue for a really long time, but for some reason I was thinking it was 3+ hours, so I kept putting it off. It is not. It's like an hour and fifteen minutes. I don't know why I thought that.

Anyway, it is really good. It ties in a lot with Cowards Bend the Knee, too, for all of you guys who watched that one.

Sharon Dee, it is a) available streaming on Netflix, and b) story driven and linear, plus also extremely literal and educational; so you go watch that now when you're done with your pork chops, OK?

SharonDee · #**2930** 02-04-2011, 02:48 AM

Uh huh. Like I'd trust you ever again! :glare:

livius drusus · #**2931** 02-04-2011, 09:24 PM

I saw Nicholas and Alexandra last night, an Oscar-bait historical epic about the last Romanovs. The pacing isn't great and it's long, but it's amazing how many British character actors I only knew from their work decades later are in it.

The reason I put it firmly in the good movie category is the casting. It's remarkable how much they all look like the historical characters they're portraying. There are no dramatic prosthetics or anything like that. With your basic hair and makeup, plus excellent performances, of course, they pull off some serious physical verisimilitude. Tom Baker (the second Doctor Who) as Rasputin was the standout, but Nicholas, Lenin, Trotsky, young Stalin, even the Grand Duchesses and Alexei were all dead on.

viscousmemories · #**2932** 02-05-2011, 03:07 AM

Yb & Sock: Steppenwolf is available on Netflix streaming.

viscousmemories · #**2933** 02-05-2011, 10:26 PM

Big Fan

I did not see that coming.

SharonDee · #**2934** 02-06-2011, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lisarea

... My Winnipeg ... I was thinking it was 3+ hours ... It is not. It's like an hour and fifteen minutes. I don't know why I thought that.

You thought that because it felt like 3 hours.

:glare:

again.

Although I shouldn't. That was the best nap I ever had.

lisarea · #**2935** 02-06-2011, 12:52 AM

Too harrowing for you, then?

I think the scene at 1:05ish here hit closest to home for me:

YouTube - My Winnipeg Trailer

NO, THE LITTLE MUFFIN! NOT THE BIRD!

SharonDee · #**2936** 02-06-2011, 01:02 AM

Actually, I liked the bit about the frozen horses. Cree-py!

Stormlight · #**2937** 02-07-2011, 07:06 AM

Purely Belter

It's the story of 2 Newcastle teenagers, who try to raise enough money to buy season tickets for their beloved Newcastle United FC. Very funny and very touching.

Also, this is a pure Geordie movie, so I actually had to turn on the damn sub-titles. Bloody Brits can't speak English! :shakefist:

Anyway:

fragment · #**2938** 02-07-2011, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by livius drusus

Tom Baker (the second Doctor Who)

Nuh-uh. Fourth.

livius drusus · #**2939** 02-07-2011, 09:37 AM

Sorreh, I can't keep them all straight. He was a great Rasputin, though.

mulebear · #**2940** 02-07-2011, 01:23 PM

Tom Baker was in Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales. He did a brief nude scene with full frontal. I really did not need to see that.

Doctor X · #**2941** 02-08-2011, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Stormlight

Bloody Brits can't speak English! :shakefist:

What do you want, they come from a small country.

--J.D.

Dagon · #**2942** 02-08-2011, 03:19 AM

Tokyo Gore Police. It is one of those films that reminds me why I love all things Japanese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9TyMZvF3g

mulebear · #**2943** 02-10-2011, 02:33 AM

After viewing This Filthy World - John Water's One Man Show, I decided to show Sonoma Bear the director's Desperate Living.

Yes. I'm :evil:

Dingfod · #**2944** 02-10-2011, 03:08 AM

Winter's Bone - Mean old hillbillies aren't even nice to their kin whats lookin' for their dad. The story kind of sucked, then again, doesn't real life? However, the acting was great, Academy award stuff.

Sock Puppet · #**2945** 02-10-2011, 02:07 PM

I finally got around to watching the Serenity DVD that Mr. Doughnuts sent me for Secret Santa. T'was a fine yarn. :thumbup:

The Reavers involved a series of plot holes, although it wasn't so distracting I couldn't overlook it while watching. Made for some fridge logic moments, though.

Doctor X · #**2946** 02-11-2011, 07:26 AM

Rewatched The Last Dragon--visiting the Chopsocki Master--W H Macy and Chaz Palminteri are fantastic. . . .

Man that movie really sucks.

--J.D.

Doctor X · #**2947** 02-12-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Stormlight

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - pretty good

Far better than I thought it would be.

--J.D.

Kashmir · #**2948** 02-13-2011, 07:12 AM

The Fortune Cookie

LadyShea · #**2949** 02-13-2011, 04:24 PM

Took Kiddo to Gnomeo and Juliet last night (2-d) and it was way better than I expected. I really liked the authenticity of the garden decor (chips, cracks, imperfect paint) and the sound effects, like when the gnomes walked or winked you could hear the ceramic sound.

Crumb · #**2950** 02-17-2011, 04:10 PM

I recently enjoyed The Social Network. The first scene in particular was great.