movies

[jim]

I saw Inception, and I very much enjoyed it.

I didn't understand it. I mean generally I did, but it just became work. I started day dreaming, then I'm like why [expletive] are they in Siberia?

[JackofDiamonds]

I really liked Inception the first time I saw it, I followed the concept and generally understood what was going on. My friend gave me a Blue-Ray copy for Christmas, and you know what? Not that great to see 2 times. Conceding the meta issue of whether anything is real, I already know what's a dream and what's not (except the ending, obviously), so a lot is lost on the second viewing. Still entertaining, but I wouldn't have paid to see it again.

[MrSaigon]

I thought The Social Network was really interesting and entertaining. A bit long. I have trouble buying the brilliance of Eisenberg, however. I don't know a lot about the guy, and have seen just 3 movies, but it just seems like he's right in his wheelhouse there.

I thought Timberlake was great. And I can buy the new Spiderman. Except that his neck is freakishly long.

[Radbird]

Saw Winter's Bone last night. Made me proud of my home state...

[themiddle54]

The thing to me about Inception was, I'll go along for the ride once you establish the fantasy world and the rules of that world. But they kept re-inventing the rules, so in the third act it's still "you know how we said earlier that if you die in a dream you just wake up? Well, actually...." I'd have preferred that all the boundaries were established in act one and that they raised the stakes through the characters rather than just adding more rules. All in all, I liked it, maybe more the second time.

Suspension of disbelief in this movie, though, is nothing compared to Hall Pass, where you have to go along with the premise that Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis need to take a week off from [expletive] Jenna Fisher and Christina Applegate.

[Maclowery]

Snuck a bunch of beer into Drive Angry 3D. Had an incredible time. Cannot recommend the movie in any other state of mind. Had a Grindhouse feel - corny 70s action vibe that knew it was a corny 70s revenge flick, and nothing more. Also, the 3D effects were really entertaining.

[Michael]

Has anyone seen The Fountain? It's like a cheesy romance drama meets 2001 Space Odyssey. The Fountain is obviously flawed, but it's worth watching if you're a film buff. It's not often you see big budget movies like this get made. I watched it last night and I'm still trying to make sense of it.

[JL21]

Has anyone seen The Fountain? It's like a cheesy romance film meets 2001 Space Odyssey. The Fountain is obviously flawed, but it's worth watching if you're a film buff.

I just watched it a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty bad. It had potential but it was just so damned clunky, trying to blend together those three stories that had no business intermingling. I guess I give Aronofsky credit for swinging for the fences- it was a pretty grandiose concept- but there's no getting around the quality of the film.

When Jackman is bald and floating in the temple at the end, I burst out laughing.

[Michael]

Yeah, I don't disagree (see my edited post above). There were a lot of bad parts, but the film worked on some levels. You don't see many movies confront death like that. I actually thought the Spanish portions were pretty good.

Unfortunately, Rachel Weisz's performance was pretty awful. She really undermined the whole film, particularly the present day stuff.

The space portions would have been more effective if the director hadn't shown the freakishness so early. By the time the end came things got really out of control.

Still, I'm glad I saw it. It did hit my on some level.

[JL21]

I actually thought the Spanish portions were pretty good.

I definitely agree here. By the end, I'd wished he'd made a movie just about the Spanish conqueror.