movies

[thrill]

Just saw Midnight In Paris.

Um, Woody Allen bats just above the Mendoza line for me, but his hits are always dingers, so in that sense he is like the Mark Reynolds of directors for me. The things I hate most about his movies are the lack of moral accountability the characters he bases off himself face and the self indulgence of his writing, casting and locales. I get the sense he only makes movies for himself and people like him which annoys me because I am not one of those people. Like I said though, I'm not a total hater.

Anyway, this movie was fun. His obvious self-indulgence sometimes annoys me, but this was so over the top self-indulgent that it worked. He basically cast the idealized version of himself (Owen Wilson) to hang out with his heroes in his favorite city to help him escape from an awful relationship with a girl completely wrong for him. It was fun and if you are into nostalgia, it's a great movie. If you're a Francophile, it's a great movie. If you love Jazz age art, it's a great movie. I like all of those things to varying degrees so I enjoyed it. There were still some annoying caricatures of the kind of Americans he doesn't like (clichéd patriots/republican/corporate types) and of course he portrayed the kind of Americans he does like (himself) as the enlightened, funny, self-effacing likable character and of course gives himself everything his heart desires at the end.

I liked it. I'd recommend it even if you're not into Woody Allen but I don't ever need to see it again.

[Jocephus]

not viewed, but upcoming

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[cpebbles]

I just took my nephew to see Thor. Enjoyable flick, and I enjoyed Chris Hemsworth's performance (Never heard of the guy before, but he's really charismatic), but what really stuck with me was the use of 3D in the end credits. During the movie, 3D basically makes everyone look like animated cardboard cutouts, but the effect is really impressive with well-done CG.

[Leroy]

Months ago, I recorded a movie called the Old Man And the Sea for my dad. It was kind of his white whale, every time we got together he'd say that if I ever found a copy he would love one. So one night it was on TCM so I recorded it on our DVR. Have never gotten around to watching or converting it to dvd. I did last night.

I'm not sure why the movie reached my dad so much, but there is something. He's more of a John Wayne guy. But I'm glad I watched it, and he will be thrilled with having a dvd of it.

[JackofDiamonds]

Months ago, I recorded a movie called the Old Man And the Sea for my dad. It was kind of his white whale, every time we got together he'd say that if I ever found a copy he would love one. So one night it was on TCM so I recorded it on our DVR. Have never gotten around to watching or converting it to dvd. I did last night.

I'm not sure why the movie reached my dad so much, but there is something. He's more of a John Wayne guy. But I'm glad I watched it, and he will be thrilled with having a dvd of it.

No no no, the white whale was in Moby Dick. You have this all wrong.

[Radbird]

Watched Country Strong last night. The guy who play Beau (Garrett Hedlund) was really the only reason to watch it - a well deserved 20% on the Tomatometer.

Can't believe I gave up watching the Cards game for it.

[Leroy]

Months ago, I recorded a movie called the Old Man And the Sea for my dad. It was kind of his white whale, every time we got together he'd say that if I ever found a copy he would love one. So one night it was on TCM so I recorded it on our DVR. Have never gotten around to watching or converting it to dvd. I did last night.

I'm not sure why the movie reached my dad so much, but there is something. He's more of a John Wayne guy. But I'm glad I watched it, and he will be thrilled with having a dvd of it.

No no no, the white whale was in Moby Dick. You have this all wrong.

It was a simile, or an analogy or hyperbole or something like that.

[JackofDiamonds]

Months ago, I recorded a movie called the Old Man And the Sea for my dad. It was kind of his white whale, every time we got together he'd say that if I ever found a copy he would love one. So one night it was on TCM so I recorded it on our DVR. Have never gotten around to watching or converting it to dvd. I did last night.

I'm not sure why the movie reached my dad so much, but there is something. He's more of a John Wayne guy. But I'm glad I watched it, and he will be thrilled with having a dvd of it.

No no no, the white whale was in Moby Dick. You have this all wrong.

It was a simile, or an analogy or hyperbole or something like that.

Something something, joke about Hemingway, rhetorical devices, and large fish behind small boats..

[MrSaigon]

livingsocial.com's deal today is two fandango tickets for $9. It's good for like 6 more hours.

[Schlich]

Just saw Super 8. I really enjoyed it. Not a perfect movie by any means (the overall storyline was meh), but it had a magical atmosphere, great visual effects, and great acting by the child cast. Kept you paying attention the entire movie. Good work by Abrams IMO.

Now time for Kung Fu Panda 2: drive-in double features are awesome.