movies

[TimeForGuinness]

Saw The Fighter...didn't realize it was about Mickey Ward. (Sidenote: The Ward-Gotti fights were some of the best toe-to-toe fights I've ever seen) I thought the movie was ok, but don't understand why it got so much buzz around Oscar time. 3.5 out of 5.

[lukethedrifter]

Saw The Fighter...didn't realize it was about Mickey Ward. (Sidenote: The Ward-Gotti fights were some of the best toe-to-toe fights I've ever seen) I thought the movie was ok, but don't understand why it got so much buzz around Oscar time. 3.5 out of 5.

If I recall correctly, drunk jim thought it was the greatest film ever.

[Freed Roger]

Terrence Mallick's "The New World" - I was looking forward to this movie -and as it started with the colonist arrival, I was very sure it would not let me down -the sweeping scale. Mallick brings back to life the natives and the colonists from the history books and legends with plausibility. He doesn't rush it, and whoa -can Mallick film nature and landscapes - it is visually grand, like all his work.

But the story with Pocahantas and John Smith just drags on and on. How much of them walking in the woods, on logs, in the grass, on logs again etc etc and staring in each other's eyes do we need? To be honest - I got it from the library and started watching it last week -got 3/4 way thru. totally forgot I had it. Going to return it without watching the rest, assured that I saw the most of Mallick's masterwork up front.

[go birds]

We watched The Town last night. Excellent movie.. I'm quickly becoming a fan of Affleck's directing.

I've never really been a fan of his acting, but he can direct, imo.

[Numbers]

Winter's Bone became available on Netflix Streaming today. Wow, most well done movie I've seen in a long time.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

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[Maclowery]

Wet Hot American Summer was really really funny.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Wet Hot American Summer was really really funny.

yes it is

[cardinalkarp]

Watched a few movies over the past week or so....

Unknown - A Liam Neeson action flick. Surprisingly good. Thumbs up!!

Limitless - I jumped on the Bradley Cooper bandwagon since The Hangover...while not a bad movie at all I was underwhelmed by this one.

Crazy, Stupid, Love - obviously was my wife's pick, but honestly it wasn't a bad movie; wasn't your typical "chick flick" which is what I was expecting. Actually had some decent comedic moments in it. Can't believe I'm saying this but I'll give it a thumbs up.

[MrSaigon]

Word is starting to fly around about the next Charlie Kauffman movie. Jack Black, Steve Carrell and Nic Cage (who we all hate but was so, so good in Adaptation) in a movie about a filmmaker battling a blogger--a Hollywood satire.

Adaptation is one of my very favorite movies, and it sounds like this new one has a somewhat similar backdrop. Couldn't get into Synechdoche New York, much but this sounds promising at this point, anyway.

Carrell and Kauffman both worked on The Dana Carvey Show.