movies

[cpebbles]

[SHOW]

They gave him (a ridiculously unbelievable amount of) leeway to act out this scenario. Also, some of it was clearly happening in his head (The shots he fired at Kingsley with a water gun). It's no less believable than the rest of the movie that they stuck him on the ferry to start the script off, or that he simply imagined the prologue.

[TGantz]

Where the Wild Things Are was a great movie. I didn't expect it to be that funny.

[TimeForGuinness]

I watched District 9 last night and as a SciFi fan, I really enjoyed it. Much like Omaha & JL21 have pointed out there seems to be a weird apathy with the alien race and their own superior weapons. Maybe it had to do with the human race rescuing them from their ship (maybe they didn't get many weapons off the ship...I dunno)

Overall, pretty solid from start to finish.

[The Third Man]

Criterion just announced a blu-ray release of The Leopard for June, I can die happy once I've seen that.

[omaha_red]

Criterion just announced a blu-ray release of The Leopard for June, I can die happy once I've seen that.

you've never done it? i did the original italian version.. the really long one. it's great..
a tad uneventful, but still.. it's a no brainer

[The Third Man]

I meant on blu-ray. The Leopard is easily in my top ten.

[JL21]

I went to the theater to see "The Crazies" this weekend, and I was pretty impressed. GK's brother nails it in his review.

THE CRAZIES is the kind of horror movie that just sneaks up on people. Even though I’ve sung its praises quite strongly here, I wager you’ll still be surprised by how uniformly good it is. Even as you read these words, I bet you’re thinking, “Nah, it can’t be all dead on, can it?” Well, it can. I’m honestly having a hard time finding anything all that negative to say about the whole production. THE CRAZIES is just fantastic; a kind of mini-wonder that doesn’t come along all that often. Please see this movie, good horror is too rare to neglect at the box office.

[Freed Roger]

finally got to see Inglorious Basterds. damn good.

Did it get much oscar fanfare? I haven't seen many of the other flicks in this years academy awards, so I can't really compare - but I'm guessing

[SHOW]

the movie and its actors didn't get their due, on account of the theme.

I avoided all the GRB spoilers on this movie, so I'll have to go back and see what you all said about it.

[SHOW]

the gratutious altering of real history for sake of movie didn't bother me a bit. From the get-go you knew it was complete fiction. I was hoping they'd off Hitler and Co, but wasn't sure if Tarantino would do it. Its not like a JFK movie where they pretend to be a docu drama but are altering facts.

If I have a minor complaint, its the comical lack of security at the cinema for the big scene. Again the movie was never intended to be factual or anything, but that part was a bit much.

Also watched "A Serious Man" its ok. I'm too tired to grasp double meanings etc right now.

Saw the Tim Burton "Alice in Wonderland" with the kid. I liked it OK,and had low expectations going in. Story seemed a bit weak to me.

[omaha_red]

man, why did i wait so long to watch this?
peckinpah rules. boobs, booze and bullets. you always know what you're going to get

[phins]

Watched Shutter Island, and while I got some of the ending, I didn't get it all. Overall, it was decent. DiCaprio put on a pretty good performance, and the final scene was a neat way to wrap it all up.

What didn't you get?

[SHOW]

For me, I never gave a ton of thought to him being a patient because they showed him on the boat at the beginning of the movie. That was the one loose end that I didn't 100% understand.

[SHOW]

See, that was what I didn't see as well. I know it was elaborate, but man, I don't see them getting away with that.

I did really like the fact that he was actually cured at the end, but chose not to life a live knowing his wife had murdered their children, and he in turn, murdered his wife. He avoided the signs, and never got her the obvious help she needed, which would have made a life of guilt that would unimaginable. He basically chose assisted suicide from that person and that life. Knowing that he would essentially be a vegetable after the procedure. Best part of the movie for me, as the rest was kind of blah. It did bring together how they weren't being very helpful with things he would need for his investigation, and putting him downstairs with the orderlies etc. I liked how his alter ego, or delusions whatever you want to call them, had a sort of self-interest protection going with the wife telling to run away and get off the island or he would destroy himself. The delusions had protection for itself, knowing that it had the possibility of going away. Interesting add-on, and something I thought they did well. It had a creepy vibe the whole movie, but could have been done oh so much better IMO.

PS- Why did he blow up the car? What purpose would that serve in his escape to draw attention to himself? Also, why the parts about the Nazi camps? Was that just to show how tortured his soul was? It didn't have any effect on the film, or why he had lost his sanity.