thrill wrote:I saw Tron, True Grit and Black Swan over my holiday break.
Tron - Adequately entertaining. Cool in 3D. I have zero interest in ever seeing it again.
True Grit - Master film makers tackling a genre flawlessly. I would prefer they tell a story that I haven't already been told because I'm such a huge fan of the Coen's work, but I'll take whatever they give us and be grateful. Probably slow for some, but visually appealing, fantastically acted and a solid, down to earth western.
Black Swan - The best movie I've seen in a while. Totally absorbing, psychologically intense and incredibly directed. The line between fantasy and reality completely [expletive] with you until the credits roll. Absolutely loved this movie.
I couldn't agree more about those last two. I didn't see Tron because Geen's brother crapped all over it in his review.
I've been going nuts re-watching a bunch of old Coen films lately. In the last 2 weeks, I've rewatched A Serious Man, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, and Blood Simple. I'm not sure what's next- probably Hudsucker or even The Ladykillers.
thrill wrote:I saw Tron, True Grit and Black Swan over my holiday break.
Tron - Adequately entertaining. Cool in 3D. I have zero interest in ever seeing it again.
True Grit - Master film makers tackling a genre flawlessly. I would prefer they tell a story that I haven't already been told because I'm such a huge fan of the Coen's work, but I'll take whatever they give us and be grateful. Probably slow for some, but visually appealing, fantastically acted and a solid, down to earth western.
Black Swan - The best movie I've seen in a while. Totally absorbing, psychologically intense and incredibly directed. The line between fantasy and reality completely [expletive] with you until the credits roll. Absolutely loved this movie.
I couldn't agree more about those last two. I didn't see Tron because Geen's brother crapped all over it in his review.
I've been going nuts re-watching a bunch of old Coen films lately. In the last 2 weeks, I've rewatched A Serious Man, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, and Blood Simple. I'm not sure what's next- probably Hudsucker or even The Ladykillers.
I just watched A Serious Man this weekend. Wow, what a flick. Only the Coen's can take a dark, depressing movie, and make it funny and entertaining. I enjoyed it alot.
I'll take it over truely disturbing movies like Requiem For a Dream anytime.
For those of you that have seen Black Swan, is it a nightmare inducing flick like Requiem?
robbotis wrote:I just watched A Serious Man this weekend. Wow, what a flick. Only the Coen's can take a dark, depressing movie, and make it funny and entertaining. I enjoyed it alot.
I'll take it over truely disturbing movies like Requiem For a Dream anytime.
For those of you that have seen Black Swan, is it a nightmare inducing flick like Requiem?
Zeus' description of A Serious Man helped me a ton with that movie. I tend to view it as the best Coen film. Call me crazy, but I really do believe that.
I haven't seen Requiem, so it's tough to compare, but that does tend to be the place a lot of critics go with it- that it's comparable. I didn't really think it was all that nightmare inducing. Maybe a little uncomfortable at times, but not enough that I found myself squirming or whatever.
Didn't go to the theaters, but here's what we watched at home:
Crazy Heart - Great performance by Jeff Bridges.
True Grit (1969) - Not as bad as I thought it would be based on some of the comments in this thread. Replace Glen Campbell with an actual actor and you've got something. Now we have to go see the new one to see if Bridges is as good in that one as he was in Crazy Heart.
The Town - My expectations were low for this Ben Affleck flick, but it was fun to watch (a tad unrealistic, but what the hay).
Pirate Radio - Enjoyed this a lot since it featured the music of my youth.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - A few entertaining moments but basically just a bad movie, IMHO. Money may never sleep, but I almost did.
Took my kids to see Tangled this past weekend. I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. The story was pretty good and it had a lot of humor in it - not just juvenile, bathroom humor that many animated movies try for lately. I was most struck by how much expression one could see in the characters' faces and eyes. They've really got that down to where one could sometimes forget it's animated.
Lastly, I thought Rapunzel's kidnapper/mother strongly resembled Cher and it took me a while to get used to the voice I heard rather than expecting Cher's voice.
Radbird wrote:Didn't go to the theaters, but here's what we watched at home:
Crazy Heart - Great performance by Jeff Bridges.
True Grit (1969) - Not as bad as I thought it would be based on some of the comments in this thread. Replace Glen Campbell with an actual actor and you've got something. Now we have to go see the new one to see if Bridges is as good in that one as he was in Crazy Heart.
The Town - My expectations were low for this Ben Affleck flick, but it was fun to watch (a tad unrealistic, but what the hay).
Pirate Radio - Enjoyed this a lot since it featured the music of my youth.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - A few entertaining moments but basically just a bad movie, IMHO. Money may never sleep, but I almost did.
Pirate Radio was very good.
We saw some movie New YEars Eve about a stuttering king .. started slow but it was pretty good.
The next Pixar film is 'Cars 2.' Lame. As the studio tent pole and the incredible quality, 'Toy Story' gets a pass for sequels. 'Cars' was lame. Pixar has hit it out of the park three movies in a row. I'm a little disappointed. After 'Cars 2' there is an original and then 'Monster's Inc. 2.' Too much Disney influence?
MrSaigon wrote:The next Pixar film is 'Cars 2.' Lame. As the studio tent pole and the incredible quality, 'Toy Story' gets a pass for sequels. 'Cars' was lame. Pixar has hit it out of the park three movies in a row. I'm a little disappointed. After 'Cars 2' there is an original and then 'Monster's Inc. 2.' Too much Disney influence?
I think Pixar's earned the benefit of the doubt. Besides, Monster's Inc. was 10 years ago, they can't be counting on a ton of name recognition among kiddies. And Cars was good.
