Rate The Last Movie You Watched

[Chief Rum]

Resurrecting The Champ-- 8/10

I recommend this one, but especially if you have ever been involved with journalism (as I have). Even without that background, I think most will get something out of this movie. Good performances by all (and, yes, including Hartnett).

The "twist" isn't all that surprising (by the tone of the film, you sorta see it coming). What makes the twist work is they work it into the film pretty well, IMO. Instead of Becoming The Story, the twist is just a key plot turn, which is a nice switch.

Oh yeah, and I would still pound bony Teri Hatcher any day of the week.

[korme]

Hey, do you guys know if The Darjeeling Limited is going to have a full-scale release or be limited (that's a rumor I heard)... I'd be very disappointed if that were the case.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Resurrecting The Champ-- 8/10

I recommend this one, but especially if you have ever been involved with journalism (as I have). Even without that background, I think most will get something out of this movie. Good performances by all (and, yes, including Hartnett).

The "twist" isn't all that surprising (by the tone of the film, you sorta see it coming). What makes the twist work is they work it into the film pretty well, IMO. Instead of Becoming The Story, the twist is just a key plot turn, which is a nice switch.

Oh yeah, and I would still pound bony Teri Hatcher any day of the week.

Ever since being a 16 year old with a mr skin password, I have lost all desire to wank to Teri Hatcher and her fried-egg tits. I'm a boob guy..sue me.....we're all shallow in our fantasies

[WVUFAN]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Annie Hall (1977) - Classic Woody Allen; Diane Keaton is great. Many funny lines ("he kept saying 'jew eat yet', not 'did you'). It wasn't groundbreaking, however, and I think modern comedies are more funny (to each their own). Appearances from Chris Walken and Jeff Goldblum were nice surprises. 6.5/10

Annie Hall -- Ugh.

[Flasch186]

an Inconvenient Truth 7/10

A very good movie, statistics aside. The idea that the movie wasnt The slide show but was about Gore's life and charge to push this forward was a nice shine on this. Whether or not you believe the statistics, and I'll leave that for another thread, the movie is a nicely done documentary.

[Flasch186]

The Pathfinder 2/10

It should say something that the preview for the Nightwatch was better than this movie (the name could be wrong but it's a trilogy) or shall I say disc-o-crap.

For some odd reason the director chose to have the Native Americans speak English and have the Vikings be subtitled!! We could never get used to it. Were the fight scenes good and gory? sure, but the movie was a horrendous piece of crap. Run away Run away!

[Honolulu_Blue]

Strangers on a Train 8/10

A classic Hitchcock film. It lacks the star power of some of his other films, no James Stewart, no Cary Grant, no Grace Kelly, no Ingrid Bergman, but it's still a great, Hitchcockian yarn all the same. The villian of the movie, Bruno, is delightfully insane. It's a pretty fun ride and moves a decent pace. Definitely worth a rental if you're feeling like something a bit old school.

Ultraviolet 1/10*

I put the astericks by the rating because my review is based upon the 15 minutes of the movie that Lady H_B actually let me watch. She made me turn it off, saving me from myself. It was a movie that came out about 2 years ago or so. It started Milla Jovovich and it was some Matrix-esque type of fair in style (supposively), but it had something to do with vampires and antigens. It had a banner ad on this old site of ours for a few weeks at least.

Like I said, I only saw about 15 minutes of it. I would have watched only about 5, but I couldn't look away. It was like a train wreck of a movie. It's production values looked worse than "Terminator" (which I was watching just before I flipped to this piece of garbage). And Terminator was made like 22 years before this movie. In fact, a lot of the production values and acting reminded me of a local "film" some of my friends acted/wrote for. That "film" was shot with pretty much no budget. Ultraviolet was pretty much at that level. It was astoundingly bad. How it made it into theaters I will never know. It's worth watching for a few minutes just to see how piss-poor it all is.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

Annie Hall -- Ugh.

I will never forgive Annie Hall for the fact that it beat "Star Wars" for Best Picture. I know it's an old, childish grudge, but I formed it when I first learned about this when I was a wee lad and must stay true to little H_B on this one.

[st.cronin]

Mississippi Masala - 8/10

Can't believe I had never heard of this movie before. On the surface its a romance, and a pretty good one. The ending sucked, but most movie endings do, so I don't usually hold that against a movie too much.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Ultraviolet 1/10*

I put the astericks by the rating because my review is based upon the 15 minutes of the movie that Lady H_B actually let me watch. She made me turn it off, saving me from myself. It was a movie that came out about 2 years ago or so. It started Milla Jovovich and it was some Matrix-esque type of fair in style (supposively), but it had something to do with vampires and antigens. It had a banner ad on this old site of ours for a few weeks at least.

Like I said, I only saw about 15 minutes of it. I would have watched only about 5, but I couldn't look away. It was like a train wreck of a movie. It's production values looked worse than "Terminator" (which I was watching just before I flipped to this piece of garbage). And Terminator was made like 22 years before this movie. In fact, a lot of the production values and acting reminded me of a local "film" some of my friends acted/wrote for. That "film" was shot with pretty much no budget. Ultraviolet was pretty much at that level. It was astoundingly bad. How it made it into theaters I will never know. It's worth watching for a few minutes just to see how piss-poor it all is.

I actually rate this movie at an even 5/10...mostly because I walked out of the theater with absolutely nothing to say about it. It wasn't good and it wasn't horrible. It was pretty much just nothing. Some good sword fighting scenes, some good gunplay. Really it seemed like this movie was a video game in live-action form. It may have been the fact that it really didn't feel like a movie that kept it from being a bad movie.

[miked]

The Island- 5/10 Really I was bored last night and it was on. Pretty bad cross between The Matrix and Logan's Run type of thing. I like the cast ok, just the plot and overall direction seemed stupid. Some nice action sequences, but they were so hard to follow. About 30 minutes too long.

The Illusionist 6/10 This came out around the same time as that other magician movie, and I think that's the one I really wanted to see. This movie seemed kind of boring and most things were fairly obvious. They tried to have a Usual Suspects type ending, but it really wasn't done well and you knew what was going on the entire movie.

Pan's Labyrinth 9.5/10 Probably one of the best movies I've seen all year. Truly amazing film from a production/directing perspective and everyone gave great performances. I can't see why Babel won an award and this didn't.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Flasch186

It should say something that the preview for the Nightwatch was better than this movie (the name could be wrong but it's a trilogy) or shall I say disc-o-crap.

Was Nightwatch the vampire/demon movie? If so, I wrote a review somewhere in this thread I think.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by miked

The Illusionist 6/10 This came out around the same time as that other magician movie, and I think that's the one I really wanted to see. This movie seemed kind of boring and most things were fairly obvious. They tried to have a Usual Suspects type ending, but it really wasn't done well and you knew what was going on the entire movie.

The other one was The Prestige...which I thought was a MUCH better movie than The Illusionist.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Flasch186

an Inconvenient Truth 7/10

A very good movie, statistics aside. The idea that the movie wasnt The slide show but was about Gore's life and charge to push this forward was a nice shine on this.

I actually didn't like the autobiographical stuff. I thought it was pretty distracting (and ended up just fast-fowarding through the later segments). I would have much prefered it if that stuff was left out and they included more of his presentation.

[WVUFAN]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Was Nightwatch the vampire/demon movie? If so, I wrote a review somewhere in this thread I think.

It's based on a trilogy of books, and there's been two movies so far: Night Watch and Day Watch. The director of the two films is currently making his film American release, Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, and based on the comic. The third book, Twilight Watch, hasn't been made yet.

The second movie is set for release on DVD in October.

I've read the books, they're dramatically different from the movies, and well worth checking out:

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Se...8500819&sr=8-3

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Hey, do you guys know if The Darjeeling Limited is going to have a full-scale release or be limited (that's a rumor I heard)... I'd be very disappointed if that were the case.

I read limited Sept. 28 then expands on Oct. 5. Expands to nation wide, I dunno. I would like to think it would be nationwide with Wes Anderson directing it, hopefully.

[korme]

The Last Detail (1973) - Jack, Otis Young, and Randy Quaid. Jack and Otis Young, part of the Navy, are supposed to escort Quaid to jail for committing some bullshit petty crime. They begin to feel for his character and want to show him some of the world before he has to do his time. It's actually quite entertaining, caught it on a whim. I love vintage Nicholson. "Well, kid, there's more things in this life than you can possibly imagine. I knew a whore once in Wilmington. She had a glass eye. Used to take it out and wink people off for a dollar." 7.5/10

[korme]

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Dusty Hoffman and Meryl Streep fight over custody of their 7 year old child. Streep, who was accustomed to doing the motherly things, leaves her husband and leaves him with all of her responsibilities over the next 18 months. Then she decides that she wants to raise him. Very good movie, really touching and emotional. 8.5/10

[cthomer5000]

Annie Hall is an awesome movie.

"Sometimes when I'm driving... on the road at night... I see two headlights coming toward me. Fast. I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The... flames rising out of the flowing gasoline. "

[korme]

Taxi Driver (1976) - De Niro is a discharged Marine who has overlying issues, starting with insomnia. He picks up cabbie work for the long hours through the night. Travis Bickle hates scum and filth and all the ruins of the nightlife of NYC and it eats at him, driving him to violence. He's quite an outsider and definitely has a skewed view of things. It's a classic old school movie, modern movie goers might call it slow, but the pace fits the idea - the gradual freefall into insanity. 8.5/10

[Lorena]

Shoot 'em Up - 9.1 / 10

As CT from The CT and Jivin Show says, it was surprisingly entertaining. I wasn't expecting anything but came out with a WTF did we just watch feeling. The corny lines and ridiculous action scenes made this movie very fun to watch.

Leave your brain on pause for this one.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Taxi Driver (1976) - De Niro is a discharged Marine who has overlying issues, starting with insomnia. He picks up cabbie work for the long hours through the night. Travis Bickle hates scum and filth and all the ruins of the nightlife of NYC and it eats at him, driving him to violence. He's quite an outsider and definitely has a skewed view of things. It's a classic old school movie, modern movie goers might call it slow, but the pace fits the idea - the gradual freefall into insanity. 8.5/10

A certain classic. The last college paper I wrote was about positioning this movie as a modern Western.

[Johnny93g]

The Assanation of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

8/10

It is very long, maybe too long, but it draws you in. This is the perfomance of Casey Affleck's career. Brad Pitt is excellent as well. It is very dark. There's alot of dialouge. The scenery is amazing, and it's just a very well told story. I really enjoyed it.

[korme]

Glad to hear Affleck delivers. I heard Shia LeBeouf was considered but they were afraid he was too young.

I eally want to see this and it's not playing anywhere near me. :/

[miked]

Flags of our Fathers- 6/10 I just didn't think it was all that great. Maybe I went into it with high expectations since Eastwood got nominations and awards and was pretty disappointed. It was boring, I almost fell asleep in a few parts, and the cutting back and forth just made me confused most of the time. At least it wasn't 3 hrs or something, but I was expecting better.

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by Flasch186

Alpha Dog 7/10

While it wasn't what I expected I thought that a look at the true story from a different angle was refreshing once I understood that they weren't going the typical action/suspense route. Obviously, the actors did a good job because I found myself yelling at the screen and feeling emotions for characters. I DO recommend this movie as long as you dont go into it looking for the same hum drum suspense type flick.

I had no idea it was based on a true story.

I'm so pissed off right now. Like you said, I'm feeling emotions for everyone and practically yelling at the TV, too. $^%#! Damn.

9/10 I really liked it. I especially liked the part in the pool with the girls.

[Blade6119]

Equilibrium (2002)
9/10

Absolutely great movie...Christian Bale does a wonderful job as the conflicted hero and the action scenes are awesome. Interesting plot and in my opinion great cast that delivered some solid acting. Sean Bean's short role really set the tone for the flick, and i loved every minute of it. One of my favorite rentals in some time.

[Groundhog]

Hot Fuzz - 7.5/10
Thought this was good fun. It was like 5 different movies rolled in to one, and each one was entertaining.

The Hidden Fortress - 8.5/10
Great Kurosawa adventure flick. Toshiro Mifune is fantastic (as he always is when teamed with Kurosawa), and the two lowly peasants are good for a laugh. Not in the same league as Kurosawa's greatest films, but a very worthy 2nd tier.

[korme]

The Darjeeling Limited

OH wait it's also got a limited release......fuck

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Equilibrium (2002)
9/10

Absolutely great movie...Christian Bale does a wonderful job as the conflicted hero and the action scenes are awesome. Interesting plot and in my opinion great cast that delivered some solid acting. Sean Bean's short role really set the tone for the flick, and i loved every minute of it. One of my favorite rentals in some time.

I saw this when it first came out to DVD. It boggled my mind how this was a straight-to-DVD release! Like you said, the acting is well done, the story is intriguing, the concept of their fighting is very cool, the scenery is cool, there's music, it seems like the movie had a decent budget to pull this off... so why straight to DVD??

[oliegirl]

I watched a great movie the other night...The Life of David Gale. Very moving, and great acting by Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and Kate Winslet. Kind of a twist at the end, but I'd figured it out about halfway through the movie...still very good though, definitely something I'd recommend. Kind of heavy though, can't just halfway pay attention, and definitely not a movie you will laugh in.

8/10

[RendeR]

I watched Clue and the 1st 4 harry Poter movies this week. (I work nights in a PC lab, lots of dead time) Clue was of course awesome, Tim Curry simply rox. The HP movies were ood but nothing spectaclar, until you get to the Goblet of Fire. Holy shit that was a great movie. I was VERY impressed. And Enthraled to the point of rewinding and watching a number of scenes over again.

Ok so I'm boring and haven't seen anything unique, but hey I wanted to be included

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

I watched a great movie the other night...The Life of David Gale. Very moving, and great acting by Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and Kate Winslet. Kind of a twist at the end, but I'd figured it out about halfway through the movie...still very good though, definitely something I'd recommend. Kind of heavy though, can't just halfway pay attention, and definitely not a movie you will laugh in.

8/10

This was a movie that I watched awhile ago too. At the end though, it seemed like it you watched the movie from the start and knew the twist... some of the scenes wouldn't make sense. I've yet to re-watch it, but I recall thinking I figured out what was going to happen, then dismissed it since some other stuff wouldn't make sense for the characters to do if that were the case... and then the twist was exactly what I thought. So I was soured on the movie a lot.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

I saw this when it first came out to DVD. It boggled my mind how this was a straight-to-DVD release! Like you said, the acting is well done, the story is intriguing, the concept of their fighting is very cool, the scenery is cool, there's music, it seems like the movie had a decent budget to pull this off... so why straight to DVD??

My memory could be fuzzy, but I am pretty sure this hit the theaters. I remember seeing the ads and wanting to go see it, but never getting around to it (I later saw it on DVD, and liked it). I remember specifically about the TV ads comparing it to Matrix with its martial arts and technology and futuristic world. IIRC, it hit theaters (like in a usual dead time, like February), did poorly like most movies around that time, and was gone before you know it.

[sabotai]

Equilibrium was released in theaters, but it had a very limited release. According to imdb.com, it was only shown on about 300 screens.

[molson]

Finally got around to seeing Crash

Everyone's racist....The end.

This would have been a groundbreaking movie if released in 1958. Today, it just comes off like an grad school film student trying to say something "relevant". Really nothing interesting about it at all.

Still, good acting, and the last 45 moments or so did hold my attention. 6/10

[Pyser]

Originally Posted by RendeR

The HP movies were ood but nothing spectaclar, until you get to the Goblet of Fire. Holy shit that was a great movie. I was VERY impressed. And Enthraled to the point of rewinding and watching a number of scenes over again.

fascinating. easily my least favorite HP movie, but favorite book.

[korme]

Bottle Rocket (1996) - Wes Anderson's debut film. It isn't as polished as his others, but it still has the same quality and style to it. Owen & Luke Wilson are the co-stars, and were relatively unknowns at the time. It is a better second half, than first half. Owen Wilson's character Dignan is some of his best work IMO. 6/10

[thesloppy]

Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - I really enjoyed this, to the point that I've watched it 3 times in the last 5 days, which is pretty unusual for me even though I watch a lot of crap movies. At the same time, I don't know that I'd necessarily recommend it, as it's fucking brutal, and certainly not the feel good movie of the summer. I was mighty surprised to find a pair of my favorite songs (Smog and Will Oldham) in the soundtrack, which certainly figures into how much I loved this flick.

The plot is nothing remarkable, your standard revenge thriller witht he obvious comparison being the original 'Get Carter'. Paddy Considine, who also co-wrote the screenplay, stars as a soldier who returns from his enlistment to his small home town in Northern England in order to lay down a heaping helping of vengeance on the small-time thugs who brutalized his retarded brother. Yeah, I told you it was cheery. It's not entirely bleak though, as there are moments of humor and caring, and the band of 'thugs' are pretty laughable in their incompetence.

Certainly among the best movies I've seen in the last few years - 9/10

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Pyser

fascinating. easily my least favorite HP movie, but favorite book.

Wow, that's totally the opposite for me. That is the only book that completely dragged for me. It has a ton of problems, especially a twist ending that completely destroys the development of a character. I think the movie actually improved on the book in a number of ways, especially by cutting the Dursley's completely out and minimizing the involvement of the World Cup, which made absolutely no sense in the book. (You don't catch the snitch when down 160 points!)

[korme]

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) - Clive Owen is the star in this one, and his character is quite the boring one. His brother (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) dies and he has to figure out why and what happened. When he does, his mission is to exact revenge on eventual bad-man Malcolm McDowell. Summararily average, which is too bad because the movie title is sweet. 5/10

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

... minimizing the involvement of the World Cup, which made absolutely no sense in the book. (You don't catch the snitch when down 160 points!)

I thought the seeker that caught the snitch simply wins the game outright, no matter the score?

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by RendeR

I thought the seeker that caught the snitch simply wins the game outright, no matter the score?

Nope, it gives you 150 points and ends the game. So you definitely wouldn't want to catch it when down 160 points.

[CraigSca]

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - DVR'ed this the other day because I'd heard about it and put it on my own internal checklist for "movies I must see before I die." Really, I couldn't finish it. Both Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were completely over the top and the plot, to me, had some holes in it (i.e. Why didn't Joan Crawford yell out the window when she needed help?). The director also chose to throw things in your face when he could have been a little more subtle (Joan's character tries to gain the help of the next door neighbor by writing her a note, crumpling it up in a ball and throwing it out her window. Of course, when Bette Davis sees it, we're treated to "Pivotal Hollywood Movie Music #4" and a close-up of the ball at Bette's feet).

Only after seeing it, did I learn more about the movie - I seem to recall reading that even by 1962 standards it was considered a little campy, and the great fun of the movie is seeing these two old-school actresses who absolutely HATED each other work together. Apparently, in one scene Bette Davis is told to kick around Joan's body and she does so, too well, kicking Crawford in the face. (3/10)

[Karlifornia]

The Bridge (2006..I think)- Documentary by a guy named Eric Steel who set up cameras around the Golden Gate Bridge during daylight for an entire year. He caught many suicides on film (which they show), and there are interviews with family and friends of the deceased. There's even one fellow who survived the jump...It's pretty interesting to hear his thoughts post-auto de fe.

Not a real uplifting movie, as you can probably guess.

8/10

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Nope, it gives you 150 points and ends the game. So you definitely wouldn't want to catch it when down 160 points.

Though that was a part of the book's development of Krum's character, that he realized Ireland was the better team, and wanted to end the game on his own terms by catching the Snitch. And then Hermione says something like, "Wow, that's very brave," and you get the jist that something may develop later (as we all know it does).

Hated the movie though. But my favorite movie in that series is one that I know a lot of people don't like, Prisoner of Azkaban. Oddly, the reason I don't like movie 4 (they changed too much, made it too Hollywood) are usually the reasons people give for disliking movie 3. Maybe I just like it because it has to do with time travel.

/tk

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Though that was a part of the book's development of Krum's character, that he realized Ireland was the better team, and wanted to end the game on his own terms by catching the Snitch. And then Hermione says something like, "Wow, that's very brave," and you get the jist that something may develop later (as we all know it does).

/tk

That makes sense if they were down 300-0 or something, but they were only one lucky goal from having a chance to tie it with the snitch, or two from outright winning it.

[Pyser]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Hated the movie though. But my favorite movie in that series is one that I know a lot of people don't like, Prisoner of Azkaban. Oddly, the reason I don't like movie 4 (they changed too much, made it too Hollywood) are usually the reasons people give for disliking movie 3. Maybe I just like it because it has to do with time travel.

/tk

i thought azkaban was widely accepted to be the best potter movie?

maybe im just stirring crap up here, since GoF is my favorite book, and PoA favorite movie so far...

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Bottle Rocket (1996) - Wes Anderson's debut film. It isn't as polished as his others, but it still has the same quality and style to it. Owen & Luke Wilson are the co-stars, and were relatively unknowns at the time. It is a better second half, than first half. Owen Wilson's character Dignan is some of his best work IMO. 6/10

Possibly Owen Wilson's best delivery ever is right after he's getting made fun of for wearing his banana yellow jumpsuit.. Luke Wilson says "forget about it man, did you see what they were wearing?"

"Yeah... it was awesome" or something to that effect. So freaking funny.

[korme]

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Based on a true story, two men rob a bank and subsequently hold it hostage. Starring Al Pacino, nominated for 6 oscars I believe. Pacino is just a classic actor, and he just sinks into the character of Sonny. The story wins with the way it makes you emphathize with Pacino's character. No music, which is sweet. Besides all of this, however, there is nothing particularly special about it. 6.5/10