What movies have you seen recently?

[Jonesy]

Thanks to a recommendation from this thread I watched Leon the Professional last night. Absolutely loved it!

Jean Reno was a badass, 15 year old (i think she was 15 irl but not 100% sure) Natalie Portman gave a great performance (probably the best Portman performance I have seen to be honest) and Gary Oldman always makes a great phycho bad guy. There were parts of it (like the relationship between Matilda and Leon) that was a bit confronting or kinda off putting but the movie did a great job of keeping the tension in the action sequences and the story while being pretty simple was pretty compelling.

A solid 8.5/10 from me.

[Fresh Tendrils]

I think Natalie was 12 in that movie. It had been my favorite role of hers until Black Swan.

Gary Oldman really is a bad-*** in that movie. He is a complete lunatic in a legit job with power and he sells it.

[Jonesy]

Damn that is impressive if she was only 12, truly a great performance. Yeah Oldman was awesome, just captured that crazy volatility like he could go off at any moment so well that it made even scene with him in it really tense. Good stuff...

[mattsb84]

Quote: Originally Posted by CMH

You would! Nah, seriously, whatever it is, I guess I'm just in the 10% that didn't agree with it. It's a weird place to be. Usually not on the wrong end of the audience's overwhelming thoughts behind a film. I do agree with what most people liked about it though: style, music, mood, direction. All that stuff was great. So I watched Vantage Point last night and that made me feel better. (Not that it was great or anything).

I've got you Mr. President.....wah wahhhhh...people groaned after the 4th flashback in the theater i was in for Vantage Point. Awful movie.

On to Drive. I enjoyed it. Going in, I hadn't seen any previews for it, and I had only read briefly what it was about. It was pretty good. I wanted to see more of Drivers night life though as he seemed to have a lengthy history of doing that kind of work and he seemed to enjoy it. Surprisingly violent as well. Was a bit anxious when Driver was shaking down the first bad guy.

[Scott]

Saw The Lion King in 3D yesterday with the gf...Very disappointed in the 3D but the movie was great.

[Beantown]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

Saw The Lion King in 3D yesterday with the gf...Very disappointed in the 3D but the movie was great.

Saw it today and I agree...the 3D was incredibly pointless but damn if I didn't get chills multiple times during the movie. Probably in my Top 5 all time.

[SlimKibbles]

Last night I watched "October Sky" with Jake Gyllenhaal. Good flick. Came out in 1999. Here's the imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/

[Blzer]

Harsh Times

Let me preface this by saying that Christian Bale is the only reason I wanted to watch the film, and is the only reason I remained interested in the film.

David Ayer is the king of writing and directing films that are all exactly the same with different actors, though this isn't a bad thing. Training Day and Street Kings are both films that I own on Blu-ray, which involve an undercover/off-duty cop driving around the ghetto portions of East L.A., busting up drug dealers.

This film has a little more diversity than just this, as the "harsh times" are dealing a lot with seeking employment, among other things (involving marital issues and what not). This was a kind of film that had a bit of emotional tact, but they didn't really give us enough reason to care for the characters in the opening act. Throughout the film, it was a bit like the Kenan and Kel show... just hope that the duo characters coast easily and don't **** anything up, and everything should be okay. I'm not saying that stupidity kicks in, but plot development kicks in, and things go haywire for them.

This film had much less gun violence than the other two films, and that was okay with me. C.B. acted this film well, kind of like a Vato who can't quite find out who he most wants to identify himself with: his career, or his family.

Yeah, I kind of went backwards writing this. I don't really have much else to say.