What movies have you seen recently?

[SlimKibbles]

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I watched Take Me Home Tonight this afternoon. I really liked it. Loved all of the 80's music. There were a couple of tunes I haven't heard since I was a kid in grade school. I am a real sucker for movies like this where a guy has a crush or whatever at some point and either ends up getting the girl in the end or comes to his senses and realizes that a particular female friend is a much better option (ex Some Kind of Wonderful, Trojan War). It's probably because I have been that guy several times in my life but wasn't as successful winning the girl. At least in the movies, some dude is successful! Anyway, between the story, the music, and Teresa Palmer, I felt happy after watching it. I guess that is kind of all that matters. Right?

Oh yeah, Teresa Palmer...I have seen her in some other flicks before but she was absolutely beautiful in this movie.

[SidVish]

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21 Jump Street. Hilarious.

[DJ]

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I watched Take Me Home Tonight this afternoon. I really liked it. Loved all of the 80's music. There were a couple of tunes I haven't heard since I was a kid in grade school. I am a real sucker for movies like this where a guy has a crush or whatever at some point and either ends up getting the girl in the end or comes to his senses and realizes that a particular female friend is a much better option (ex Some Kind of Wonderful, Trojan War). It's probably because I have been that guy several times in my life but wasn't as successful winning the girl. At least in the movies, some dude is successful! Anyway, between the story, the music, and Teresa Palmer, I felt happy after watching it. I guess that is kind of all that matters. Right?

Oh yeah, Teresa Palmer...I have seen her in some other flicks before but she was absolutely beautiful in this movie.

Just finished watching this tonight. I enjoyed it, even if it did drag a bit in the middle. The ending message was really good, though. Music was awesome.

[Aggies7]

Just saw 21 Jump Street. Really liked it. I laughed a good amount. The wife said it was just ok.

[daflyboys]

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I think that's why someone tried to start a "movies that haven't come out yet but aren't big enough to have their own thread for the trailer" thread .... or whatever the hell it's called!

[SPTO]

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Watched Safe or at least tried to. That movie really didn't grab me at all and the pacing was way too breakneck with strange edits/transitions to scenes etc etc.

I can't give a proper rating since I didn't watch the whole thing but needless to say i'm not exactly broken up by the fact that I didn't watch it all.

[Lieutenant Dan]

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Two more classics this weekend: Roman Holiday which has cemented my new-found love for Audrey Hepburn, and it was also cool seeing Gregory Peck do comedy for a change. Really enjoyable movie with a pretty unique ending.

Also, On the Waterfront.... with Brando's famous "I coulda been a contender!" line. Great flick. Karl Malden was awesome, too, he really brought it in this role.

Also broke out my 'Day after Tomorrow' dvd. I always like to watch that movie when it's sweltering outside, helps cool me off

[Kanobi]

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Source Code - perfect....just the perfect movie. i can't believe how well they balanced the action, romance, and science fiction to the point where fans of all 3 genre's would be completely satisfied. Just amazing work

[SPTO]

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Two more classics this weekend: Roman Holiday which has cemented my new-found love for Audrey Hepburn, and it was also cool seeing Gregory Peck do comedy for a change. Really enjoyable movie with a pretty unique ending.

Also, On the Waterfront.... with Brando's famous "I coulda been a contender!" line. Great flick. Karl Malden was awesome, too, he really brought it in this role.

Also broke out my 'Day after Tomorrow' dvd. I always like to watch that movie when it's sweltering outside, helps cool me off

I love On The Waterfront it's one of the better movies of its type and both Malden and Brando were great in it.

Roman Holiday OTOH?

SNOOOOZE

[Blzer]

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Source Code - perfect....just the perfect movie. i can't believe how well they balanced the action, romance, and science fiction to the point where fans of all 3 genre's would be completely satisfied. Just amazing work

I wish I liked it as much as you did. I mean I own it, so I like it to an extent... I just wouldn't ever have the word "perfect" cross my mind, though.

I showed my dad The Kingdom for the first time, and I forgot how underlooked this title is. Not that it should be an Oscar winner or anything, but I don't think I've heard a single OS member ever mention this film before (perhaps outside of its own dedicated thread, if there even is one). I wish the BD lossless audio left a bit more punch, though.

I also showed my sister and her husband Star Trek the other night. They admit to loving it, though never want to be called Trekkies. Neither do I.

[Kanobi]

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I wish I liked it as much as you did. I mean I own it, so I like it to an extent... I just wouldn't ever have the word "perfect" cross my mind, though.

Oh trust I expected somebody to disagree. I loved it. Im a sci-fi/horror guy but found myself givin a damn about the romantic aspect of it....to me that's an achievment if a flick can get me to do that lol Overall, I thought it was great.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Lockout. I somewhat liked it. Above average sci-fi action movie. The villains did the best acting jobs in this, IMO. Stone was just obnoxious--didn't give a lot of reasons to root for him.

Talladega Nights. Not a Will Ferrell fan, but this was funny throughout. Surprisingly good character development of Ricky Bobby. I was hooked after this quote "I wake up in the morning and pi$$ excellence!"

[aukevin]

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I've watched a lot of movies over the past week and the same actor has popped up in three of them.

I watched The Adjustment Bureau, Real Steel, and Man on a Ledge this week and Anthony Mackie was in all of them. I guess he's pretty popular according to IMDB, but the only other thing I saw that I remember him in was We Are Marshall (don't remember him in Eagle Eye, 8 Mile, or Million Dollar Baby). The Hurt Locker is on my Netflix list right now too, and what do you know, he's in that too lol.

Other movies I've watched in addition to those other three the past couple weeks are:
Unstoppable
Limitless
Morning Glory
50/50
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
Source Code (2nd viewing)

[ScoobySnax]

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Fat Albert. It was horrible.

[Ermolli]

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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: I remember not watching the series as a kid because it was a new Batman so I didn't even consider watching the movie, now after watching it last night I'm considering watching the series. Really entretaining animations movie, fast paced with lots of action and fight scenes, story was interesting and good voice acting. I watched the uncut version because there was a PG13 version but I read it was toned down a lot.