What movies have you seen recently?

**Zer0xray** · 08-26-2011, 10:59 AM

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great in matchstick men

**~LiverpoolRed~** · 08-26-2011, 11:05 AM

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Watched Four Brothers with Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg is a damn good actor.

**Zer0xray** · 08-26-2011, 08:17 PM

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watched boys don't cry. meh.

**Scott** · 08-26-2011, 08:21 PM

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Anybody see Colombiana yet?

**SidVish** · 08-26-2011, 08:50 PM

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I watched the Kids Are All Right with my wife. We enjoyed it. It had some funny moments and the acting was quite good by all actors.

**IndianBird** · 08-26-2011, 08:56 PM

Just tried to watch Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Walked out after 40 minutes. One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

**Blzer** · 08-26-2011, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by IndianBird

Just tried to watch Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Walked out after 40 minutes. One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Crap, thanks for the head's up. I was ready to go out and see it tonight. Might have to change those plans.

**IndianBird** · 08-26-2011, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Blzer

Crap, thanks for the head's up. I was ready to go out and see it tonight. Might have to change those plans.

I literally never walk out of a movie either. I think this is the only time I've ever done it.

**Stormyhog** · 08-27-2011, 12:41 AM

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I watched Meatballs starring Bill Murray the other night on dvd I picked up cheap. I always loved this growing up and still love it. The overnight campfire scene always makes me laugh. Just a fun camp movie with heart and Bill Murray's first feature role in movies. Are you ready for the summer?

**Cataschism** · 08-27-2011, 01:32 AM

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There Will Be Blood

Jacob's Ladder

No Country for Old Men

Three movies that I liked and and found thought provoking but

Spoiler

**Blzer** · 08-27-2011, 02:53 AM

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

I know I was just informed not to see this, and after seeing that teaser trailer nearly one thousand times I almost wanted to abolish the film entirely, but I was with a group of people and couldn't exactly tell them all to switch to something else. It was the most appropriate film to see given the time we went there, anyway.

Overall, it wasn't greatly disappointing like IndianBird thought. Granted, I stayed for the entire film

but even at 40 minutes in, I saw myself wanting to know what would happen at the end. This was a film with a well-built creepy element, but the "reason(s) to be afraid of the dark" were beyond lackluster. I don't want to give any spoilers, so I suppose I'll leave it at that.

However, one thing I want to give a notch to was the filmmaking. The camera work was so original and fantastic for a film of this nature. It was frantic and claustrophobic, but not in the sense that it was too close to see anything. It had scope and depth, but the lenses that were used really made it perceptive, in the sense that we are there with the characters.

Like most horror films, they give you a disoriented family, skeptics mixed with believers, and rather unthorough resolve once the credits start rolling. For something that builds up to want to be something, it seems like it threw a dart at a wall of different ending types, landed on one, and they stuck with it. Oh well, it wasn't a disaster. There just wasn't enough worthy storytelling here, beyond the mysteries which clouded the film (and what little we learned from them, in fact). Perhaps that's why it's noble to walk out in the middle of the screening.

For anybody wondering, this movie was neither a scarefest, nor did it really intend to be one. It was often times grimacing, and did what it could to make you want to see how the film ended. Too bad they didn't work harder on a deeper unraveling once it all came to a close, though. Oh, and it was a moderate R-rated kind of horror movie. Not too much violence/terror, and I can't recall a single swear word (beyond "hell," "damn," etc.) being said in this movie either... for people who were wondering.

I would definitely say this is better than Insidious, and to not let an annoying crowd take away from the good aspects this films brings. Which reminds me, I have to stop going to see horror films on their respective opening nights. When you're trying to get into it, teenagers just kill it for you, because they can't seem to shut the **** up.

How Do You Know

So after the movie, I came home and saw my younger sister had four friends over, and they had rented this film from our Blockbuster. I came in about 25 minutes into the film, and decided to stick to watching it.

Unfortunately, this film was like going to a Heat game and watching the entire bench play all 48 minutes: it was simply a waste of talent. When you have Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Jack Nicholson, you can come up with a more interesting screenplay than this. Literally, only about two events happened in the entire film (at least from what I saw). It wasn't witty, it wasn't sweet, it wasn't fast on its feet, and it didn't seem to care what the audience wanted as an outcome.

Focal points constantly transitioned between the three main characters (where we knew what one was thinking at sometimes and not the others, then it would make a switch), and the scenes literally brought nothing to the table when it comes to "capturing excitement." I think the problem was that, this movie felt more like what people go through and converse about in their everyday lives (with the additive of relationship drama), as opposed to being able to see the extremes of people's lives, which to me is what movies are all about. This movie's green light came from putting well-known actors in front of the camera, and that was about all it had going for it. Unless I missed something fantastic in the first quarter of this movie, I'd say this is definitely one that should stay on the shelves, even if it's ladies' night.

**CMH** · 08-27-2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Cataschism

There Will Be Blood

Jacob's Ladder

No Country for Old Men

Three movies that I liked and and found thought provoking but

Spoiler

I've kind of accepted that the Cohen's are like this with their films. They build you up, knock you down and then once that story is told, they leave the rest up to you.

One of their biggest WTF endings in a film has to be A Serious Man. But, I was satisfied because I knew that for A Serious Man and No Country For Old Men (as well as many others from them), the main plot was told. The main character learned something. I got to experience their growth. All stories continue. The Cohen's don't seem to believe in tying things up with a pretty little bow.

I prefer it that way.

**Fresh Tendrils** · 08-27-2011, 11:32 AM

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I've always felt like No Country for Old Men wrapped up all the story-lines and concluded the characters at the end. There weren't any new questions to be answered or anything that never really got resolved. The ghost fades away the same way he, apparently, has always done and TLJ wraps it up with a nice parable of his dream.

**Gotmadskillzson** · 08-27-2011, 02:50 PM

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Jump Over the Broom.....chick flick. My wife liked it and even cried.

**daflyboys** · 08-27-2011, 03:25 PM

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I Want To Be A Soldier. Started out somewhat interesting. The acting was a bit light. It seemed to give Danny Glover something to do. Then it just seemed to sputter and fail. Then..... Robert Englund showed up. By that time I had enough.

It was weird though... the main kid actor had this familiar look to him... then it hit me:

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