What movies have you seen recently?

[ghettogeeksta]

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V/H/S

a decent horror/suspense film.

[goh]

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It's like Frozen but in a sauna. With much,much,much less intelligent characters. Not that the folks in Frozen were brilliant to begin with but this is near the largest ammount of horror movie character stupidity ever caught on film. The only person that appears to have intelligence what-so-ever happens to be crazy and didn't take her pills.

[WinMINTwins]

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Rifftrax doing Birdemic: Shock and Terror. The riffing was brilliant like when I saw Manos The Hands of Fate, and it certainly made those really long scenes like the clapping and "Hangin' out/Hangin' out/Hangin' out with my family" go by a lot quicker. Another excellent theater experience.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Video Games Live Level 2. Simply an awesome concert. The medleys from Super Marios Bros, Sonic, Zelda and Megaman were walks down memory lane. Highly recommended.

[daflyboys]

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Around The Bend (2004)

Christopher Walken, Michael Caine, Josh Lucas

Great combo of light humor and drama encompassing the sense of legacy within a family, especially as it applies to the men.

(Plus a bonus of some classic Leon Russell hits at a few junctures)

[N51_rob]

Taken 2.

Not as good as the first. Also not a fan of his daughters transformation. But still enjoyed Qui-Gon being a bad ***.

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[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Taken 2.

Not as good as the first. Also not a fan of his daughters transformation. But still enjoyed Qui-Gon being a bad ***.

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Agreed. Thought it was a bit of a stretch for her character.

Still thought it was entertaining though.

[marshallfever]

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Paranormal Activity 3:

I'm a little late to the party on this one especially when i usually see them all the year they come out. This one definitely the best out of the three prior ones (haven't seen 4).

They all start of slow but the build up was definitely worth the pay off. I don't know if i should spoiler tag this since it's past a year....but i saw grand mother coming a mile away once they found the sign in the little girl's room.

My biggest gripe though is....how do they grow up normally after having a child hood like that? They don't remember their mother or step father.....?

Overall though....pretty satisfying....I would like to see some monstrous faces now lol

[Quint75]

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Paranormal Activity 3:

I'm a little late to the party on this one especially when i usually see them all the year they come out. This one definitely the best out of the three prior ones (haven't seen 4).

They all start of slow but the build up was definitely worth the pay off. I don't know if i should spoiler tag this since it's past a year....but i saw grand mother coming a mile away once they found the sign in the little girl's room.

My biggest gripe though is....how do they grow up normally after having a child hood like that? They don't remember their mother or step father.....?

Overall though....pretty satisfying....I would like to see some monstrous faces now lol

That's funny; I just saw Paranormal Activity 4 tonight. 4 is not getting good reviews but I would say it is at least as good as 3. I would rank them in order:
1 (which I thought was excellent)
2 (which I thought was above average)
3 & 4 (which I thought were just average, probably because there is a heavy "been there/done that" vibe. I mean, the doors opening and closing by themselves and the noises are just not scary anymore the way they were in the first one.)

4 definitely has some questions that need answering though, such as...

Spoiler

why does the demons sometimes do the killing while other times it is up to Katie? There doesn't seem to be any logic behind it. Also, the demon is powerful enough to lock the girl in the garage and start the car, but not powerful enough to keep her from putting the car into reverse and prevent her from escaping the garage? And which one of the boys was really Hunter from the 2nd movie? If it was Wyatt, how the heck did he end up being adopted by that family/how did he get away from Katie? I assumed that Robbie was Hunter since Katie had him. Lots of questions like I said...

[gerg1234]

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Went and saw "Sinister" last night. It was alright. Ethan Hawke apparently likes a low energy bill. The fun part is trying to figure out what was going on. I nailed 50% of it within the first 10 minutes of the movie. I missed the other half, mostly because I couldn't hear a vital line in the movie. If I could have only hit the rewind button.

[areobee401]

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Carnage

Lots of back and forth dialogue between a strong cast. John C. Reilly is absolutely hilarious in this. The 80 minute run time was perfect.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Another average super hero movie.

That's My Boy

You get what you'd expect from an Adam Sandler movie. Decent enough.

[SPTO]

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Speak Easily (1932)


Plot Summary

Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life. He falls for a dancer in a bad stage show, and with his new money decides to buy the show and take it to Broadway. Will the Professor prove too nice to succeed in show business? Or will he triumph over bill-collectors, critics, and sexy vamp Eleanor Espere?

This was a pretty good film starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante and I enjoyed just about every minute of it. I know that Keaton was more suited to the silents like many of his contemporaries the talkies basically killed the momentum of his career but this movie has a charm to it that makes it highly watchable. It doesn't hurt that the supporting cast were all very good in their roles especially Thelma Todd as the vampy Eleanor Espere. The humor which doesn't always work was still quite good when it was working and the stage show finale was madcap to the hilt.

One could believe Keaton in his role as Post, a guy that's totally naive, bookish and wouldn't last a minute in the real world. He had a clear voice too which most of his cohorts didn't have when making the transition to sound although you can tell that some of the physical comedy timing especially in the finale were better suited for the silents. Keaton's T.Z. Post character is offset by the energetic craziness of Jimmy Durante's show runner James. Durante in every movie i've seen has this craziness to him that made him a virtual cartoon character fit for the WB cartoons. The combination of Keaton and Durante works though as they played off each other fairly well.

Thelma Todd was MARVELOUS as Espere, a down on her luck speakeasy girl who worms her way into the show once Post has put the show on Broadway and tries to worm her way into getting his money as well to comedic effect. She'd vamp her way onto him but he'd be totally clueless as to the situation at hand. The best part of their interplay was the extended scene of Post at her place and they get totally drunk with Post trying to get Espere out of the apartment even though it's hers! There were other funny bits like when she first introduces herself to Post and James and at the end she strips down to her undergarments to show she has "it" and they both fall over to comedic effect.

The only weak link in the main cast was Post's love interest Pansey Peets played by Ruth Selwyn. You can tell her character is supposed to be a kindly sort and Post becomes immediately smitten by her but you don't get the sense that she really loves him the way he loves her and so that part is a bit hard to believe as her relationship to post is more of a big sister looking out for her younger brother type thing but at least her character wasn't out and out bad and it did lead to a nice punchline at the end of the movie so it's not all bad

One last shout out before I give my rating but Sidney Toler as the harried director of the stage show was just FUNNY! His facial expressions and worry over his show being ruined when Post finds himself making a mess of the show was hilarious and helped to really amp up the madcap surreality of it all.

The movie is pretty fun and while some of the humor doesn't totally work it's still pretty funny. I would give this about 2 out of 4 stars.

P.S. during the "getting drunk" scene I could swear that Jim Parsons looked a LOT like Keaton and could probably pull that off at least visually.


The Spellbinder (1939)


Plot Summary

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminals he knows are guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father's courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly saved from the electric chair. What's a poor father to do?

Ehhhhh......

Well this movie could've been better but then again maybe not. The whole plot strains credibility to the point that I almost couldn't get into the film. Luckily Lee Tracy saved this from being a total train wreck as he gave a very solid performance as Jed Marlowe. His fast talking, quick thinking lawyer without scruples act was very convincing though for the life of me I can't figure how he was supposed to be a protagonist as the things that he did and said makes it very hard to like him. I mean they show him getting one criminal off by paying off actors to portray the killer's mother and family fer cryin' out loud! There is also the not so subtle hint that he's got a court official bribed so that he can find out the jury's decision before the verdict is rendered. Be that as it may Tracy has enough charm and charisma that I did enjoy following his antics and seeing him having to fight back when he knows FOR DAMN SURE that one of his clients killed someone.

Sadly for the rest of the cast they were quite poor to me with the exception of Patric Knowles as Dixon who tells Marlowe beforehand that he's going to murder his bookkeeper. Knowles goes toe to toe with Tracy and does well enough on his own but the rest of the cast are just paint by numbers and Barbara Read who plays Tracy's daughter is at times a bit unbearable to watch. i also found it weird how often Tracy kissed her on the lips considering she's supposed to play his daughter!

Anywho this movie does have a nice twist towards the end which I don't want to spoil but suffice it to say it made the last third of the movie more interesting than the rest. Again, it's very hard to believe what you're seeing on the screen especially in the courtroom scenes. There's one part where the prosecutor puts a doctor on the stand and it's clear he has no frickin' clue what's going on! How in the world could they bring in someone so clueless and easily intimidated!?

This gets 1 1/2 stars mainly for Tracy and the plot twist towards the end.

[Cabke]

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I went to a screening of Silver Linings Playbook tonight. Holy **** it was fantastic. I think that Bradley Cooper has a legit shot at an Oscar nomination. It was quite easily one of the best movies I've seen all year. It comes out on 11/21 and I think it's gonna open in some smaller theaters. But it's absolutely worth a visit.

I also saw Lincoln last night. I really enjoyed it. Daniel Day-Lewis was phenomenal in his portrayal of Lincoln and his supporting cast was great. It was definitely my favorite Spielberg movie I've seen in awhile. It was a little long and felt kinda slow in the middle, as a large portion of the plot deals with the passing of the 13th amendment, but there's no way this doesn't garner a ton of Oscar buzz.

Oh and I saw a screening of Flight last week as well. It's a two and a half hour long character study about an alcoholic, so it definitely could be boring to quite a few people. I liked it, but it definitely had it's flaws. Denzel was great. It was definitely his best performance since Training Day. The story was meh. It had too much of a typical Hollywood feel to it.

I've seen four movies in the last week and a half, Flight, Argo, Lincoln, and Silver Linings Playbook, and each movie's lead should be nominated for best actor, in my opinion. It's definitely been a good week or so of movie watching.

[SPTO]

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I also saw Lincoln last night. I really enjoyed it. Daniel Day-Lewis was phenomenal in his portrayal of Lincoln and his supporting cast was great. It was definitely my favorite Spielberg movie I've seen in awhile. It was a little long and felt kinda slow in the middle, as a large portion of the plot deals with the passing of the 13th amendment, but there's no way this doesn't garner a ton of Oscar buzz.

Oh and I saw a screening of Flight last week as well. It's a two and a half hour long character study about an alcoholic, so it definitely could be boring to quite a few people. I liked it, but it definitely had it's flaws. Denzel was great. It was definitely his best performance since Training Day. The story was meh. It had too much of a typical Hollywood feel to it.

A Hollywood movie dealing with history and politics that goes into the meat and potatoes? i'm there! Actually, i've been looking forward to seeing Lincoln for some time now.

As for Flight, i've seen the commercials and I got the "Hollywood" vibe to it from the ads but it does look like something Denzel could nail so I would like to see that one as well.

Thanks for the info on those two movies.

[daflyboys]

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Actually, it's gonna be nice to see a Lincoln movie where they're not turning him into Kolchak, Night Stalker!

Stupid.