Movies You've Seen Recently

[Volourn]

Men in Black 3: Meh.

[LadyCrimson]

TV - Walking Dead

 

Just saw today's new episode. I've (mostly) liked this series - it's entertaining - but it's never really hit me emotionally, if you know what I mean. But this time ... jeez ... I think I might cry.

[Kor Qel Droma]

I'm not going to argue with you , LC. This was a good episode for TWD.

 

The this weeks Spartacus was much better.

[Gorgon]

By Hrothgar's Hammer I shall avenge you !. Overacting and orgies, what's not to like.

[Volourn]

Snow White & The Huntsman: Totally underappreciated movie. The 3 principle actors all hit home runs. Only dissapointment  was  SW's childhood friend.  Much better than the silly Disneyfied movie. I love the dark edge to it all espicially with SW. And, for such one dimensional villains Theorn and the actor who played brother gave their characters some depth and at some level you can sympathize with them. Stewart is a much better actress than people give her She emotes well without feeling the need to overact like other master plebians like Nic Cage. 9/10

[Pidesco]

Mama. Not very good. Terribad script.

[Oerwinde]

My biggest problem with Snow White and the Huntsman was there must not have been money in the budget for some black hair dye. They even refer to her hair as raven black, but it was clearly brown.

 

The little things matter.

[Volourn]

"My biggest problem with Snow White and the Huntsman was there must not
have been money in the budget for some black hair dye. They even refer
to her hair as raven black, but it was clearly brown."

 

*shrug* Thankfully, I don't care about hair colour so much. if I did, I'd rate the movie 1/10 just for that. Little things thata re important matter... hair is not important. The fact they didn't have Snow White be a total pansy pacifist was enoguh to make me happy. I'm also surprised she didn't say soemthing cheesy like 'You cannot have my heart... but, you can have my love." *puke* L0L  I wonder if/how they can/will bring back Theron's queen for part 2 b/c as far as I'm concerned that was her best acting job ever. I'd even go as far as claiming it was Oscar worthy if I thought the Oscars were worth ****.

[Amentep]

 

Stolen - that Nic Cage flop. Hahaha....Cage didn't go all over the top but what a terrible movie. Still, it's almost bad enough to be amusing.

Has Nic Cage been in any decent movie after 2000? I can't remember any.

 

He's evolved into the Van Damme/Seagal of the 2000s.

 

He was in Adaption in 2002.  He did well in Kick-Ass in 2010 in a supporting role.

 

But I prefer 2011's Drive Angry for its awesome over-the-top ridiculousness.  Really fun film, IMO.

 

Snow White & The Huntsman: Totally underappreciated movie. The 3 principle actors all hit home runs. Only dissapointment  was  SW's childhood friend.  Much better than the silly Disneyfied movie. I love the dark edge to it all espicially with SW. And, for such one dimensional villains Theorn and the actor who played brother gave their characters some depth and at some level you can sympathize with them. Stewart is a much better actress than people give her She emotes well without feeling the need to overact like other master plebians like Nic Cage. 9/10

 

I liked Snow White and The Huntsman, but I really felt like they didn't give the title character much to do.  Stewart did the best she could with what they'd given her, but they hadn't given her a whole lot to work with.  So that felt kind of odd.

 

I watched THE LOSERS again, adaption of the Vertigo comic series.  Never read the series, but the movie is actually pretty fun IMO with quite possibly the best "hissable" villain in modern films.  If he had a mustache, I'm sure he'd have twirled it before running across ice floes.  “That was a 'punch him in the face' nod, not a 'throw him off the roof' nod...It was at most a 'break his fingers' nod.”

Edited March 25, 2013 by Amentep

[kirottu]

But I prefer 2011's Drive Angry for its awesome over-the-top ridiculousness.  Really fun film, IMO.

For me it was the guy from hell who hunted Cage that made the movie fun.

[Amentep]

 

But I prefer 2011's Drive Angry for its awesome over-the-top ridiculousness.  Really fun film, IMO.

For me it was the guy from hell who hunted Cage that made the movie fun.

 

Oh William Fitchner as The Acountant was uber-awesome, I'll agree.

 

But Cage wasn't bad in it (neither was Amber Heard as the side-kick or Billy Burke as the villain).

[Morgoth]

Outrage from Takeshi Kitano. Nobody makes better Yakuza films than Beat Takeshi.

 

@Amentep: Who is this blonde chick in your Avatar?

[Amentep]

Peggy Neal from the 1966 Sci-Fi/Horror/Action film THE TERROR BENEATH THE SEA (starring Sonny Chiba).

[LadyCrimson]

But I prefer 2011's Drive Angry for its awesome over-the-top ridiculousness.  Really fun film, IMO.

That's why I watched Stolen. I was hoping for some over the top Cage fun. I was disappoint.

[Amentep]

Awww, that's kinda sad.  For some reason I didn't realize Stolen was the Cage film from last year.

[HoonDing]

Peggy Neal from the 1966 Sci-Fi/Horror/Action film THE TERROR BENEATH THE SEA (starring Sonny Chiba).

According to imdb she's only appeared in three films, all of them Japanese. Is there a story there?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

I just watched Puncture. I must admit, it exceeded expectations.

[LadyCrimson]

 

 

My first reaction: "Oh god, I love you Benedict Cumberbatch. Undress me with that voice/those eyes some more, pleeeeease."

 

Gleaned from the trailer:

 

 

--Benedict's character is referred to by Starfleet as "He's one of our top agents."

--Kirk's desire to go after him may be an emotional "vendetta" (to avenge some Starfleet deaths?)

--Those images of Spock fighting Benedict's chr. appear to be from them fighting atop a flying craft.

--Benedict's chr. appears strong enough to break Spock's head-hold and toss him flying (Vulcan's are supposed to be a lot stronger than humans when they desire to be, right?)

--Escorted by a lot of redshirts with Kirk/Spock behind (is Benedict under arrest, or are Kirk/Spock captured? Can't tell)

--"I am better." "At what?" "Everything."

--What looks like the Enterprise being seriously damaged. Yes, I can see the NCC-1701 on the saucer section. Editing of trailer implies it's Enterprise falling out of orbit and into SF Bay.

 

 

 

Still can't draw any real conclusions about Benedict's chr. identity whatsoever, except I'm still suspicious it's Gary Mitchell. An angry, Starfleet-betrayed Mitchell. And yes, my "I must know" obsession is still there. It's how they get some old Trekkers like me into the darn theater, after all.

[babaganoosh13]

 

But I prefer 2011's Drive Angry for its awesome over-the-top ridiculousness.  Really fun film, IMO.

For me it was the guy from hell who hunted Cage that made the movie fun.

For me it was the cutting edge computer effects. They reminded me of Another World.

[Amentep]

 

Peggy Neal from the 1966 Sci-Fi/Horror/Action film THE TERROR BENEATH THE SEA (starring Sonny Chiba).

According to imdb she's only appeared in three films, all of them Japanese. Is there a story there?

 

According to a newspaper article published in Japan in 1966 (and reprinted in Japanese Fantasy Film Journal) while making WATER CYBORG (the Japanse name of the film), Neal was a student at Sophia University.  She had been a model since childhood (and perhaps had a current modeling contract in Japan) and had lived in the country previously for 2 years when younger.

 

It wasn't unusual for films in Japan to cast US models (and US servicemen) as US characters.  While Sonny Chiba is clearly the star, this film being a co-production had a lot of non-Japanese roles amid the heroes and villains since it was intended for a Japanese cinema release (on a matinee) and a

US Television release (supposedly intended to be in 3 parts) and US Cinema release.  None of the actors had the same degree of US recognition as Nick Adams in Invasion of the Astro-Monster/Godzilla vs Monster Zero or Robert Horton and Richard Jaeckel in The Green Slime, however, and are primarily thought to be individuals who were already in Japan at the time rather than imported actors.

 

A lot of the same cast of this film ends up in THE X FROM OUTER SPACE, in fact, which was filmed around the same time.

[LadyCrimson]

Les Miserables.
 
--*cringe* Oh, no, poor Russell Crowe... (I wasn't expecting much, but that first song he does is horrible)
--Wolverine can sing pretty well. Neat.
--Anne? Really? Bravo.
--Russell in his solo numbers, while not awesome, is a marked improvement. Plus it's growing on me because it fits his strict yet unrefined nature.
--*fidgeting* Pace is dragging/not really getting into this
--That adorable young blonde boy would make a good Artful Dodger! (a Google later told me the young actor was in a stage version of Oliver...)
--Who's this Eddie Redmayne guy? He's awesome.
--Who's this Samantha Barks gal? She's awesome.
--Wolverine, I almost felt a lump in my throat during that Bring him home number.
--Oh no, poor Russell. I don't care if your voice isn't golden, I still felt empathy.
--Well that was a sweet ending.

So, the first half didn't engage me much but by the end it was pretty decent and I actually felt a bit sad and stuff in a few places. Lots of good singers outside of the super famous people (and most of them even did pretty well). Only serious negative for me was that I could have done without Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter camping it up. I mean, they were ok, but not a Tim Burton film and it's out of place - stop it or go away.

[Raithe]

Les Miserables.

 

--*cringe* Oh, no, poor Russell Crowe... (I wasn't expecting much, but that first song he does is horrible)

--Wolverine can sing pretty well. Neat.

--Anne? Really? Bravo.

--Russell in his solo numbers, while not awesome, is a marked improvement. Plus it's growing on me because it fits his strict yet unrefined nature.

--*fidgeting* Pace is dragging/not really getting into this

--That adorable young blonde boy would make a good Artful Dodger! (a Google later told me the young actor was in a stage version of Oliver...)

--Who's this Eddie Redmayne guy? He's awesome.

--Who's this Samantha Barks gal? She's awesome.

--Wolverine, I almost felt a lump in my throat during that Bring him home number.

--Oh no, poor Russell. I don't care if your voice isn't golden, I still felt empathy.

--Well that was a sweet ending.

 

So, the first half didn't engage me much but by the end it was pretty decent and I actually felt a bit sad and stuff in a few places. Lots of good singers outside of the super famous people (and most of them even did pretty well). Only serious negative for me was that I could have done without Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter camping it up. I mean, they were ok, but not a Tim Burton film and it's out of place - stop it or go away.

 

Have you seen the stage version? The Thenardiers are pretty much that in most versions. Although I have to admit, Helena Bonham Carter does seem to be making a career out of playing a caricature of Helena Bonham Carter these days...

 

And I have to say, while Anne was decent for her 10 minutes on screen, I really don't get why people were being so "amazed" by her performance or just what was it that made it all.. award worthy. Okay, she had her hair cut off on camera, but.. yeah.

[LadyCrimson]

Have you seen the stage version? The Thenardiers are pretty much that in most versions. Although I have to admit, Helena Bonham Carter does seem to be making a career out of playing a caricature of Helena Bonham Carter these days...

 

And I have to say, while Anne was decent for her 10 minutes on screen, I really don't get why people were being so "amazed" by her performance or just what was it that made it all.. award worthy. Okay, she had her hair cut off on camera, but.. yeah.

Nope, haven't seen the musical stage or read the book. Am familiar with the general story and the songs.

Don't mind some relief from the heavy drama now and then, and in some bits they were fine, but the garishly painted faces and Helena's weirdness aren't it. Doesn't help that I'm really sick of Helena playing nothing but the same chr. anymore. I used to like her, but now....

 

The thing with Anne, for me at least, is that in every other movie I've seen with her in it, she has never impressed me at all. To me she barely existed. So the difference here stands out. It's her expressions of teary torment, I suppose. They struck me as having a lot of feeling, vs. acting artifice. Wolverine dude, for example, in most scenes, wasn't as convincing in that fashion, even tho you could see him straining hard to convey it.

[Meshugger]

The bicycle thief (1948)

 

Every critic's wet dream, praised to the heavens. Well, it had great actors, wonderful cinematography and pacing. However, and a big HOWEVER, a big **** you to ever wrote it. You must hate humanity and revel in other's misery and torment. The whole point of the story is that life is ****, and even if you get a break and try to be righteous, society is so **** that you will be dragged down with it and become the very **** that you hate. And top it all off leaving the viewer with an open ending without any conclusion. 

 

Jesus christ, i have seen a lot of movies that have been filled by misery (Grave of the Fireflies), but instead seing beauty in such sadness, i see pure unadultared hatred for anything beautiful in this one. "Neo-realism", my ***. Give it try if you don't have a soul.

 

Arrietty (2010)

 

It left me with a big smile. Thank you, Mr. Miyazaki.

[JFSOCC]

I've watched a bunch:

The Year of Living Dangerously, with Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson before we knew he was a crazy crazy man, excellent film. Thoroughly recommended.

John Dies at the end. Quirky, the kind of horror/humour film I love. Different from your usual Hollywood fare, and that's a good thing.

Zero Dark Thirty. Meh, it was not what it was made out to be. It's okay.

The Joneses. Pretty decent flick, but nothing special either.

The Brass Teapot. Plot driven stuff, nothing special. decent time waster, good acting.