Ace said:

Brick 5/5

Joseph Gordon-Levitt gives a great performance.

Nadja (1994) - Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew.

A Christmas vampire movie favorite even though it's not that great a film.

thekidsgirl said:

Ace said:

I was a little disappointed. I love Chris, but I thought it was just alright. And the plot twist isn't plausible.

I'd give Top Five a 2.5/5 too. It was okay, I liked the story enough, but there were too many elements added to the movie to spell out a plot that was already clear.... Rosario was in it though, so it was mostly good

Jerry's top five was priceless, though.

Batman Returns (1992)

Another holiday favorite, it looks increasingly cartoonish when compared to the current wave of more realistic-looking superhero movies. I still love it. 1/2

I watched "The Last Stand" last night. It was SO GREAT to see Arnold Schwarzenegger back to form!

This is an excellent movie and surprisingly, the best part about it is Arnold's acting. He doesn't overplay his part as the sheriff. Sure, he's a badass but he acknowledges that he's not a kid any more. He really did a great job in this movie.

I give it 4 stars out of 5.

Don't be shy, tell us how you REALLY feel.

actually, i felt the same way when I watched Casino Royale. my ex and i watched it together, he liked it a lot. i didn't.

i learned to appreciate mr. craig as bond ONLY after i watched 'skyfall'. he does a believable job there.

RodeoSchro said:

Last night we watched "Casino Royale". The 2006 version, with Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Z.O.M.G. what a horrific movie.

No, seriously - that movie was about as bad, stupid, inane, ridiculous and boring as a movie can get. Ian Fleming is probably still rolling in his grave over the travesty that is now known as Agent 007.

Where do I begin with this turdburger?

Let's start with Daniel Craig. HE is James Bond?!? That dude doesn't make a hair on the ass of Sean Connery, Roger Moore or even George Lazenby. Daniel Craig has about as much charisma as a block of wood. You could literally pick ANY actor to play James Bond and they'd do a better job. It is beyond even my prodigious ability to suspend reality to believe that any woman would fall for that dude. He's got NO game at all. Casting Daniel Craig as James Bond was Mistake Number One.

Speaking of women - WTF?!? Bond girls used to be pretty. And hot. And have cool names like Pussy Galore. The chicks in "Casino Royale" are CLEARLY the nieces of studio heads or something, because there wasn't a one of them that would get a second look on any city street. Call me sexist if you want but in Bond films, the girls are supposed to be pretty. Casting the plain-Jane nieces of studio heads as Bond Girls was Mistake Number Two.

I guess now would be a good time to analyze the plot, but there was no plot that I could see. Mabye because the ORIGINAL "Casino Royale" was a spoof of James Bond - in fact, a spoof of spy movies in general. Why would anyone pick a spoof movie as the basis for a James Bond movie? That was Mistake Number Three.

This was the first movie with Daniel Craig, and it was supposed to "reboot" James Bond. Well, rebotting James Bond as a wimp was a bad idea, IMO. Here is all you need to know about how stupid this movie is: It's set at the beginning of Bond's career as 007, yet by the end of the movie Wimpy Bond is telling some ugly chick that there isn't much left of him because of his job, so he's quitting. What a panty-waist!

He gets trapped by the bad guy, and can't get out! He has to be rescued by Mr. White who, it turns out, is a double agent that Bond has killed one scene later. Think about that - first, JAMES FREAKING BOND has to be rescued, and then he has to OUTSOURCE the killing of the guy that resuced him. WTF?!? Making James Bond a crybaby loser was Mistake Number Four.

To make matters worse, we watched this movie on the Esquire Channel. Have you ever watched the Esquire Channel? If you are a young male who favors Italian clothes, Irish whiskey, video games and the occassional children't toy, then I guess you have. Because those are the only products featured in commercials. Clearly, I am not in the Esquire Channel's demographic.

Yuck. What a stinker of a movie. The only way to get the bad taste out of my mouth that this movie left is to watch this: