Birdman (2014) - A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

One of my top three movies of the year.

sexton said:

It’s Such a Beautiful Day 4.5/5– stick figure animation that builds to a punch in the gut ending. Really good, but the ending made me incredibly sad in a way few other films have.

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Interstellar (2014)

3/5

I think I could have enjoyed this film a lot more if there was no "gravity" just last year. Watching SF version of Gravity wasn't as enjoyable as I expected to be. (Also it was a bad idea to watch the movie with my dad who's a physics teacher. For the last half of the movie, I had to hear all the scientific things movie portrayed that were just wrong...) But still I think anyone will be able to at least enjoy the special effects and the creative twist in the ending. Nothing mind blowing though^^;

sexton said:

Birdman (2014) - A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

One of my top three movies of the year.

Stymie said:

sexton said:

Birdman (2014) - A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

One of my top three movies of the year.

What's the other two?

The Grand Budapest Hotel and Boyhood--these three are the only 2014 movies I gave perfect scores.

Ace said:

sexton said:

Birdman (2014) - A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

One of my top three movies of the year.

We're also both looking forward to Top Five!

sexton said:

sexton said:

Ace said:

We're also both looking forward to Top Five!

I think I'm seeing it Monday!

The Family Stone (2005)

Farcical, bittersweet holiday drama, pulled off well by the great actors in it. A recurring Christmas tradition for me.

Rosewater (2014) - Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

Not bad for Jon Stewart's directorial debut. There are some good comedic bits in it too. I should have known Jon Stewart would inject at least some humor in his movie whatever the subject. 1/2

namepeace said:

I gotta say, I've seen "birdman'... "Inherent Vice".... but tonight "Top Five" blew me away with how entertaining it was and lean and well put together, and effective... affective.

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Frank - 4/5 a genuine pleasure to watch. I can see this becoming a movie I'll go back to many times.

ufoclub said:

I gotta say, I've seen "birdman'... "Inherent Vice".... but tonight "Top Five" blew me away with how entertaining it was and lean and well put together, and effective... affective.

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Didn't make it today, but gonna try and see it tomorrow!

How goes the film career?

ufoclub said:

I gotta say, I've seen "birdman'... "Inherent Vice".... but tonight "Top Five" blew me away with how entertaining it was and lean and well put together, and effective... affective.

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

2.5/4

Ace said:

ufoclub said:

I gotta say, I've seen "birdman'... "Inherent Vice".... but tonight "Top Five" blew me away with how entertaining it was and lean and well put together, and effective... affective.

Didn't make it today, but gonna try and see it tomorrow!

How goes the film career?

I'm in LA to go over a soundmix for my first feature (the ole microbudget a long time in the making) and also chat up a friend who wants to make an indie feature here. His name is Brian Mcguire, and he churns em out every year. Just saw an amazing funny improv show at Groundlings... "The Black Version"

I've been spitting out score cues that I post on my soundcloud for my movie.

ufoclub said:

Ace said:

Didn't make it today, but gonna try and see it tomorrow!

How goes the film career?

I'm in LA to go over a soundmix for my first feature (the ole microbudget a long time in the making)

7/10.

It is my sad duty to report that "Expendables 3" sucks. It's basically "Expendables 1". No plot, stupid characters, unrealistic fighting.

It's amazing that a series could be bookended by two terrible movies, yet have an incredible movie in the middle. "Expendables 2" is the only movie in this franchise worth watching.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) - In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.



"The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made..." -- Based on that description, this movie would had to have been truly terrible for me to not like it in any way. Fortunately, it was quite the opposite. 1/2

Wild (2014) - A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.

With all the Oscar buzz this movie has been getting, I thought it would be better. 1/2

sexton said:

Wild (2014) - A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.

With all the Oscar buzz this movie has been getting, I thought it would be better. 1/2

Oh yeah? Because honestly the only reason why I felt interest in seeing is WAS all the Oscar buzz around it.

five out of five. written by joss whedon, this romance story follows two total strangers who are telepathically linked. loved it.

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:

PurpleJedi said:

sexton said:

Wild (2014) - A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.

With all the Oscar buzz this movie has been getting, I thought it would be better. 1/2

Oh yeah? Because honestly the only reason why I felt interest in seeing is WAS all the Oscar buzz around it.

I feel the biggest weakness is the screenplay. The story is just ho-hum. Reese definitely holds her own though and is better in this than any other movie in which I've seen her.

The Theory Of Everything (2014) - A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

I don't know much about Stephen Hawking's personal life so this being a sad romance surprised me.

Divergent 1 star. Bad acting was the main issue, besides some serious missteps in plot.