Movies you saw anywhere in any format, at the theater, on video, on TV, on a plane, whatever...

Mine:


Breach (2007) 1/2 (out of four) - Political thrillers aren't really my thing so it's rare that I'll rave about them, but this one wasn't bad. Chris Cooper was great as an FBI agent being investigated for treason.


Angel-A (2007) - Beautiful looking film, Rie Rasmussen was excellent as the sexy, aloof angel, Angela, but when she finally falls for hard-luck businessman Andre (played by Jamel Debbouze who is excellent himself), I think the movie comes apart.


The Dead Girl (2006) - I rented this one because it got lots of indie award nominations and it was great. There were fine performances by everyone in the all-star cast--even Brittany Murphy, of whom I'm not a fan, was good as the actual dead girl.

out of five stars

Say Uncle The lead character makes some stupid decisions, but the movie raises an interesting point about trusting a single (gay) man with children. Also it's unconventional and fairly fresh.

The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep carries this formulaic, yet competant, movie. Worn out movie convention: "She's not ugly?! She was beautiful all along?!" I wish I looked as good (for a guy) as Anne Hathaway did at the beginning of this movie.

The Illusionist Okay, but what's up with the impossible tricks? I wish they had researched the greatest actual magic tricks of the time rather than use movie magic to grow an orange tree. And this movie's less a mystery than just a love story. Jessica Beil? Overrated!
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NDRU said:

I felt the same way about those tricks! I saw The Prestige first where all the magic tricks in that film seemed perfectly believable when explained, but these tricks just looked too far-fetched. I thought for sure Ed Norton's character was some kind of satanist.

THE FOUNTAIN 1/2

STOMP THE YARD

HANNIBAL RISING


***yawn****


I didn't know that THE DEAD GIRL was out! Weeee!!

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Ghostrider

Fantastic Four 1/2

Shrek 3
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sextonseven said:

Yes, the Prestige had one "impossible trick," and that was okay.

I'm with you, in the Illusionist I was waiting for them to explain these ridiculous tricks by revealing that he was actually performing magic.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I really wanted this movie to be good, but every orger that has seen it says it's mediocre at best. I'll still rent it at the very least, but my expectations are very low now.

sextonseven said:

The visuals are nice. I think I enjoyed the special features more than the actual feature. It's worth it just to see Hugh Jackman bald.


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Lothan said:

I see a trend here.

Don't you like going to see movies with a little more weight like say, Drawing Restraint 9?

Film Geek A little unbelievable, but an entertaining character and the movie avoids the Hollywood Ending. Nice indie; they always have something interesting to say, unlike, say...

Spiderman 3 I liked this better than the first two, but it was the first one I saw in the theater. The effects were amazing and I found the plot & writing to be decent. Too many villains, perhaps.

The Paper 1/2 This is one of those sleeper films that doesn't make a big impression at first, but ends up being a movie you can watch over & over. Glenn Close, Robert Duval, Michael Keaton, Randy Quaid, Marisa Tomei in a movie about a single life changing day.

sextonseven said:

You made me choke.

Shit, I would give Drawing Restraint negative stars.

Lothan said:

I would give Drawing Restraint two stars, one each for Bjork's snoopy and Matthew Barney's dingle.

I can't even remember the last three movies I've seen...

The last one was

The Fountain 1/2 - It was pretty to look at, but I'm really not sure what Aronofsky was getting at with the whole immortality deal. Was the guy from the past the same guy as the guy in the present, and was he the same guy as the guy in the future? Was he aware he lived so long? I don't want to ruin the end, but after the little manscaping problem he had in the past, what the hell happened to him? Was it about reincarnation? What does that have to do with immortality? I liked Ellen Burstyn in it. I like her in anything.

? I watched a documentary recently, but I can't remember what the hell it was. I just remember geeking over it because it was a documentary and I was in the mood for one.

Yeah. I can't remember what other movies I've seen recently. I saw Disc One of "One Day at a Time", Season One and I enjoyed it immensely.
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Anxiety said:

Could you review Code Name: The Cleaner please? I seem to remember you and Ivy raving about that one.

sextonseven said:

i've got a review for ya.

sextonseven said:

Thanks for reminding me that Chris has an asswhooping coming for that one.

Lothan said:

That explains the post above yours.

sextonseven said:

SILENCE

NDRU said:

How do you choose the films you see? I haven't heard of half of them.

sextonseven said:

I think I saw the ad for Spiderman on a bus

I don't know, friends, sometimes Netflix will bring up films related to one I rented. Sometimes Ebert & Roper (they just recommended Breach)

NDRU said:

I was looking some of them up and there was absolutely nothing familiar about them. And I'm always combing The Village Voice for movies which usually pushes smaller films.

Breach was a movie my parents bought. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise and my dad's DVD player ate my Pan's Labyrinth disc so we watched Breach instead this weekend.

sextonseven said:

I'd never heard of Breach until yesterday.

My girlfriend found some of them lately on Netflix in the Gay & Lesbian section in a effort to simply avoid violent movies. Say Uncle wasn't really a gay movie, but that's where she found it.

Sometimes I go to Blockbuster and look at every movie on one shelf, assuming there's got to be something good there that I've never heard of.

There's a lot of movies! I've never heard of a bunch on this thread.

Curse of the Golden Flower: Beautiful sets and costumes...really nice film to look at and Gong Li is HOT. The entire film was awesome, until the last 20 or so minutes or so. Chinese with subtitles. B-

Dancer in the Dark: One of the most powerful movies I've ever seen. The real amazing thing is how quickly you fall in love with Bjork's character. You become emotionally invested in her Selma from the very beginning. The supporting characters are great too, and the last act makes "The Color Purple" look like a Jewish wedding. A few really great musical numbers. Too much of a downer for some (be warned), but this film is truely an experience. A+

Ran: Kurosawa's tragedy inspired by Shakespeare's "King Lear." I had to watch this one when I read some reviews that said the film is just as good as Shakespeare. You know, they weren't far wrong. Every character is imperfect and complicated and there are dozens of stories converging here. It's deceptively slow and there's always more going on than is apparent. I especially loved the scene in which an old man is in an empty, burning house desperately looking for a weapon to kill himself honorably. Japanese with subtitles. A

sextonseven said:

I saw "Pan's Labyrinth" recently as well. Great flick. Frustrating at times, especially when the kid eats the grapes but it was a great film.

NDRU said:

I had never heard of Breach until this weekend also! My parents showed me the DVD and my first thought was "where do they find these bland films?" But it was pretty good, again not really my thing, but it held my interest.

I go into a Blockbuster looking for specific films and if they are out I leave--kind of like how men shop.

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Xagain said:

I saw this in the theater and would have to agree with you. The costumes were fantastic (all that cleavage ), but the plot was so over the top that it got in the way at the end.

Xagain said:

It was my favorite movie of 2006. I was all set to wow my family with it this weekend, when my dad's player went on the fritz scratching the disc and making it practically unwatchable.

I have to exchange it at the store for another copy this week.

Surf's Up - Great family fair!

Ocean's 13 - Waaaay better than the last one, but doesn't have the novelty of the first. Not a must see (provides eye candy for the ladies) - entertaining enough.

Paris Je Taime - :thumbstotheside: 1/2 - 18 short stories about love and Paris with lots of famous actors and lots of famous directors... some pieces were outstanding, some were so-so. Definitely worth renting.

Anxiety said:

The way I saw it... The 'past' was not really the past but rather the dying wife's book (which contained elements of the present that filtered into her story).

The 'present' was the only 'real' part of the whole movie. Hugh was a scientist looking for a medical solution to extending life and 'curing' death and racing against time to save his wife.

The 'future' was a symbolic representation of Hugh's thinking and sub-concious as he deals with the reality of loosing his wife. It's full of symbolism but no reality, imo.

Note that after the wife asks Hugh Jackman's character to finish her book, ideas from his 'future vision' end up as part of the 'past story'.

I'm not sure exactly what I've watched last, it's all a jumble, but...

Ghost Rider: Gawd that was horrid...

Next: Fairly decent but nothing entirely memorable I don't think. Julianne More was good as usual, though.

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose : Quality movie that plays more as a drama than a horror film. Laura Linney is just FABULOUS (when is she not?)

Premonition : I found it mentally entertaining but the end result laid waste to my mental efforts during the rest of the movie.

The Illusionist : I'm a sucker for period pieces, and a literal sucker for Edward Norton anytime he chooses to call me.

The Lake House : Good but slow...

Lady In The Water : 1/2 I wanted to like it, I really did but...it just didn't gel well.

sextonseven said:

you know, I think there's something grand about this movie but at the same time it just doesn't come off as very enjoyable. It's like an impossibly dense pattern on an oriental rug with numerously twisted threads and colors. You have to step back to see the final pattern as it may not be discernible when viewed up close. I can't decide whether that's the fault of the designer or the viewer, in this case, but given that it's at least an interesting effort I'll give it a few extra points.