How did you manage to watch the Wind rises? Is it out on DVD?

Shawy89 said:

sexton said:

Shawy89 said:

How did you manage to watch the Wind rises? Is it out on DVD?

It opened in New York last month.

Oh,,, they only show the trailer here in Melbourne

Cant wait to see it,, Im sure it won't live up to Howl's Moving Castle or Spirited Away but these films are entertaining and very unique.

American Hustle

3/5

long and convoluted

the only good thing in this was Jennifer Lawrence's character, the loose cannon I don't normally like her sulky face but she made me laugh many times.

Shawy89 said:

sexton said:

Shawy89 said: It opened in New York last month.

Oh,,, they only show the trailer here in Melbourne

Cant wait to see it,, Im sure it won't live up to Howl's Moving Castle or Spirited Away but these films are entertaining and very unique.

Princess Mononoke is my favorite Miyazaki film.

sexton said:

ZombieKitten said:

sexton said:

Princess Mononoke is my favorite Miyazaki film.

I like totoro and spirited away best

I haven't seen My Neighbor Totoro in its entirety. I've been waiting to watch it with my niece. I should just watch it by myself in the original Japanese audio.

sexton said:

ZombieKitten said:

I like totoro and spirited away best

I haven't seen My Neighbor Totoro in its entirety. I've been waiting to watch it with my niece. I should just watch it by myself in the original Japanese audio.

I gave this movie to the little girl I walk to school.

She watched it with her family and the next day her dad wanted to talk to me about it!!

He said "what a strange film! It was almost kind of boring but we all wanted to see what would happen next, it was so unpredictable!"

HOOKED on Ghibli I say!!!! I gave them Ponyo next.

Enough Said

4/5

I liked it very much!

ZombieKitten said:

Enough Said

4/5

I liked it very much!

I gave it the same rating. It felt very genuine to me. Many movies, even dramas, are a stretch in believability to make them more interesting, but this one seems like it could have all really happened, right down to the dialogue.

sexton said:

Saw 12 years of slavery last week.

Impressive. Glad that I saw it on big screen.

dJJ said:

Saw 12 years of slavery last week.

Impressive. Glad that I saw it on big screen.

Yeah. Great movie. Deserved Best Picture.

300: Rise of Empire.

Disappointing. Leaned heavily on the first one, but otherwise ignored everything that made the first one so good. This is the same war, except we are now doing naval battles against Xerxes and the Persian navy.

Typical summer dreck is all this adds up to. Why it was released now, dunno

There was a day when, despite the impressive effects, this would have been straight to video.

Enjoyable nice friday night stay in movie.

lazycrockett said:

[Saving Mr. Banks]

Enjoyable nice friday night stay in movie.

Yes, it was very charming.

Thor: Dark World

I guessed the dark elf was Christopher Eccleston just from the voice! Ha! The kids didn't believe me.

3/5 I like Kat Denning in the Thor movies, it's nice they just let her be Max from 2 Broke Girls in all the movies she is in!

ZombieKitten said:

Thor: Dark World

I guessed the dark elf was Christopher Eccleston just from the voice! Ha! The kids didn't believe me.

3/5 I like Kat Denning in the Thor movies, it's nice they just let her be Max from 2 Broke Girls in all the movies she is in!

You liked it more than I did. Lol I didn't recognize her but I knew I'd seen her somewhere. I never watched the show but saw the endless ads. Hazard of watching sports for 12 hours a day.

SUPRMAN said:

ZombieKitten said:

Thor: Dark World

I guessed the dark elf was Christopher Eccleston just from the voice! Ha! The kids didn't believe me.

3/5 I like Kat Denning in the Thor movies, it's nice they just let her be Max from 2 Broke Girls in all the movies she is in!

You liked it more than I did. Lol I didn't recognize her but I knew I'd seen her somewhere. I never watched the show but saw the endless ads. Hazard of watching sports for 12 hours a day.

Her Max character is horrible and wonderful at the same time.

I like the Thor movies better than some of the other Avenger ones probably because there is more spaceships and aliens in them. I am not crazy about Chris Hemsworth though

ZombieKitten said:

SUPRMAN said:

You liked it more than I did. Lol I didn't recognize her but I knew I'd seen her somewhere. I never watched the show but saw the endless ads. Hazard of watching sports for 12 hours a day.

Her Max character is horrible and wonderful at the same time.

I like the Thor movies better than some of the other Avenger ones probably because there is more spaceships and aliens in them. I am not crazy about Chris Hemsworth though

I enjoyed the Avengers movie a lot, but have not liked a single individual character's movie. Thor, twice; Iron Man, thrice; Hulk, twice; Captain America, once. Liked none of that group.

SUPRMAN said:

ZombieKitten said:

Her Max character is horrible and wonderful at the same time.

I like the Thor movies better than some of the other Avenger ones probably because there is more spaceships and aliens in them. I am not crazy about Chris Hemsworth though

I enjoyed the Avengers movie a lot, but have not liked a single individual character's movie. Thor, twice; Iron Man, thrice; Hulk, twice; Captain America, once. Liked none of that group.

I didn't like any of the others much. Avengers was OK... Actually I did like the hulk movie, but now it doesn't match I don't like the current hulk actor, he seems shifty to me.

I thought the first Thor was okay as was the first Ironman. Avengers rocked but thats cause of Joss.

Non-Stop currently in theaters with Liam Neeson. An attempt to capitalize on movies like Taken with Liam that were box office gold. It was just average to me. I like unpredictability and it had a "high quotient" in that category, but still felt it lacked something. They were smart to include Lupita in the trailers on the success of her awards season run, but she was severely under utilized in this film, but it was just a bit part anyway. I'd say C, or 2.5 out of 5

Blue Jasmine 6.5 / 10

Typical Woody movie. Didn't think ending was great. Kate was worthy of the best actress win.

Now You See Me. 1/2

Loved it.


The Place Beyond the Pines. 1/2

Not a fan of Ryan Gosling but he was pretty good in the first hour of the movie. I loved Bradley Cooper (as I always do) but the plot was pretty weak.

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Non-Stop as well. Utterly ludicrous...but then I knew that going into it, so it's hardly aiming for an Oscar!

That said, Liam Neeson is definitely someone you'd want sitting next to you in a crisis. More than Adam Sandler anyway.

3/5 and I'm being generous. The ending was both unbelievable and reeked of cheese.

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sexton said:

Her (2013) - A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.

I'd give it a perfect rating except I felt some scenes were uncomfortable because of what could be interpreted as an absurd premise--which I'm sure was intentional. 1/2 (out of five)

So is this film, like, a longer version of the video for Kate Bush's 'Deeper Understanding'??