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Old 10-13-2007, 11:31 PM  
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Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.
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Old 01-09-2011, 12:15 AM   #6076
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I just watched The Manchurian Candidate. The original one, with Frank Sinatra.

And they say movies are dark now.

Watched The Great Escape the other night, too. That one didn't exactly end with a lot of hugs and rainbows, either.
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Old 01-09-2011, 05:48 AM   #6077
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Easy A was really quite enjoyable. I watched it based on a couple comments in this thread and that alone. My wife was asking why I wanted to watch some teen romcom and I just kept saying I'd heard it was good. We were both pleasantly surprised.

The writer/director put out a movie that is fresh on its own, but clearly had some love for the genre and the John Hughes romcoms for which he was famous.
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Old 01-09-2011, 07:35 AM   #6078
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My review of the The Fighter:

David Russell's The Fighter is set amidst impoverished neighborhoods, aimless losers, dysfunctional families, drugs, and a sweat-caked working class. Out of this chaos comes an order directed by an individual whose strength of the 'head-body' strategy in the boxing ring matches his intense loyalty for his family and friends. Though not as genre-defining as Rocky or as emotionally draining or monumental as Raging Bull, as many critics have pointed out, it is a solid, inspiring picture with a strong moral center.

There are two fighters in the movie: brothers Micky (Mark Wahlberg), younger, grounded and serious, and Dickie (Christian Bale), the older one who once tasted national success, but has been wasting his life with hard drugs. Dickie is supposed to be helping his younger brother train, but his divorce from reality and responsibility caused by his drug use makes him a detrimental buffoon. Christian Bale's wild performance, completed by serious weight loss for the role, is a favorite for all the Best Supporting Actor awards. The movie lets Bale show of his talents, but in my opinion, there was only really one scene, with him and Amy Adams on her front porch, that really drew me into the character. The rest of the time, his self-destruction is less about a dramatic inner turmoil (his turnaround after the prison stint is entirely too cookie-cutter, easy, and clean) and more about providing amusement for the audience and a vehicle for Micky's progression. The drug use is pretty much glossed over and limited to shots of Dickie smoking and a brief withdrawal scene in prison.

That said, Micky's progression is interesting in itself, as he faces the conflict between furthering his life goals, and maintaining the bonds of his family, especially towards Dickie, and girlfriend that he treasures. The females in his family come off as not bad people (fortunately), but people who make bad decisions and can't fully see their way around situations and other people. The strong supporting characters in Micky's life aren't perfect -- their arguments, like in real life, are choppy, incomplete, and not thoughtful. But they are good-intentioned people who stress the consequences of decisions and actions. These scenes with the supporting characters provide a nice mixture of humor, drama, and sadness that keep the film at an enjoyable pace (along with a pretty strong soundtrack).

Micky's nobility is shown as a sort of pleaded idealism ('Can't we all just get along!?'), but a sincere one, and in his focus on striving for an excellence in boxing. It is not, however, through sacrifice. Although Micky seems to love his brother, why hasn't he done anything to pull him off the drug use? I have one brother, and if I lived around him and constantly saw him on a drug-induced high, would I be shrugging it off and getting back to the punching bag (or relevant equivalent)? I hope not. Still, I don't want to fault the movie for that too much, because overall, the forgiveness, loyalty, and love theme does manage to strike well in The Fighter, and it deserves credit for that.

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Old 01-10-2011, 01:16 AM   #6079
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Caught the original John Wayne True Grit yesterday, and I have to say I'm glad that I saw the Coen's version first, because I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much knowing everything that was about to happen.

And I'm sure I'm jaded but the remake was about a thousand times better than the original flick.
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Old 01-10-2011, 01:17 AM   #6080
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I watched True Grit. I usually love the Coen brothers, but I just couldn't really get into it. Some funny moments for sure, but just didn't enjoy it as much as their other stuff. I think I may have just overhyped it in my head.
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Old 01-10-2011, 03:26 PM   #6081
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It's providing links to pirates. True Grit isn't available anywhere but the theater right now, so if you're watching it online, you're watching it illegally.
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Old 01-10-2011, 04:24 PM   #6082
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Old 01-12-2011, 10:20 PM   #6083
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Watched a really entertaining movie tonight that I don't think I've seen mentioned before.

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Old 01-12-2011, 11:24 PM   #6084
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I almost never watch horror movies. I just don't care for the genre, or at least the way most films in the genre go about themselves. However, I (way, way, way late to the party) watched [Rec] tonight. I didn't know anything about it (though I could tell about 10 minutes into it that it was the film that Quarantine was a U.S. adaptation of, and I've never seen Quarantine). I thought it was ****ing awesome. Awesome.
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Old 01-13-2011, 10:25 AM   #6085
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I almost never watch horror movies. I just don't care for the genre, or at least the way most films in the genre go about themselves. However, I (way, way, way late to the party) watched [Rec] tonight. I didn't know anything about it (though I could tell about 10 minutes into it that it was the film that Quarantine was a U.S. adaptation of, and I've never seen Quarantine). I thought it was ****ing awesome. Awesome.
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Loved Rec. --- the ending, in the upstairs room, was super ****ing tense.

We're one of the lucky ones to see Rec before Quarantine.
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:35 PM   #6086
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Watching "Silent Hill" on scyfy what a ****in wack movie...

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That movie was surprisingly good. Some great monsters.

If you're in a trippy mood, try reading the plot summary FAQ on Gamefaqs. It's as long as a freaking novel, and strangely fascinating.
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Old 01-13-2011, 10:36 PM   #6087
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Watched a really entertaining movie tonight that I don't think I've seen mentioned before.

Really enjoyed that one as well. Didn't realize the lead actor was the English guy from Inglorious Basterds until later.

From the same director that made the Decent and Doomsday.
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Old 01-13-2011, 10:43 PM   #6088
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Really enjoyed that one as well. Didn't realize the lead actor was the English guy from Inglorious Basterds until later.

From the same director that made the Decent and Doomsday.
And as a bonus, McNulty from The Wire... and Imogen Poots.
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Old 01-14-2011, 06:52 PM   #6089
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Saw Flash of Genius the other day and loved it. Immediately went and googled the main character and learned a bunch of cool stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXuAt...eature=related
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Old 01-14-2011, 07:09 PM   #6090
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Saw Flash of Genius the other day and loved it. Immediately went and googled the main character and learned a bunch of cool stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXuAt...eature=related
Looks like a good one. Next stop, Netflix queue.
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