It was marketed poorly. I enjoyed it, but it's not really what the trailers portrayed. Also, the protagonist is kind of a scumbag.

I've been fighting a nagging cold, so my life has been a lot of movies the past 48 hours: Mildred Pierce, Pickpocket, The Agony and the Ecstasy, True Confessions.

All are great movies, particularly for the great acting performances found within. The exception being Pickpocket, a 1959 French movie by Robert Bresson, which isn't worth watching unless you're steeped into French New Wave history. It's a small film down the line of the Crime and Punishment story. The message is blurry and the payoff isn't worth it. Plus, as a minor gripe, a lot of the pickpocketing scenes appear far-fetched. If you're looking for a movie of "low-Paris-on-the-streets-1950s" though, I can't recommend it enough.

How fun is Charlton Heston as the passionate Michelangelo? And Joan Crawford as the tireless mother of a greedy, thankless bitch? Both actors drive their movies to greatness. In a more understated manor, the acting of Robert DeNiro and Robert Duvall blend to a great concoction in a movie about corruption of society's powerful.

Just saw Skyfall, it sucked..

Wow! This movie just kept lowering the bar with every scene. The amputee vet fighting the alien was just special. Icing on the cake.

I'd have a hard time believing it wasn't intended to be a comedy.

what was everyone's thoughts on skyfall

There is a thread about it, but I liked it. Not so sure I liked them but the character development was good, and the plot was well executed and while some of it was hard to believe, it wasn't any worse than any other Bonds.

"Safety Not Guaranteed" is on Netflix now. Good movie.

This. My son even enjoyed it.

Went to see Identity Thief, really funny movie!

I see Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy and want to think it has to be, then those awful trailers make me wonder how it possibly could be. Intriguing.

I'd imagine it's the kind of movie that could be funny in a theater, because people are laughing and in a good mood, but not so much on DVD.

If by "funny in a theater" you mean "ridiculously stupid and a waste of money," :thumb:

Finally got around to seeing inception after I found it on sale for 1.99.

I really liked it. I've had to read some synopsis' to understand everything but its probably my favorite Nolan film outside of the prestige.

Celebration Day is very good. Zep sounds amazingly clean and Jason does a great job with the sticks. Almost 6 years already? Come to the US guys!

Saw Die Hard part 27 last night. The wifey and I fell asleep through parts of it.