What's the Last Movie You Watched?

[Fappin Raptor]

Really sad.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

1. How was Brit Marling?
2. Was the ending good?

1. I'd say she portrayed what you'd expect from a role like that with an appropriate amount of charisma and mysteriousness. I wouldn't call it a powerhouse performance or one worth any acclaim, but she got the job done fine.

2. Without spoiling anything, it treads a fine line between being open to interpretation and just being a cop-out. I think it leaned a bit more towards the latter, I was left a bit disappointed.

 

[Palooza]

1. I'd say she portrayed what you'd expect from a role like that with an appropriate amount of charisma and mysteriousness. I wouldn't call it a powerhouse performance or one worth any acclaim, but she got the job done fine.

2. Without spoiling anything, it treads a fine line between being open to interpretation and just being a cop-out. I think it leaned a bit more towards the latter, I was left a bit disappointed.

I've gotta get to the city to see this.

 

[JayDizzle]

The Raven - **3/4 stars.

Middling murder mystery muddles macabre moments morosely.

If you don't dig alliteration, basically all you need to know is that no amount of set pieces, character actors or love for late-1800s era theatrics will save this film.

It's paint-by-numbers and doesn't go where it needs to go to make it great.

"Movie Night" fodder for sure if you can't find better.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly was a very, very good western, I don't really understand why it is rated so high on imdb compared to comparable films though.

 

[Houston]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, can't hold a candle to The Searchers.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Larry Crowne

What a fucking disaster this shit stain of a movie was.

Is there a more overrated filmography than that of Tom Hanks? Guy hasn't had a hit or a great movie in like a decade, and his crowing achievement (Forrest Gump) is massively overrated.

 

[Houston]

Guy hasn't had a hit or a great movie in like a decade

That is, minus Toy Story 3.

 

[Houston]

Disappointed there wasn't a huge explosion at the end.

 

[Houston]

I can put up with some of his other slow moving movies because they're short, but not this 3 hour one. After about 90 mins I just fast forwarded to the scene with Nico, then turned it off.

 

[Houston]

Scary.

 

[JayDizzle]

Moon - ***3/4 Stars.

No amount of blustery soundtracks (i.e., Inception Foghorn), special effects or CGI can beat solid character acting and a tight story.

Also, if you ever want an excuse as to why you should never sign up to work for a faceless corporation in the near future, film would be it.

 

[padman59]

I Saw the Devil - Yet another good Korean film in the Netflix streaming library.

 

[Houston]

Really really boring.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

8 1/2 is as close to a perfect movie as it gets for me. I don't want to try to pinpoint everything I like about it, there is just virtually nothing that I feel I have the right to dislike about it. It just resonates perfectly with me every time I watch it.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Midnight in Paris- Liked it way more than I thought I would.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I should also mention that Hemingway and the guy who played him was awesome in that movie.

 

[EmpireWF]

Finally watched Young Adult.

Charlize Theron is fucking gold. Great movie.

 

[EmpireWF]

Is there a more overrated filmography than that of Tom Hanks? Guy hasn't had a hit or a great movie in like a decade, and his crowing achievement (Forrest Gump) is massively overrated.

Well, it depends based on how you think his work the past decade is creatively. I haven't seen much of it. IMO, the best 8-year stretch from him was 1992-2000 (League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Toy Story, That Thing You Do, Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail, Toy Story 2, The Green Mile and Castaway).

As for business, the guy is money. Practically every film he's been a main star in the past decade has made money or been a blockbuster.

Road to Perdition (made $180 million+)
Catch Me If You Can (made $350 million+)
The Terminal (made $200 million+)
The Ladykillers (made $75 million+)
The Polar Express (made $300 million+)
The DaVinci Code (made $750 million+)
Charlie Wilson's War (made $115 million+)
Angels & Demons (made $480 million+)
Toy Story 3 (made over $1 billion)
Larry Crowne (made $68 million)
Extremely Loud (made $47 million to date)

Not the best quality of movies on that list (aside from Toy Story 3….I've heard the Catch Me If You Can one was good) though.

 

[Palooza]

Quality wise, you're right. Balances out to a below average decade for Hanks.

Road to Perdition (made $180 million+) - brilliant
Catch Me If You Can (made $350 million+) - brilliant
The Terminal (made $200 million+) - trash
The Ladykillers (made $75 million+) - one of the worst movies ever made
The Polar Express (made $300 million+) - creepy
The DaVinci Code (made $750 million+) - terrible
Charlie Wilson's War (made $115 million+) - mediocre
Angels & Demons (made $480 million+) - terrible
Toy Story 3 (made over $1 billion) - depressing
Larry Crowne (made $68 million) - pathetic
Extremely Loud (made $47 million to date) - pathetic