What was the last movie you saw?

[Starbeast]

Originally Posted by soulsinging

Interesting. I rather agree... I enjoyed True Grit, but it didn't really leave much of a mark on me. It was flawlessly executed and the acting and dialogue were fantastic, but something about it underwhelmed. Certainly did not have the impact of No Country.

I too thought True Grit was good, but not great, mostly because we knew the original story. But if they created a sequel with all of the great actors who were in the movie remake and continued the adventures of Rooster Cogburn, then I think it would have been something great to see.

[WizardofOwls]

Wow... I LOVED Signs. I cant believe you guys didnt like it. I loved the whole everything happens for a reason thing. The boy has asthma because someday an alien was going to try to kill him with poison glass. The girl has an obsession/compulsion with water so that on the day the alien attacked her brother, there would be plenty of ammunition sitting around for the uncle to use against the alien. The uncle set the batting records (both good and bad) so that the bat would be in the living room to use against the alien who would try to kill the nephew.... well you get the point. And ALL of this happened so that a priest could regain his faith.

Sorry, I liked it.

[AE35Unit]

Been going thru all the Star Wars movies again, just watched A New Hope. It never gets old!

[mosaix]

I watched The 25th Hour on TV last night. Never heard of it before, it was strangely compelling.

[Daisy-Boo]

Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Last night I wanted to watch something that asked very little of me and would give me a few laughs. And that's exactly what this film delivered. Alan Tudyk is Tucker and Tyler Labine is Dale. This summary from IMDB:

Two lovable West Virginian hillbillies, are headed to their "fixer-upper" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody & hilarious turn for the worse

[Boneman]

The King's Speech If Colin Firth doesn't get the Oscar for best actor, then it confirms what I've thought for a very long time: that these awards are nothing to do with acting, but are political statements. Hurt Locker won how many? Come on, it was crap acting, crap direction, crap story, crap everything...

Rant over. King's Speech was brilliant....

[shaun45]

last film i watched was clerks 2 if you like jay and silent bob then you will love this brilliant film and good for laughs and werid looks

[Boneman]

Originally Posted by WizardofOwls

Wow... I LOVED Signs. I cant believe you guys didnt like it. I loved the whole everything happens for a reason thing. The boy has asthma because someday an alien was going to try to kill him with poison glass. The girl has an obsession/compulsion with water so that on the day the alien attacked her brother, there would be plenty of ammunition sitting around for the uncle to use against the alien. The uncle set the batting records (both good and bad) so that the bat would be in the living room to use against the alien who would try to kill the nephew.... well you get the point. And ALL of this happened so that a priest could regain his faith.

Sorry, I liked it.

Yeah, some aspects were great.... but the Aliens had the ability to cross the universe, but not wear raincoats...come on...

[Foxbat]

Originally Posted by mosaix

I watched The 25th Hour on TV last night. Never heard of it before, it was strangely compelling.

If you are talking about the Anthony Quin movie from 1967 then it's a favourite of mine.

If it's the other one (2002) I've yet to see it.

Been watching Inland Empire myself.....don't know what to say about this one.......

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Boneman

Yeah, some aspects were great.... but the Aliens had the ability to cross the universe, but not wear raincoats...come on...

Re Signs, there were certainly some obvious flaws. But I liked the aspect that you could never be sure if anything was real until the end. The two kids and Joaquin Phoenix with Reynolds Wrap hats seemed to underscore this. I generally give Shyamalan the benefit of the doubt in his films.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

...I liked the aspect that you could never be sure if anything was real until the end.....

Damn right. At various points it seemed so incredible and unreal that I was sitting in a cinema hall watching this crock

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Damn right. At various points it seemed so incredible and unreal that I was sitting in a cinema hall watching this crock

Score!

[Foxbat]

Forbidden World (1982) Cliched Roger Corman Sci-Fi monster hokum that borrows heavily from other movies. Nothing special.

[Leadbelly]

enemy at the gates

[biodroid]

Originally Posted by Leadbelly

enemy at the gates

excellent movie, a bit disturbing in some scenes but a great war story