What was the last movie you saw?

[slack]

X-Men: First Class.

Bored by the special effects and weak characterization. It was amusing to watch serious scenes backfire (You're fine just the way you are, Hank. Don't let anyone say differently. Vomit.). Story boils down to this:

Oh noes. EVIL.
We need to assemble a team.
MOAR TRAINING.
FINAL BATTLE.

Ugh.

[Boneman]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - whoo, not what I was expecting, but what a great film, harrowing bits notwithstanding... Thank God the Swedes made it, and not Hollywood.

[Boneman]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Snow Cake. A Canadian film with Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver about a man's unusual encounter with an autistic woman after a tragic traffic collision takes the life of Weaver's daughter. Very good. Great portrayals by both.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/

Have to check this one out. Was it put on general release in the UK? I don't remember seeing it, but will usually walk a mile to see Alan Rickman.

[Hilarious Joke]

The Hangover 2

Pretty much the same as the first but in Thailand. Not very good, but some scenes were funny.

[Lady of Winterfell]

Did you like the first one HJ?

I watched The Kings Speech. I thought it was very good, and Colin Firth did an excellent job. The acting was spot on by everyone really.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Boneman

Have to check this one out. Was it put on general release in the UK? I don't remember seeing it, but will usually walk a mile to see Alan Rickman.

As far as I can tell, it's a Canadian film. So couldn't say re UK distribution. Can't imagine it would be hard to find. I got it via Netfix here in the U.S.

[Diggler]

Jackass 3.5: If you like this sort of stuff, it's hilarious. If you don't, well it'll be stupid. We thought it was funnier than Jackass 3D.

Supervolcano: A BBC docudrama about Yellowstone National Park going cataclysmic. Not too bad.

[Starbeast]

The Pink Panther (2006)

Funny film update of the original Blake Edwards movie series which starred Peter Sellers. The new flick with Steve Martin, Jean Reno and Kevin Kline was pretty good.

[biodroid]

Red & Heareafter - Red was very entertaining but Hereafter was just the slowest movie I ever saw.

[Foxbat]

Finally got a chance to watch Black Swan - a brilliant take on madness, duality, obsession and the quest for perfection. Interesting watching the end of this movie and then watching the end of The Wrestler.

[Diggler]

The Fighter: Excellent film about Mark Wahlberg trying to break free from his smothering family and succeed as a world class boxer. The cast was just brilliant, especially Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, as Wahlberg's overbearing and destructive family members. Bale is back to form after his abysmal roles in Batman, Terminator and Public Enemies.

As for Black Swan, I'd love to see it, but my wife has got it into her head that it is for perverts (due to "that" sex scene). This means I will not be watching it any time soon, or I will bear the brunt of her wrath for an extended period of time : /

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Snow Cake. A Canadian film with Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver about a man's unusual encounter with an autistic woman after a tragic traffic collision takes the life of Weaver's daughter. Very good. Great portrayals by both.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/

I liked this one quite a bit too.

Vinyan , a film about a European couple's quest to find their son, lost in the 2004 tsunami. A very disturbing film with rich imagery and an effective blurring of the line between reality and nightmare.

[Foxbat]

Shadow From Italian Director Federico Zampaglione.
Apparently this is his first film and done on a meagre budget.

Set in a gloomy Alpine forest inhabited by a character called Mortis, this is actually a pretty decent horror movie that does a good job of hiding its cash starved origins. My only criticism is the somewhat cliched conclusion. I think Mr Zampaglione may have a pretty decent career in the horror genre if he can just add a touch more depth to his storylines.

My verdict - worth a watch for any horror fan.

[Diggler]

Conviction starring the always brilliant Sam Rockwell as a man convicted of murder, and Hillary Swank as his sister that will go to any length to prove his innocence. The real downside to the film, was disjointed flashback sequences that just came out of nowhere with no discernible reason. This created quite a bit of confusion for us during the first half of the film.

The highlight of the film for me was Juliette Lewis, as a worn out alcoholic barfly in two minor sequences in the film.

[Interference]

Originally Posted by biodroid

Red & Heareafter - ....

That sounds like a cop buddy movie