What was the last movie you saw?

[clovis-man]

The Snow Walker. A film by Charles Martin Smith, who famously starred in Never Cry Wolf. Both films are based on stories by Farley Mowat. Both involve adventures in the arctic tundra. Both are quite good. I was unaware of The Snow Walker until I stumbled on it while browsing through Netflix.

[Mouse]

I saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nicolas Cage. It was good enough.

(Nicholas Cage is in the film. He wasn't in the room with me.)

[TheTomG]

Originally Posted by lorien89

Got round to watching Red Riding Hood last night, was really disappointed to be honest, was expecting something in the way of Company of Wolves but was a little too Twilight for my liking. Shame though becuase he set desig and general atmosphere was spot on...

Ah I had hopes it might have a Company of Wolves type feel to it, I love that movie. True the special effects show their age a little, but I love the whole dreamlike nature of it and the bizarre little mini stories that get told throughout it.

Anyway, not watched Red Riding Hood yet, probably will still watch it some time, but with more managed expectations.

Mouse, I do wonder if watching with Nicholas Cage in the room would have made the movie experience better or worse, or if you'd actually have seen much of the movie at all!

[Mouse]

I'd be too busy staring at him, thinking, What the hell is Nic Cage doing in my front room?!

[Connavar]

Cowboys and Aliens

It was better than i expected.

Daniel Craig was hardcore as expected and it was pretty convincing looking western with SF elements. I have not seen a good western in many years specially a film where everyone acted like they were in a western. Good action, some nice humor made it alot of fun to watch.

Harrison Ford, Keith Carradine,Sam Rockwell was impressive, i liked the older, growling Ford. He has always been a huge fav of mine.

[CyBeR]

Cowboys and Aliens as well. Not as good as I expected, but a damn fun time at the films. In most things I agree with Connavar above, the rest in the topic.

[Foxbat]

Silent Hill

I have to say the main reason why it has taken me so long to get around to watching this movie is because of all the bad reviews that I've read about it.

My thoughts: Visually this is twisted, disturbing, horrific and utterly gorgeous.

The first half of the movie was a real feast of monsters and creepy jiggery pokery. In the latter half of the movie, it began to disappear up its own backside a little as it almost slipped a disc trying to explain itself out of its own convolutions.

The end.....well, I suppose there will still be an ongoing debate about that for quite a while yet.

So, on the whole, I have to say that despite its flaws and horrific navel gazing - I really enjoyed it.

Perhaps that says more about me than it does about the movie

[CyBeR]

I found Silent Hill to be a great horror film and am utterly convinced that most of the bad commentary it's getting is because of displeased fans of the games that just can't get over themselves.

[Mouse]

The Covenant which is about man witches. I watched it because the super pretty Taylor Kitsch is in it.

As a film, it was ok. Watchable nonsense. Although they introduce a lot of characters all at once and (apart from Taylor Kitsch) I couldn't tell who was who for quite a while as the actors all kinda looked the same.

As I was watching I kept thinking one of the other actors looked vaguely familiar and was also kinda pretty and turns out it was the lovely Chace Crawford (who needs to be older before I can feel ok about thinking he's hot!). Anyway, I then watched the extras and interestingly (well, interesting to me as a writer) the director bloke talked about how they introduced all the characters at once and because of that, he chose actors who looked really different. I'm thinking eh?!

So yeah, apart from cloned actors, an ok film. One really freaky scene involving spiders which made me itch!

[antiloquax]

Just been to see "Super 8". I enjoyed it very much!

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[Foxbat]

Originally Posted by CyBeR

I found Silent Hill to be a great horror film and am utterly convinced that most of the bad commentary it's getting is because of displeased fans of the games that just can't get over themselves.

I suspect you may be right.

[Connavar]

Im not a fan of Silent Hill games and i thought it was brain dead horror that couldnt scare even an infant.

Blaming the fanboys of the games is a very weak defense. Personally i dont see how you could like it if you are not a fan of the games that is willing to forgive it being so weak film.

[CyBeR]

Let's be fair here, it's hard to find a good, engaging horror film. Even Quarantine that scared the pants off of me a couple of times is just a standard zombie flick once you strip it down to the bare basics.
But I found Silent Hill engaging and fun. It was visually pleasing for me, the whole mood of the film was very eerie and nicely done and the story presented itself well (unlike that of some of the games *cough* Silent Hill 4: The room*cough*).
It's by no means as bad as the original Halloween or Jason X or Cursed or An American Werewolf in Paris and so forth. When a film manages to make the cute girl next to you squirm and stick to you more...I'd say it's done its job quite well.

[Foxbat]

Well, I've never played or even seen the game Silent Hill but I enjoyed the movie. Confusing and flawed, yes, but I certainly wouldn't call it brain dead.

[Grizzgreen711]

The last movie i saw was Conan the Barbarion released this year. The story is very, very rushed and very straight forward and to the point, AND the dialogue is terrible (Jason Momoa is a much better actor than that).

I did like the special effects and I always like watching Ron Perlman and Stephen Lang act. They rushed it, is simply my diagnosis. Seeing as they're already writing a script for a sequel, i feel they could have slowed the plot for this one down a bit.

But then again, I read so much that I often times forget the time constraints of film.