What was the last movie you saw?

[Metryq]

Endhiran (aka "Robot")

You may have seen clips (1, 2) of this "Indian Terminator" on-line, but the problem is, I can't figure out if he's Big Endian, or Little Endian.

The movie is all over the map, doing every conceivable robot gag in the book. Weighing in at almost 3 hours, the filmmakers certainly had time for it. Don't expect logic; Endirhan doesn't know whether it is serious drama, or tongue-in-cheek comedy, and frequently detours into song and dance numbers. This movie doesn't need the MST3K treatment because that's built-in, too.

I found the DVD on the shelves of the local library and decided to give it a try. My brother always said that Infra-Man was the ultimate party movie. But if you want something even more bizarre with modern production values as "wallpaper" on your big screen, pick up Endhiran.

[Diggler]

Contagion

Well thought out, and definitely thought provoking look at a virus that goes epidemic across the planet. The only gripe I had was that it had to spread itself too thinly between the multitude of characters embedded into the story.

4/5

[soulsinging]

Brick, an underrated little gem starring Joseph Gordon Levitt of Inception and 3rd Rock from the Sun fame. It's mostly a film noir, but set in hs so it's a very unique blend of dark humor, satire, and engaging straight mystery.

[clovis-man]

Bad Teacher. Kind of a one joke movie. But not dreadful. And Lucy Punch as teacher Amy Squirrel is an absolute hoot.

[Diggler]

Everything Must Go

Poignant and enjoyable comedy drama starring Will Ferrell.

4/5

[Starbeast]

Simpsons: The Movie (2007) - Homer causes Springfield Illinois biggest catastrophy, but saves the city from total destruction. Nonstop wacky humor.

Fun With Dick & Jane (2005) - Fantastic remake of the dull 1977 movie. One of Jim Carrey's best movies.

[JunkMonkey]

Originally Posted by Starbeast

Fun With Dick & Jane (2005) - Fantastic remake of the dull 1977 movie.

Wash your mouth out!

Originally Posted by Starbeast

One of Jim Carrey's best movies.

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[Interference]

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

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Ooh! Ooh! I got one, I got one....

Actually, more than one....

[Interference]

Originally Posted by Diggler

I just don't Mr Bean at all.

A mildly interesting experiment in modern silents, but nothing spectacular and ultimately irritating.

Rowan Atkinson, though, is an extremely proficient performer whose brightest hours were Not The Nine O'Clock News and Blackadders II-IV.

imeho, of course

[Mouse]

Toy Story 2. God I hate Jessie.

[CyBeR]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Bad Teacher. Kind of a one joke movie. But not dreadful. And Lucy Punch as teacher Amy Squirrel is an absolute hoot.

I went with my mom and girlfriend to that one, was my suggestion. Holy damn was it a dirty movie hehe.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by soulsinging

Brick, an underrated little gem starring Joseph Gordon Levitt of Inception and 3rd Rock from the Sun fame. It's mostly a film noir, but set in hs so it's a very unique blend of dark humor, satire, and engaging straight mystery.

Its an underrated film for sure but highly rated by film fans that know their noir films. I like the way it was written, the way they spoke like quality film noir.

I have had hope for Gordon Levitt ever since this film. Hope he still becomes lead actor roles. He is too talented to be minor roles in films like Inception.

[clovis-man]

Re: Bad Teacher

Originally Posted by CyBeR

I went with my mom and girlfriend to that one, was my suggestion. Holy damn was it a dirty movie hehe.

And the one I watched was the unrated version.

[alchemist]

Bridesmaids - a proper laugh out loud comedy, and a good story about friendship underneath.

[JunkMonkey]

Battle in Heaven 2005 - piece of arty Mexican s**t full of stupendously long shots in which nothing happened. Most of them were of nothing. Look! some traffic on the street. Look! some people walking. Look! some more people walking. Look! our 'hero' is a bovine Mexican non-actor who stared at things that were off-screen a lot. Occasionally the camera would hand-held pan from looking at his profile to follow his eyeline and we would see what he was looking at, the pan would then often continue past whatever he was looking at, come round in a full 360º and find HE HAD MOVED! s**t on a stick! The fat Mexican has moved! My willy sphincters could hardly contain my f*****g water! After 45 minutes I started to watch it at FF X2. It didn't make any difference except I had to read what few subtitles there were a little bit faster. I turned off at the 50 minute mark. Imagine yourself being trapped in a cinema with the most obnoxiously pretentious 'I'm going to challenge and then redefine the whole diegesis in the narrative structuralism of cinematic language,' type arty wanker film student as he shows you seventeen hours of unedited rushes of rusty oil tanks by the side of a railway line. That would be preferable to watching this. It would be preferable because a. you wouldn't have to see vastly overweight bovine Mexicans f*****g and b. you could grab the director and force-feed the little tosser with the endlessly spooling film till he exploded.