MOVIES: What are you watching?

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Originally posted by winetarelli:
Personally, I found Jude Law and Bradley Cooper -- both incredible actors in their own rights -- to be the weak links of the two respective movies.

I guess this is why we are all different, but I don't get the comment about Bradley Cooper. I found him to rise above everyone else. I liked Jennifer Lawrence, but it might just be because I REALLY LIKE Jennifer Lawrence...if you know what I mean.

The Wolf of Wall Street

2 hours, 5 minutes of wonderfullness, then another 45 minutes dragged out too much. The movie is the funniest I've seen Scorsese do and as DiCaprio's character is rising and at the top the movie is wonderful, energetic, fast paced, and debaucherous in the best ways. But as his character falls from grace the movie cannot keep up its frenetic energy. All of the performances, from Joanna Lumley to Rob Reiner to Jean Dujardin to Margot Robbie are excellent. Jonah Hill is wonderful if a little too theatrical at times. DiCaprio is brilliant -- one of his best performances. A lot of fun and the debauchery is great to feel almost a part of. At the end though, because it just sort of peeters out, because it is based upon a true story, there isn't the grand finale that the rest of the movie (if it were totally fiction) would seem building towards. Strong A- for the first 3/4s, B for the last 1/4. Overall: B+/A-

Paul Klee - The Silence of the Angel

For Men Only

Lincoln

Daniel Day Lewis just owned the role of Lincoln. The plot of the movie itself was just OK, but it really was enjoyable to just watch DDL absorb the role.

White Material

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Originally posted by wine+art:
White Material

Are there any French movies left you haven't seen?

Queen of Versailles - best documentary I have seen in a long time.

story about Westgate family - who slimly (if a word) make tons upon tons of cash sell time shares in Florida and Vegas. When the stock market crashes, their house of cards, which is built upon mortgage backed securities, comes tumbling down.

How the wife (former beauty queen) and husband (rich old prick) respond could absolutely be a perfect spoof on the absurdly rich, but was their actual real-life response to "cutting back."


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125666/

Bernie

The Burning Season

The Asphalt Jungle

Detropia

Spartacus.

Big Chill AGAIN!!!

Lone Survivor

I'd give it about a B+. Good movie about a true SEAL operation in Afganistan. A few questionable points about the combat depictions, but overall quite good.

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Originally posted by Rothko:
Lone Survivor

I'd give it about a B+. Good movie about a true SEAL operation in Afganistan. A few questionable points about the combat depictions, but overall quite good.

Had a huge opening. $38+ million

Lone Survivor:

Good, action packed, but not as gruesome as others had described.

Had trouble taking Marky Mark seriously as a Navy Seal

The Last Metro

Watched Zero Dark Thirty the other night. First movie I have seen from beginning to end in a long time. A little slow at times but I really liked it. The lead actress was great I thought.

Latest Hunger Games: entertaining flick and very easy to watch Jennifer Lawrence for 2 hours, but preferred the first one

Oblivion

Man of Steel

The Place Beyond the Pines

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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
The Place Beyond the Pines

What did you think? I noticed that this was moving its way up my Netflix queue.

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Originally posted by eyesintime:

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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
The Place Beyond the Pines

What did you think? I noticed that this was moving its way up my Netflix queue.

In general I liked it, the acting was good. It felt like a movie made from a long book that didn't allow further exploration of themes running through the book. (I don't believe it was adapted from a book though). I'd say it was worth watching.

Heaven Help Us

Gomorrah

Rush; wifey and I both enjoyed this quite a bit.

The Master

I guess I didn't really get it, though the acting was good

Wild Target

Pretty good film -- how can anything with Emily Blunt not be at least pretty good -- and really enjoyed the soundtrack. In fact, enjoyed it so much I just ordered an Imelda May CD. Several of her songs are part of the soundtrack.

Hot Fuzz

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Or whatever the name of it is.

Notorious

Lust in the Dust.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Notorious

You never know what you'll find in a bottle of Pommard.

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Originally posted by E A Bowers [FlWino]:
Hot Fuzz

Hilarious flick . . . also liked Shaun of the Dead with the same crew

The past few nights:

Inside Llewyn Davis
American Hustle

Elysium, unimpressed.

The Heat. I thought it was pretty funny.

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Originally posted by Wine Sparty:
The Heat. I thought it was pretty funny.

Agree. Saw it on the plane coming back from Italy.