Under the Skin
After it was over I realized I had read the book it was loosely based on several years ago. Movie was so-so.
Lucy
Thought-provoking but occasionally very silly.
Thought-provoking but occasionally very silly.
August Rush
Bad Words
More serious undertones than I expected but so damn funny.
More serious undertones than I expected but so damn funny.
quote:Originally posted by jburman82:
Bad Words
More serious undertones than I expected but so damn funny.
I enjoyed this one as well.
Shattered Glass
Not bad.
Not bad.
The first half of Full Metal Jacket.
Don't need to watch the second half.
Don't need to watch the second half.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
quote:Originally posted by Rothko:
The first half of Full Metal Jacket.
Don't need to watch the second half.
I rank it his third worst, and perhaps his most insignificant.
Chef: fun and entertaining flick
The Edge of Tomorrow: Not a huge Tom Cruise fan, but this was an enjoyable movie
Lucy: I love Scarlett (like virtually all males on this planet), but I thought this was just ok. The premise seemed to get a little convoluted and I think it wanted to be more of a thinker than it actually was. Unfortunately I watched this in my hotel room last night so paid more for this than I think it was worth
The Edge of Tomorrow: Not a huge Tom Cruise fan, but this was an enjoyable movie
Lucy: I love Scarlett (like virtually all males on this planet), but I thought this was just ok. The premise seemed to get a little convoluted and I think it wanted to be more of a thinker than it actually was. Unfortunately I watched this in my hotel room last night so paid more for this than I think it was worth
quote:Originally posted by Parcival:
in my hotel room last night so paid more for this than I think it was worth
Said no one ever on a business trip.
quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by Parcival:
in my hotel room last night so paid more for this than I think it was worth
Said no one ever on a business trip.
Exactly! That movie and a diet coke set me back $30!! I'm glad I didn't dip into the likely-stale jar of cashews!
Nebraska - Excellent!
No Country for Old Men
A Man for All Seasons
quote:Originally posted by steve8:
No Country for Old Men
Love this movie! Javier Bardem is chillingly great.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:quote:Originally posted by steve8:
No Country for Old Men
Love this movie! Javier Bardem is chillingly great.
+1 one of my fav's
I finally got around to seeing Somm. My wife and I both loved it. Wine geek stuff aside, we thought the characters were engaging, more so because they are real people. I though the movie was provocative and thought-provoking.
Parkland
Hank Cinq, a.k.a. Henry V., Lawrence Olivier 1945 version. Better than the more modern version(s).
quote:Originally posted by VinCentric:
Hank Cinq, a.k.a. Henry V., Lawrence Olivier 1945 version. Better than the more modern version(s).
Blasphemy! The Kenneth Branagh directed one is magnificent. Besides one of the best orchestral soundtracks ever you have a cast of true thespians like Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed and Ian Holm.
Don't go dissing one of my favorite movies VinC!
quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:quote:Originally posted by VinCentric:
Hank Cinq, a.k.a. Henry V., Lawrence Olivier 1945 version. Better than the more modern version(s).
Blasphemy! The Kenneth Branagh directed one is magnificent. Besides one of the best orchestral soundtracks ever you have a cast of true thespians like Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed and Ian Holm.
Don't go dissing one of my favorite movies VinC!
For the record, the Branagh Henry V was one of my favorites for movie treatment of the Bard's work, along with Polanski's MacBeth, and more recently Pacino's Merchant. I watched it a number of times when it came out. We thought it was cool that a true thespian was directing and starring in a Shakespear movie. However, I found the simple honesty of the old style stage and great acting of Olivier refreshing in the 1945, as quaint and antiquated as it may seem. Wasn't Olivier a thespian too? The announcer at the beginning of the play puts it well the limited stage the audience to use it's imagination. I liked how the actors portrayed the scenes with limited props and video effect. Sorry Rob.
quote:Originally posted by VinCentric: Wasn't Olivier a thespian too?
I believe he was secretly a homosexual.
Captain Phillips- intense
The Other Boleyn Girl
Celeste & Jesse Forever
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Captain Phillips- intense
At the very end when he's aboard the ship in the sick-bay I thought Tom Hanks has come a long way since Bosom Buddies. I found that scene very difficult to watch.
I saw an excellent doc on HBO "Casting By" it focused on Marion Daugherty and Lyn Stalmaster. Great stories about great actors and directors working with casting directors.
John Travolta almost getting the part of "the kid" in The Last Detail. Finding the you g boy for the banjo part in Deliverence, John Boorman had insisted on an albino till he saw the boy Stalmaster wanted. Many many others, really interesting.
John Travolta almost getting the part of "the kid" in The Last Detail. Finding the you g boy for the banjo part in Deliverence, John Boorman had insisted on an albino till he saw the boy Stalmaster wanted. Many many others, really interesting.
The phantom menace. Starting to watch the star wars movies with my 6 and 4 year old boys.
quote:Originally posted by Merengue:
The phantom menace. Starting to watch the star wars movies with my 6 and 4 year old boys.
Same here, although I started about a year ago. My 6 year old can't wait for the next one to come out. Just don't let them know they make Star Wars Legos, or your wine purchase funds will take a big hit
We're the Millers- a few funny moments, but not recommended at all
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
We're the Millers- a few funny moments, but not recommended at all
Jennifer Aniston can pole dance for me any time.
I haven't written about so many films I've seen, but as "the season" begins, I though I would, again.
Gone Girl
Fun. This film may or may not be trying to be "about" something. But it isn't. So if it was trying, it failed. It does, however, capitalize on our pop-media sensationalist celebrity culture with skewerings both of those who ingest it as well as those who provide it. (See: the send-up of Nancy Grace.) But, again, while this aspect of modern society is used tremendously, there fails to be any deeper meaning or context.
Ben Affleck gives maybe his best performance. Which, though I love him as a director, is a little bit of a backhanded compliment coming from me when referencing his acting. He is, however, very very good and the casting of him is perfect in the context of so much media in his character's life. All the casting is very good, actually. Even Tyler Perry, it turns out, when he is speaking someone else's words, and being directed by someone else, in someone else's production, and when he is playing a middle aged Black man, can be good. Neil Patrick Harris does a good job with what he has, but his character is used almost solely as a plot device. Carrie Coon, whom I had never seen before is great as Affleck's sister and Kim Dickens, whom I've always thought highly of, is great as a police officer. And, of course, while I'm much more of an ass-man, myself; as we all already knew, Emily Ratajkowski's briefly appearing breasts are evidence of a diety.
Rosamund Pike is excellent as the wife of Affleck's character (and the "Girl" who is "Gone"). Beyond the fact that the film is about her disappearance, I won't say anything else plot-wise, though. I will say the film is nearly 2 hours, 30 minutes long and it zips by until about the last 6 minutes before the credits role. The pacing of the film then changes oddly and I was waiting for one more "oomph" that never happened.
Overall, this film is very well made and it is fun, but it is not a great movie. B/B+
Gone Girl
Fun. This film may or may not be trying to be "about" something. But it isn't. So if it was trying, it failed. It does, however, capitalize on our pop-media sensationalist celebrity culture with skewerings both of those who ingest it as well as those who provide it. (See: the send-up of Nancy Grace.) But, again, while this aspect of modern society is used tremendously, there fails to be any deeper meaning or context.
Ben Affleck gives maybe his best performance. Which, though I love him as a director, is a little bit of a backhanded compliment coming from me when referencing his acting. He is, however, very very good and the casting of him is perfect in the context of so much media in his character's life. All the casting is very good, actually. Even Tyler Perry, it turns out, when he is speaking someone else's words, and being directed by someone else, in someone else's production, and when he is playing a middle aged Black man, can be good. Neil Patrick Harris does a good job with what he has, but his character is used almost solely as a plot device. Carrie Coon, whom I had never seen before is great as Affleck's sister and Kim Dickens, whom I've always thought highly of, is great as a police officer. And, of course, while I'm much more of an ass-man, myself; as we all already knew, Emily Ratajkowski's briefly appearing breasts are evidence of a diety.
Rosamund Pike is excellent as the wife of Affleck's character (and the "Girl" who is "Gone"). Beyond the fact that the film is about her disappearance, I won't say anything else plot-wise, though. I will say the film is nearly 2 hours, 30 minutes long and it zips by until about the last 6 minutes before the credits role. The pacing of the film then changes oddly and I was waiting for one more "oomph" that never happened.
Overall, this film is very well made and it is fun, but it is not a great movie. B/B+
Obvious Child: comedienne gets pregnant after a one-night fling with a random guy . . . shenanigans ensue. Great performance by a relative newcomer (I think), Jenny Slate
Blue Ruin: great movie about one man's efforts at vengeance and how things quickly go south
Chef (may have posted on this before, but worth a second post)
Blue Ruin: great movie about one man's efforts at vengeance and how things quickly go south
Chef (may have posted on this before, but worth a second post)
Venus in Fur
Kiss Me
Kiss Me
Breathless
White Bird in a Blizzard
White Bird in a Blizzard
The Edge
Latest installment of Planet of the Apes
--seemed to have gotten a lot of praise in the press but I thought it was just ok
--seemed to have gotten a lot of praise in the press but I thought it was just ok
Gladiator on blu-Ray. Bought it years ago to watch with my son. He's 15 now. Maybe next year
quote:Originally posted by BOMBA503:
Gladiator on blu-Ray. Bought it years ago to watch with my son. He's 15 now. Maybe next year
All I can say is . . . "are you not entertained!!"
Love that flick