Rate The Last Movie(s) You Watched

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by Comrade Pants

Rifftrax? Please. When I was your age, we had Mystery Science Theater 3000 and we LOVED IT.

See, we didn't have that here. I mean we WOULD, maybe, its latest seasons, unsure when it did even start; but I didn't even know English back then, yet noone could even DARE to attempt subtitling/dubbing all episodes in my language because every episode is at least 2 hours long.

Now I'm trying to getting used to MTS3K by watching it on Youtube or whatever, and yes the riffing is very nice, but the movies are so painful and boring I can't even bear to wait for another witty line to come. It might also be the internet factor, you know, I now have a really large content under my hands and if I want to laugh, I can find my entertainment that takes a shorter amount of time. But then, it was on TV and it's the TV factor; most channels show shit. When there was a good show you instantly love it and watch it, unless the show was set in the same time block with another show in another channel you like better.

[RetroVortex]

I went to see Megamind with my little bro today.

I actually really like this movie!

The visuals are good, (plays with 3D a bit, but doesn't turn it into a gimmick), the story is pretty unique.

I don't really have the time for a proper review, but I'll give it a solid 8.
(Its quite rare for a movie these days to actually make me care about a character, but I'll happily admit that I feel for Megamind)

[DrRocketGenius]

Tangled - 9/10

It's a Disney movie. Their 50th animated movie. With Zachary Levi. I'd feel like a terrible person giving this anything less than a 9.

[puzzlebox]

Black Swan - 8.5/10

Disturbing, but very well done.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by puzzlebox

Black Swan - 8.5/10

Disturbing, but very well done.

Given the film you just rated, I'd put far more weight in your 8.5 than most peoples' 9s and 10s. =P

Anyway.

Juno - 2/10

This movie is really bad. The cinematography is like a really cheap daytime soap opera. The film is trying WAY too hard to be indie. When this fits your film damn near 1:1, it's hard to argue in its favor. And this USA Television Extended Edition only serves to make it worse by inserting more scenes that were cut for very good reasons, among the flaws being not contributing a damn thing and being shot even worse than the rest of the film, like the cameraman was drunk that day.

[1nky]

The Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga'Hoole

6/10

The story and characterisation kind of made me go ':/' on several occasions. The concept itself seemed a little forced - why owls? I haven't read the books, and maybe they pull it off better than the film, but the substance of most of the story and characters was lacking.

That being said, everything looked bloody amazing. The flying scenes left me in a state of glee, the feathers, the reflections in the owl eyes... even very small parts of the visuals just struck me dumb.

So yeah, here's hoping we can marry awesome visuals with awesome story next time.

[mgrant]

I know everyone's addressed it, but I'll throw in my two cents worth about Tron:Legacy since I saw it today with my sister and her boyfriend.

I went into this thing expecting to be disappointed, the backlash against this film in nerd culture has been huge, particularly from those that know and love the original film. Add that to the fact that I'm judgmentally biased against sequels off the bat as I view them to be nothing more than attempts at money mongering by the terminally unimaginative, you had an equation for failure right out of the gate.

However, I only came out of the theatre with a few nitpicky problems (the dinner in the Grid, Jeff Bridges' plasticine uncanny valley young CGI face, the breaking of continuity in regards to the whole 'only certain vehicles can travel over the train outside of the Grid', etc.). It wasn't bad, certainly not as bad as some other sequels I can think of that I watched in the past few weeks in an impressive display of media masochism (Highlander: The Source, Starship Troopers 2, AVP, Bloodrayne: Deliverance, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest are the only ones I can remember because I'm pretty sure I had an embolism at that point). The point is, if anyone knows bad movies, it's probably me and this wasn't one. Was it a good film? Not really, but it certainly doesn't deserve the backlash it's getting.

Maybe this comes from the fact that I don't really have the nostalgia goggle effect with Tron. The movies I grew up with: Kaiju films (mainly the Godzilla franchise), Back To The Future, the original Star Wars trilogy, the TOS Star Trek Movies, The first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies, 90s disney films and fantasy films (Like Labyrinth or Legend); which I love deeply and abidingly, even as I found others such as Bladerunner,Tron and Star Trek: First Contact, are all profoundly silly. I know that, and while I love them, I'm willing to mock them, and in fact enjoy doing so. Tron: Legacy, while having a number of discontinuities with the previous movie and within itself, is ultimately harmless and fairly entertaining. My sister, who has never seen the original Tron loved it, and expressed interest in seeing the original. So, if it gets my little sister, one who has despised everything 80s since she was about 13 to want to watch 80s movies with me, Tron: Legacy is good in my book.

Plus it had a rockin' soundtrack by Daft Punk, who I've adored since Discovery hit shelves. That's an automatic win in some category.

Overal Score: 7.5/10

[taumel]

The Darjeeling Limited/Hotel Chevalier 9/10.

[DrRocketGenius]

Little Fockers - 7/10

It was really funny at times, but then some other jokes just seemed to fall through. Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers were both much better than this.

[TentuZero]

Tron 8/10

I thought it was okay. This shows that the critics have lost their touch.

[Comrade Pants]

No, the critics lost their touch when they lost their dicks and feared losing ad revenue over bad reviews. Rule of thumb: modern, mainstream Hollywood cinema is bollocks.

[mgrant]

Sing it, brother.

[Secret Fawful]

9/11



I'm a sucker for Don Knotts, and I'm a sucker for Tim Conway, but I'm an even bigger sucker for Don Knotts and Tim Conway together. I'm an even bigger sucker for Harvey Korman and Tim Conway together but that has nothing to do with this. I'll even sit through the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again for these two. Their movies are just a guilty pleasure for me. I actually like this one more than the Apple Dumpling Gang series. I'm also a huge sucker for horror-mystery-comedies. The villain in this film is offing people off in horrible ways and leaving notes behind taunting the two bumbling detectives on the case- oh and the villain looks like Ghostface. You could honestly call this movie Knotts and Conway Meet Ghostface. The gags are simple but made hilarious by these two masters and their comedic timing, with the movie a bit of a mix between Clue and The Pink Panther. The only problem I have with this one is the opening credits, which rip off The Pink Panther with an animated sequence that often fails to be funny, which is weird because the rest of the film is funny. However, I can't laugh at a cartoon sequence where someone plants a bomb, then the heroes light the bomb thinking it is a candle, and stare at it for what seems like ten full seconds with blank expressions. A person with brain damage would have at least stopped staring at the damn bomb before it went off. No matter how many times you do it, animating a villain blowing up the heroes with bombs isn't funny, especially not when its that one gag repeated over and over. Other than that sucky cartoon in the credits, which can be skipped over, this movie is seriously worth a look. It's a really fun time with a couple of genuinely creepy moments.



8/11



Holy crapping crap crapping crap. This movie. Dagon can go piss on itself. This is how you make a Lovecraft movie. This movie is badass. This movie made me jump by opening a door. This ranks right next to In the Mouth of Madness and Call of Cthulhu for me as one of the best Cthulhu Mythos films I have ever seen in my life. It brings the Mythos both to modern times and Victorian era times and does both masterfully. The music is excellent. The CGI and special effects are excellent, but not overblown or overused. I'm pretty sure a lot of practical effects were used as well. The Gothic lighting and atmosphere is fantastic. This is a slow burner Gothic horror film like the brilliant ones of old that I miss so dearly. It often has twinges of Hammer horror, Alone in the Dark (the game), Scratches, and stories of that sort. Some of it can seem outdated at times, but its not afraid to be more like the classic horror films we all love. The manor that the movie surrounds is ripped straight from the first Alone in the Dark video game. I saw the camera shake a bit in one scene, but it was barely noticeable. Most of the actors are awesome, especially Mr. Valdemar and Mr. Crowley, who I thought were standouts. The actor who plays Mr. Crowley, the Lovecraft wizard of sorts in the film, plays such a charismatic villain. He's devilishly sweet but plays a slight hint of horrid malice underneath it all with panache. I half expected him to spout two curly mustaches on his upper lip from nowhere. That's not a spoiler; there is no doubt the man is a villain as soon as you see him. It's like trying to be surprised when Ben Kingsley tries to kill you. Bald people with hollow voices equal bad news in Lovecraft's world. However, a couple of the actors in the modern era setting are hokey enough to bug the shit out of me. Specifically, 'Laurel and Hardy'. No, Laurel and Hardy are not in the film, but if you watch the film, you'll know what I mean. The writing is excellent for the most part as well. This is Lovecraft done right and I will not excuse any Lovecraft fan who passes this film up. I was genuinely creeped out by this film more than once. I hate that it shows the monsters somewhat but in a way I feel that that suits this film rather well, and the effects are, as I said, not overblown but are so well done. They show just the right amount without going too far. My only other complaint with the film is that it ends on a very Lovecraftian cliffhanger and continues in a sequel that doesn't come out until later this month. This is the only reason I didn't give it a 9, because I felt I have not seen the entire story yet.

[VeronicanPlay]

The Wizard of Oz - 3/5

It was good for it's time, it had funny moments and a story to follow.
But it's not a movie I will see again, it had many face palm moments and I am not really fond of musicals.
But I don't think it deserves to be at the very low end of the ratings I have really mixed feelings about it.

I just watched it so I know what most things on the internet is referring to now a days.

[Comrade Pants]

Originally Posted by mgrant

Sing it, brother.

I would, but every time I sing an angel not only loses its wings; but is torn asunder by the Deep Ones. These are facts.

[Rather Dashing]

I'm going to eschew numbers for these ones, okay?

Book of Eli

Two words: Wasted Potential.

The idea of a modernized Judeo-Christian prophet in a post-apocalyptic world is by no means a bad one. Giving western mythology the movie treatment is not a bad idea, as there is some crazy and fantastic shit in there ripe for adaptation. The problem is that this story comes off as uninspired, preachy, and overall very hard to believe. I find the villain's attempts to utilize the King James Bible as a means to control people to be...somewhat suspect from a logical perspective. He knows how religion and spirituality have been used to control the masses for ages, why would THIS particular book(one that is, by the way, HATED for starting the war in the first place) be necessary to pull off the ruse? Generally, when people utilize religious teachings as part of their propaganda, it's at least rooted in something the people already believe in.

Still, the film is not a complete loss. There is some nice stylized cinematography, the sets are gorgeously destroyed, and there is the skeleton of a good movie in here. It's just never realized.

Igor

As far as childrens' movies go, I gotta give this one some props. They keep the cliche'd bullshit to a minimum(not completely, but they keep its screentime mercifuly short), and it introduces a really fun and stylized little world of evil geniuses. And as far as annoying sidekicks go? I gotta give this film props for a suicidal immortal with existential quandaries. The animal sidekick is far less annoying when he's cynical, jaded, and wants desperately to die. I enjoyed it for what it was, though it's not going to change anyone's world.

[ShaggE]

Four Boxes - 6/10

Weird little indie thriller that would have benefited from being 20 minutes shorter. It's not that it was long, just that the last 20 minutes were an unbelievably stupid end to a more or less solid (if not great) story. Didn't help that I hated all three characters and that it relies on having no knowledge of how the internet works.

Cold Storage - 7/10

Direct-to-DVD horror flick that really wasn't all that terrible. It's certainly not original, and in more capable hands, it could have been profoundly sad and disturbing, but as it is, it's darkly funny and interesting enough to keep you watching. But like "Four Boxes", I'll stop short of calling it "good".

[Pete23Mid]

So since my husband is so addicted to playing Xbox I decided to make use of his Xbox live account get Netflix on it...so I chose a movie to watch "instantly" called Humboldt County because I tend to enjoy the Independent films more than the major motion pictures.

Overall I thought it was awesome..it was basically about a straight arrow guy who follows a pretty girl to a pot farm out in the boonies and over the summer learns a lot about himself and experience quite a bit of loss to. It was pretty deep but very funny too and if you don't mind continuous pot smoking then you may enjoy it

[Hayley the Hedgie]

Movies I watched recently and keeping it simple and sweet:

Scott Pilgrim VS The World - 10
Bee Movie - 8
Wall-E - 9
Inception - 8
Enthiran - 10

[Comrade Pants]

Originally Posted by Hayley the Hedgie

Scott Pilgrim VS The World - 10
Inception - 8

Re-unsubscribing.