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As for Titanic, for years I swore that I would never watch the movie. But, when I finally did, I found that I rather enjoyed it.Same thing happened with Forrest Gump.
I also really enjoyed Win Win.Saw Bridesmaids in the theater and about peed my pants laughing. So funny.
Anybody see Drive with Ryan Gosling? Just saw it this week, and scenes from it are really staying with me. Very stylish noir, and then occasional scenes of surprisingly brutal violence. Never thought I'd see the day that Albert Brooks plays a mobster who thrusts a fork in a goon's eye!
Sorry I haven't been around. Haven't really watched much. I'm loving October. 31 days of Halloween on scifi. Not into that channel...but I like some of the movies. I saw See No Evil and then Hostel part 2. I might watch Chain Letter today.
I watched some really old movies last night:A Trip to the Moon (1902) - The first ever sci-fi movie. Very interesting in a weird sort of way.
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Just saw Bridesmaids. I usually don't like a lot of comedies because often they are sooo stupid. This was a home run even brought a tear at the end. The bathroom scene was priceless.
Ok...well I need to go see this movie then. I know you don't like comedies, Michael.
Got to talking to some of my old college friends about some of our crazier exploits during our wild NYC clubbing days in the mid-late 80s and it prompted me go back and re-watch Paris is Burning. We were on the very,very, periphery of the whole drag-ball subculture she documents and just watching it again takes me immediately back.
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I have Drive lined up to see next, though I'm not much of a Ryan Gosling fan.
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Last movie I saw in the theater was Puss in Boots. I enjoyed it. The creators did a very good job creating a stand alone story set in Shrek's world, but focusing on Puss.Last movie I watched at home, on old-fashion VHS, was Aladdin. A childhood favorite that I rediscovered and enjoy again in my adulthood.
Haven't been around much in the group but I did catch a few movies before the end of 2011.Bridesmaid...I watched this on Christmas Day. I didn't care for this movie at all. It was humorous at times but I thought I would have been dying with laughter. Not so much. Melissa McCarthy's comedic timing was excellent. She definitely kept me laughing.
The Hangover...I'm not into these kinds of movie but I actually enjoyed it a lot. I definitely want to see part 2.
Xmen-First Class...meh! Not the best but a great way to see how the Xmen started.
Sarah's Key...I read the book (I'll talk about it in the other thread) and I enjoyed it so much that went and got the DVD. Big mistake! I didn't care for the movie at all. They cut out scenes that I thought should have been there. Also, the movie lacked the emotional punch that the book had. This is one of the main reasons why I don't like to see a movie before reading a book. If I had saw this movie before reading the book, I wouldn't have read the book.
The Help...enjoyed it :) Finally got a movie that I did like. It wasn't as good as the book but it stayed pretty close to it. LOL. Octavia Spencer did a superb job as Minnie.
Horrible Bosses...funny and cheesy but a decent movie.
Just watched MONEYBALL thoroughly enjoyed it good performance by Brad Pitt.But I am a baseball fan.
Also have been watching the first season of Boardwalk Empire great show.
This past Tuesday, I saw Redtails. I thought it was a good WWII film.
Paranormal Activity 3what a ridiculous mess. Man in sheer panic frantically running thru the house searching for his lost family but he's carrying the camera!
The Woman in Black
Nice atmosphere and some good "jump" scenes.
I liked it and those who are fans of this genre will be satisfied.
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Bridesmaid...I watched this on Christmas Day. I didn't care for this movie at all. It was humorous at tim..."
Loved Bridesmaid. I thought it was pretty funny with great performances all around.
I saw the Hangover Part II, Part I is better.
Horrible Boss was just so so for me, but Jamie Foxx's Muthafucka Jones was sick! lol
I was one of the millions that saw The Hunger Games. I read the books - so I think that made it even better. I loved it though.
I went and saw The Hunger Games as well. It was good. I was more impressed with the side characters than the actors that played the main characters in the book.I also saw Good Deeds and it was just meh!
Things to ComeWritten by H.G. Wells himself. Wells must have sensed another World War looming on the horizon. In the movie, made in the mid-1930s, a decades-long World War starts in 1940--a year after it started in reality. I especially love the final scene, where the main character talks about Mankind expanding out into the Universe. A real Star Trek-like moment.
"Oh, God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?"
"Rest enough for the individual man - too much, and too soon - and we call it death. But for Man, no rest and no ending. He must go on, conquest beyond conquest. First this little planet with its winds and ways, and then all the laws of mind and matter that restrain him. Then the planets about him and at last out across immensity to the stars. And when he has conquered all the deeps of space and all the mysteries of time, still he will be beginning."
And, to think that this movie was released 21 years before the Space Age began.
Just finished watching the Movie... "Mooz Lum"... awesome. So much depth and awesome actors... It brings religion...Human strength...faith... and so much more all under one house...
Also watched "Bel Ami"... Yes Robert Pattison in this one is a far cry from his Twlight character but nonetheless he plays the part of a man who is driven to climb that social laddder by any means necessary...( Ok.. I must read the book)
Watched "Bel Ami"...hum...what people won't do to get to the top of the social ladder.
I haven't seen either of these movies. I'll have to look into them.
Watched " End of watch" over the weekend... This was a good one... the life of two officers who stumble across more than they bargined for along with the audience... it's a good one to watch.. abit graphic in certain parts but a good reflective movie.
I thought I posted on "End of Watch" but I must have had too many martinis.Had to leave the theatre couldn't take the hand held camera scenes of the car chase it made me dizzy.
Took a friends grandson to see Paranorman. Fun movie.
Saw Loopers interesting as all time travel plots can be
Moviemavengal wrote: "Anybody see Drive with Ryan Gosling? Just saw it this week, and scenes from it are really staying with me. Very stylish noir, and then occasional scenes of surprisingly brutal violence. Never th..."It does cause quit an impact... I hated the ending as far as with the romance side...I felt that sometimes people are in sitations where they have been hurt theat they give themselves just a few moments and then that's it .. for protection.. a rather seriously emotional and though provoking movie.
Michael wrote: "I thought I posted on "End of Watch" but I must have had too many martinis.Had to leave the theatre couldn't take the hand held camera scenes of the car chase it made me dizzy."
The hand held camera seems are somehwat annoying but what they have captured was far more interestign and graphic...
Has anyone watched..."SHAME"... it was nothing like I expected but how does one make a movie about sex addiction without being that graphic...What did anyone else think of the movie?
Saw Argo tonight Ben Affleck acted and did a very good job. He also directed and did a great job. This is an Academy worthy film.
I haven't seen that one yet. That is some high praises. I definitely will have to look into it.
watched Woodlawn this afternoon nice feel good movie about Tony Nathan
Oh wow talk about blast from the past. Nobody has posted in forever. Glad it was a good movie. It looked good.
@ Sam good to see you are still around
nice to see those great legs. don't know how much I will contribute just thought I would see if there are some newbies that might want to jump in.
Last movie I saw on DVD was Hook, a childhood favorite of mine.