The "I Just Watched..." Thread

[YellerDog]

I hated Bourne Ultimatum also. Casino Royale's foot-chase intro DESTROYS the one in BU, besides being a better movie in every category. Bourne is the airport novel version of James Bond. Zzz.


I just got home from No Country for Old Men. Amazing.

[Rem]

John Cusack needs to be casted as the next Gamera.

It's like they were seperated at birth

[MechDeus]

Bourne is the airport novel version of James Bond.

I'm not sure if you meant this to its literal extent, but it actually is. That said, in terms of the books I've always felt Bourne > Bond. Though to be fair I haven't read them in years and put off doing so again in order for me to watch the movies without having a bunch of preconceived notions (I don't remember much about the trilogy besides loving it). Still have yet to see Ultimatum, I'll hopefully get around to that fairly soon.

Leon: It was okay. I love Reno, I love Oldman, I love Besson, and yet for whatever reason I felt like the first 2/3 of this movie were very lacking. Most of the humor seemed poorly implemented and distracting, and I honestly had a hard time giving it all of my attention until the great finale sequence. Now, once they did finally kick in their heels, got serious, and stopped treating the whole thing like a happy-go-lucky sitcom about the wacky adventures of the hitman that doesn't understand our customs and the little girl that could make him laugh I was totally hooked. If I had seen this 15 years ago when it was first recommended to me I probably would've been much more into it, but it was not up to what I was expecting.

The hallway scene at the end was pretty overdone and had little reason on Leon's part, but its got age on it so I'll forgive it there. Also, when I'd heard about the heavy pedophile angle I wasn't expecting it to be as much as they actually had in there, they all but fucked on screen. Jeez.

I Am Legend: Almost the opposite of the above, first 2/3 were pretty good and then it petered out into blah. I know it's based off of a book and so they can't (shouldn't) really rewrite the whole thing, but if they had ended it right when it started to go downhill it would've made for a much more powerful and effective ending. I'm referring to if he died on the wharf during his car standoff instead of being rescued by those other people. Ah well, maybe when I see the Omega Man down the road I'll find it has better execution.

[animegirl]

I watched The Devil's Backbone and it was excellent. Like if Pan's was a 9 this movie was an 8. I want to watch his earlier movie Chronos now but it's out of print.

[The_Meach]

Watched It's a Wonderful Life.

I actually think this is an under-rated movie. Yes, it's one of the most recognizable movies in history and many ppl think it's good. But I would argue it's popular b/c it's "cute" (see: angels getting their wings, blahblahblah).

This movie actually has a very, very compelling subplot about George Bailey and his frustrated aspirations (of travelling the world, becoming an engineer, etc.) and how he puts others ahead of himself (the S&L, his fam, etc.). THAT is why this is a great movie.

Also saw I Am Legend.

Surprisingly good. Had drinks at a McMennamins before the movie and heard one of the guys at the bar talking about how Legend was the worst movie he'd seen all year, next to The Enchanted (!!!), so I wasn't holding out hope for a good movie.

The first 60% of the movie was very well-paced. I thought it fell apart a little at the end but overall it was very good. My main complaint? We've a glut of these movies on the market now (Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days/Weeks, Resident Evil, Underworld, etc.). I never thought I'd say it but I'm starting to get tired of zombie movies.

ADDED: One of the previews was for The Dark Knight. It's sacriligious to have a non-Jack Joker but (I can't believe I'm saying this) I will watch this movie.

[YellerDog]

I'm not sure if you meant this to its literal extent, but it actually is. That said, in terms of the books I've always felt Bourne > Bond. Though to be fair I haven't read them in years and put off doing so again in order for me to watch the movies without having a bunch of preconceived notions (I don't remember much about the trilogy besides loving it). Still have yet to see Ultimatum, I'll hopefully get around to that fairly soon.

I ment it on a lot of levels.

Boring being the main one.

I've seen Bourne 1 and 3, nothing in the world will make me interested enough to spend the time to see 2. I hope the books are better (they'd almost have to be, as the Cold War was completely stripped out of the movies, right?).

[Super-Eggroll]

I rented Nightwatch and Daywatch this weekend, after hearing how good the first one was and seeing that Daywatch was recently released.

Nightwatch was definitely worth watching, if just for the visuals alone. The plot wasn't without it's flaws, but it was a good 1st movie in what was originally planned as a trilogy.

Daywatch was a boring scattershot mess of a movie that couldn't decide if it wanted to center around the Chalk of Fate storyline, or the kid's evil birthday party. The "rules" of the movie were never really explained very well, and the ending was just a big let down. If there were plans for a third-part, there's really no where left to go with this story since he used the Chalk to completely undo the events that led to everything that happens in both flicks. They also got cheap and didn't have the artsy subtitles throughout the film like the first movie did.

Character-wise, Anton made a shitty Nightwatch cop. In both movies.

[Grave]

Watched Robocop last night with one of my roommates. If you haven't seen it recently, you might have forgotten how awesome it is. I know I did. You need to fix this.

Tried to watch August Underground after but it was absolutely awful. Not particularly shocking or even entertaining. Say what you will about movies like the Guinea Pig films, at least they're not dull. Couldn't say the same about this.

[youandwhosearmy]

I just watched Primer again the other night.

The best movie I've ever seen where I knew less that 20% of what was going at all times. Its confusing as fuck, but worth it. It really is kind one of those movies where little things character's say ("Why can't I write any more...") screw with you entirely. The most realistic look at time travel I've ever seen in a movie.

[YellerDog]

Watched Robocop last night with one of my roommates. If you haven't seen it recently, you might have forgotten how awesome it is. I know I did. You need to fix this.

I've got a roomate from India who's going to grad school for computer science. Got home the other night, he's halfway through Robocop 2.

He spent the entire afternoon and evening getting caught up on Robocop movies.

That's so cool.