The "I Just Watched..." Thread

[Grave]

A lot of people seem to have really strong feelings about one reading or another, but it was my feeling that the truth wasn't terribly clear. There was some discussion about that earlier in the thread but I think it's mostly just me saying what I'm saying now.

I guess I can see complaints about the gratuitous violence, but I feel like the excess is sort of the point. You know, despite being what I think is a good script based on a good book, I'm not terribly sure that it would have worked without Christian Bale.

Also, Valgar, I'm surprised to hear you say that about Hellboy. I was a fan of both the comic and Del Toro before seeing it, and that probably helped, but I think that as far as comic book movies go it's pretty damn close.

[Ryan]

In all honesty it has been over two years since I read any of the books. I just don't remember Hellboy being a teen who always got in trouble and needed to be babysat. I know he started shit and made things blow up, A LOT, but it was awesome.

[gamevet]

American Psycho - Why has no one told me of this movie in the past 8 years? It is now one of my top 3. Christian Bale was amazing.

You even mention American Psycho on this board, and you're obliterated with quotes from the film. It's a classic!

[gamevet]

I've recently watch The Omega Man on HD-DVD. It's a pretty good movie, but the hippy vampires are a pretty good laugh.

[Brand X]

John Rambo - Holy shit was this movie brutal. A+ action movie. Though it could have been longer. An hour and 15 min? Really?

[EightBitShik]

Dan in real life - It caught me off guard, I thought it was going to be a super silly movie and I was surpised at how dry and slow paced it was. Which made me enjoy it alot. Good rent.

Walk Hard - I wanted to like it but I just didn't I think one of the only times I actually laughed out loud was when my dog accidently turned the tv off while we were watching it.

[Compass]

Juno

Okay. This movie sucked hard... for the first fifteen minutes. They really should have rewritten all that dialogue -- the stuff in the convenience store and Juno's phone call to her friend -- because it came off horribly contrived, unrealistic, and just plain irritating.

Eventually it finds its rhythm and becomes (slightly) more convincing, and I ended up really enjoying myself.

The soundtrack was egregiously awful, with the exception of one or two songs.

[EvilMog]

John Rambo - Holy shit was this movie brutal. A+ action movie. Though it could have been longer. An hour and 15 min? Really?

Your damn right!

[Brand X]

Whose damn right?

[Scourge]

I watched Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster. Holy fuck this movie was awesome on so many levels. Anybody looking for a great old movie to buy or rent, this is one. I bought it for $8 at Borders. It's considered a film noir, but has little if anything to do with crime or gangsters. Just bad people being bad.

Tony Curtis plays a struggling press agent to Burt Lancaster's columnist who holds the rich and powerful to his will through his paper. Curtis needs Lancaster in order to keep afloat, but the price in favors he must pay Lancaster to have a bone throne his way spirals out of control.

Beautiful performances, amazing script, incredible cinematography, kick ass score. Highly recommended.