[kenberg]

gwnn, on 2012-July-07, 10:36, said:

kenberg, what did you think of Prometheus?

Haven't. Not yet. Been working somewhat hard (by my standards), and we are visiting friends tonight.

[mike777]

Phil, on 2012-July-07, 08:49, said:

Saw Moonrise Kingdom. Really enjoyed it.

Unlike some Anderson's other films, the quirkiness doesn't get in the way of a really great story.

Agree, this is my second favorite movie of the year so far, Pina is still the best one I have seen this year.


Pina Bausch was a much-loved German choreographer whose work was unlike anybody else's, incorporating earth, water, stones and city streets into music and movement.

http://rogerebert.su...VIEWS/120119991


Both movies have that sense of wonder, discovery and take you to a place that seems not quite real.

[jonottawa]

Not recent, but I watched A Face in the Crowd for the first time last night. What a great flick. Andy Griffith stars as Lonesome Rhodes, the original Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity type.

Youtube clip

[gwnn]

Dredd 3D was pretty awesome if you don't mind a little blood here and there.

[mike777]

End of Watch was very good, a big surprise as I did not expect much.

Adult content.

The Master got rave reviews, I found it basically unwatchable, sure bet to make it onto my list of worst movies of the year.

Seeing Argo on saturday.

btw just finished Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy....what a long and boring read, terrible.
Next up is Tom Wolfe's new one.

[PassedOut]

mike777, on 2012-October-22, 11:07, said:

btw just finished Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy....what a long and boring read, terrible.

Constance just finished it also. She too advised me not to read it. I won't.

[Mbodell]

I ditto that End Of Watch was excellent.

Argo is pretty good too.

I thought Looper was only ok.

My favorite of the last little while was The Perks Of Being a Wallflower.

Dredd 3d wasn't horrible, but felt a bit like a hollywoodization of The Raid: Redemption.

Sleepwalk With Me had its good moments, but also dragged at time. It actually reminded me a lot of the hit and miss qualities of This American Life on NPR (Ira Glass helped make the movie).

Pitch Perfect was better than average for its genre.

I think my top 3 of the year, so far, are Moonrise Kingdom, End of Watch, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm looking forward to seeing Cloud Atlas and am going to try and see The Master, Arbitrage, and Seven Psychopaths in the next couple of weeks.

[Phil]

Mbodell, on 2012-October-23, 02:31, said:

Argo is pretty good too.

Pitch Perfect was better than average for its genre.

I think my top 3 of the year, so far, are Moonrise Kingdom, End of Watch, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm looking forward to seeing Cloud Atlas and am going to try and see The Master, Arbitrage, and Seven Psychopaths in the next couple of weeks.

Both of my daughters were techies in their HS drama department. One of their best friends was in Pitch Perfect: Brian Silver. Brian also caddied at the San Diego NABC.

Liked Argo - it was compelling even though it was a little concocted.

Need to get out and see The Master, but its kind of dark for my wife. Cloud Atlas also looks like a movie I'd like.

[mike777]

Perks had its good parts but I found the movie very pretentious.

I never believed tha kid was 14 years old, in fact all the kids looked and acted much older.

The movie felt liked it should be called "Rich, white, high school kids have problems too"

[y66]

This looks promising smashing. From Peter Travers in Rolling Stone November 8, 2012:

Quote

If you can forget the putrid follow-up to Casino Royale that was Quantum of Solace, then Skyfall continues James Bond's backstory with staggering style and assurance. This is Bond like you've never seen him, almost Freudian in his vulnerability. And a dynamite Daniel Craig, never better in the role, nails Bond's ferocity and feeling. Mortality lurks in the shadows as Craig digs deep into Bond's past. Citizen Kane had his Rosebud. Bond has his Skyfall. What is it? I'll never tell. Don't expect hints in Adele's beauty of a title song. Even Javier Bardem's dangerously thrilling baddie, Silva, has real-world issues. Ben Whishaw is wily fun as a young Q with his own take on gadgets. And Judi Dench, magisterial and magnificent as M, Bond's boss, lets go with the emotional heat she withheld in the Pierce Brosnan films. Bond cries. You might, too. This time it really is personal.

Sam Mendes (American Beauty), the first Oscar winner to direct a 007, teams with cinematographer Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men) to create images so gorgeous you'll want to lick the screen. The stunts are aces (check that train shootout in Istanbul that renders 007 unfit for duty), the mission intriguing (find a hard drive containing a list of NATO agents infiltrating global terrorist groups), the acting beyond the call of 007 duty (props to Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Albert Finney as characters too juicy to reveal).

But what makes Skyfall top off as Bond at his best is the way Mendes and screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan use England itself – past, present and uncertain future – to remind us where Bond has been and where he's going. You'll want to be there. Skyfall is smashing, just smashing.

[gwnn]

I saw a great Danish film (Jagten = The Hunt). A moving story on a man (kindergarten teacher) wrongly accused of paedophilia. It really was one of the most intense films I've seen recently.

[gwnn]

Quite excited about this sequel:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/

Although I probably would have preferred to keep the open end of the first sequel open. '-Baby, you are gonna miss that plane! -I know..'

[akhare]

gwnn, on 2013-February-04, 04:26, said:

Quite excited about this sequel:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/

Although I probably would have preferred to keep the open end of the first sequel open. '-Baby, you are gonna miss that plane! -I know..'

Loved the first two parts and am really looking forward to the third one.

On a different note, two of my recent favourites:

Life of Pi (catch it in 3D-IMAX if you can)
Django Unchained

[blackshoe]

I was disappointed by "A Good Day to Die Hard". In one sense a typical "Die Hard" movie, but it somehow didn't really fill the bill. OTOH, it did set up a way to continue the franchise without Bruce Willis, who seems to me to be getting a little old for the role of John McClain, with the "John McClain, Jr." character as the leading role.

[mike777]

blackshoe, on 2013-February-19, 23:37, said:

I was disappointed by "A Good Day to Die Hard". In one sense a typical "Die Hard" movie, but it somehow didn't really fill the bill. OTOH, it did set up a way to continue the franchise without Bruce Willis, who seems to me to be getting a little old for the role of John McClain, with the "John McClain, Jr." character as the leading role.

I love Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies...this one was mediocre.... Too little Bruce...


so far this year is off to a poor start at the movies, worst start in memory.

[Mbodell]

mike777, on 2013-February-20, 00:27, said:

I love Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies...this one was mediocre.... Too little Bruce...

Agree.

mike777, on 2013-February-20, 00:27, said:

so far this year is off to a poor start at the movies, worst start in memory.

Not so sure this is true. Start of year is always poor. I liked Warm Bodies a lot. I've heard Mama was pretty good. And Hansel and Gretel was not horrible (for a January opening film in that genre - which is quite the caveat).

[gwnn]

Don't watch Oblivion. A fitting title for a forgettable film.

[mike777]

gwnn, on 2013-April-13, 17:59, said:

Don't watch Oblivion. A fitting title for a forgettable film.

agree

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best movie of the year so far is MUD

a coming of age movie about the nature of love and youth

http://www.youtube.c...m9IFlz2iYo#t=9s


Movie Info



Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a ... More



http://www.rottentom...com/m/mud_2012/

[gwnn]

Before Midnight might just be the best film I have ever seen.

[mike777]

gwnn, on 2013-June-08, 15:31, said:

Before Midnight might just be the best film I have ever seen.

This movie wont make my town until next week. I just finished rewatching the first two movies in the series.

btw fast and furious 6 is a terrific summer action movie...fun and funny with great car chases. Some scenes are so far out you will laugh and clap .....great summer movie...see it.