What Is The Last Movie You Watched?

[Natston]

The Pledge



It's difficult to say a whole lot about it without ruining the story but I highly recommend it because of the counter-genre aspect of it. It was directed by Sean Penn, so it has the "Into the Wild" feel to it in that the latter deconstructs "road movies". "The Pledge" does the same for the detective genre.

Spoiler:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Versprechen:_Requiem_auf_den_Kriminalroman

[bellisimo]

Skyline - it had a bit of a made for dvd feel to it, but it was still entertaining...

Jonah Hex - it had potential to be good if done right...there were a few wtf? moments in it....

Grown Ups - It was a bit too bland...such a generic flick...

[N8R]

Easy A

It was entertaining. Had a vibe of a typical teen movie to it with the “happy” ending and story that wraps up like you think it will. It was an interesting story though.

[N8R]

Monsters

A film about two people trying to get back to the United States from Mexico where alien monsters or “creatures” have landed and infected the area. It was well done, had me actually guessing a few times and had me hooked. Some of the plot line was predictable and some of the special effects were very noticeable but I mean it was also a lower budget film so they made the best with what they had. I would recommend it.

[Ms. Piggy]

I wanted to see Easy A. Maybe I'll put it on my Netflix.

[N8R]

It was a good watch.

[Venice]

I'm embarrassed to say that I enjoyed it a little.

[Natston]

and


Got a couple of chuckles from the low-brow campy movies featuring Canadian Trailer-Trash...

[Ms. Piggy]

Two Days in April



A little documentary that follows 4 prospective draft picks as they train, and prepare for the 2006 NFL Draft. Very interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes of the Senior Bowl and Combine. I recommend it to anyone that enjoys NFL football and more specifically, the draft.

[Pig Nash]

Netflix?

[Ms. Piggy]

Yup! I think you would enjoy it.

[Venice]

True Grit

I saw True Grit last night. WOW. The Coen brothers just keep on making great movies. Fantastic.

[N8R]

Black Swan

Great movie plain and simple. Natalie Portman deserves to be nominated and win for Best Actress. She turns herself into this character both physically and mentally. First off she is drop dead gorgeous. I have always known it and thought it and every movie I see with her in it I feel it and want to feel her cause she is the ideal beauty for me. She is very convincing in this roll. Darren Aronofsky had made another masterpiece. I suggest this movie to everyone who reads this. Just freaking GREAT!!!!

[N8R]

The Town

Watched this movie in two parts only due to my laptop running out of battery while in Windsor. Good flick. Had a very realistic feel to it for being a modern day bank robbery/heist film. Acted well, directed well and overall just done well.

[N8R]

Transformers

This movie had been playing for what seemed like 3 days non-stop over christmas so I saw the entire movie over those three days. It still kind of holds up but Megan Fox really can’t act, the transformer characters just sound weak and pathetic and there is a great deal of overacting...so I guess it doesn’t really hold up.

[N8R]

Cyrus

Not very funny for being a comedy but I enjoy it nonetheless. Little weird, unexpected but worth the watch.

[N8R]

Ned Kelly

Good Australian film about the outlaw Ned Kelly and trying to show a human side of his reasoning and they did a good job. I was rooting for him the whole time but it is very rare that I will root for the cops in any movie. Realistic feel to it, cool story. Heath Ledger did a great job in this one.

[Ms. Piggy]

A State of Mind

Synopsis from Netflix: Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families.

A very eye-opening, interesting documentary! I really enjoyed it. These two girls are participating in the Mass Games- this enormous show of gymnastics, dancing, and basically love of North Korea's triumphs and leaders: Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung. The film documented the girls' daily lives, the family dynamics, how closed off North Korea really is, and how everything they do revolves around Communism and their love of their two leaders. Then on top of all of that it shows how intense and serious they take these Mass Games. I wish I could actually see a Mass Game all the way through. Every performance is synchronized so that everyone works as one. There are thousands of girls flipping at the same time, so that if one girl fell, she would ruin the entire dance. I've been in musicals in high school, so I know how tough it is to pull something like that off. While I don't agree with North Korea's practices, I have a lot of respect for these performers. I highly recommend this film to anyone that was ever curious about North Korea and can appreciate good choreography.

[N8R]

127 Hours

Wow...just wow.

I had wanted to see this for a while and just never had the timing right with friends going and whatnot but wow was it ever a good one. They handled the whole movie well, had you thinking something different might happen but in the end they are just telling the story of Aron Ralston and what happened over the 127 hours that he was pinned by a rock while on a hike near Moab, Utah. The arm cutting off part was of course going to happen and I think they handled it well. When he eventually did get out and start his walk to freedom I actually got teary eyed and very moved. Just thinking that it happened to someone and the extreme crap he had to put his mind and body through just overwhelmed me with emotion. Just a great film

8.5/10

[N8R]

The Mechanic

Such a typical Jason Statham movie. I thought there might be something new but I had figured out the plot from the beginning. It was predictable, the blood and kill shots looked extremely fake, the acting was barely there and it was just underwhelming. Don’t waste your time.

After some IMDB.com searching it looks like this movie is a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson movie of the same title. Why does Hollywood just remake movies. Think of something new damn it.

5.5/10

[N8R]

P.S. My Black Swan post in #109 came true in the Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Female Performance. So glad she won!!!!

[Trader Joe]

Yeah she looked super hot even though she was preggers too.

[Natston]

I Love You Phillip Morris



Certainly uneven and it wallows through some gay stereotyping, it was an okay movie. It's wasn't hilarious by any means by it was kinda engrossing for me because it's based on a true story...

[N8R]

Waiting for Forever

Pretentious, poorly cast, poorly written, poorly acted, poorly done. Nothing good to say about this one other than you get to see Rachel Bilson being hot on screen for a while. The whole story was ridiculous, the plot was flawed, the directed didn’t do a good job directing, the writer didn’t write a good enough movie, the dialogue seemed fake, the reactions the actors gave seemed ACTED. There wasn’t a moment in this entire film where I was able to escape into the world that was trying to be created for me. Everything just stood out as fake and a movie. Nothing good to say. Don’t even bother with this one. Just a total hack of a movie.

0/10

[N8R]

Fast Five

Wow was this movie ever funny. I love a movie where you see nothing but destruction and a total disregard for human life. If this movie happened in real life about 200 people (police, criminals, women and children) would have been dead because of this movie. It was just so unbelievable but I actually did enjoy the movie. So long as you go into the movie knowing you are watching a 2 hour long stunt scene you will enjoy it. The acting was not present, the stereotypes however were but they did set up at the very end of the movie after the fake car chase a scenario for yet another movie minus all the stars except the rock.

7/10