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The Official Movie Thread

CarltonTheBear said:
OldTimeHockey said:
Chev-boyar-sky said:
Saw Argo last night and while it was good I wasn't blown away.

After The Town, I had very high expectations for this one and while I liked it enough it was kind of underwhelming. Great cast, good acting, decent script, just not a lot happens, I guess.
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I dunno....I found it intense from start to end..though sitting beside my wife, who was clenching onto my arm tight enough to leave bruises, may of upped the intensity.
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That's exactly how I felt too. Thought it was a terrific movie. I really can't decide which one I liked better, but I have to watch The Town again soon.
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The Town was fantastic as well. Once Argo comes out and I have some time I'll sit down and watch both. Right now Argo wins IMO but it's still fresh in my mind.
 
I watched Looper the other day......That may of been the creepiest kid I've ever seen!

How the heck that movie got a 94% on rotten tomatoes is beyond me.

I give it a 6/10 at best.
 
Rob L said:
Well, we have a very good step in the right direction for Star Wars Eposode VII. Matthew Vaughn looks to be directing.
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Finally, a Star Wars movie with all of the subtlety and narrative cohesiveness of Layer Cake.
 
Just to the family to Life of Pi... Great story (it really kicked my ass.) Visually stunning... See it in 3D if you can.
 
Just saw Batman The Dark Knight Rises, awesome movie, slow at times, but overall I liked it, will watch it again, pumped for the next one!!
 
Django Unchained was superb. It's like a Tarantino movie on steroids - and that's actually a good thing. It was a good story turned over by a great cast. Foxx was solid in the lead role, Dicaprio played the bad guy for once and was really good, and Samuel Jackson stole the screen in the latter half of the movie. Still, Cristoph Waltz topped them all. He's clearly going to win an Oscar for this.

At just under 3 hours it's a long one, but it's an extremely entertaining one. Go see it!
 
Justin said:
Django Unchained was superb. It's like a Tarantino movie on steroids - and that's actually a good thing. It was a good story turned over by a great cast. Foxx was solid in the lead role, Dicaprio played the bad guy for once and was really good, and Samuel Jackson stole the screen in the latter half of the movie. Still, Cristoph Waltz topped them all. He's clearly going to win an Oscar for this.

At just under 3 hours it's a long one, but it's an extremely entertaining one. Go see it!
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The Mrs went to see it yesterday and has been raving it about it since!  I guess I've gotta go see it too!

Does the movie flow well, or because it's so long are there some slower parts/sections?
 
Justin said:
Django Unchained was superb. It's like a Tarantino movie on steroids - and that's actually a good thing. It was a good story turned over by a great cast. Foxx was solid in the lead role, Dicaprio played the bad guy for once and was really good, and Samuel Jackson stole the screen in the latter half of the movie. Still, Cristoph Waltz topped them all. He's clearly going to win an Oscar for this.

At just under 3 hours it's a long one, but it's an extremely entertaining one. Go see it!
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I think Christoph Waltz is an acting genius. I'd love to see him in more films.
 
louisstamos said:
Justin said:
Django Unchained was superb. It's like a Tarantino movie on steroids - and that's actually a good thing. It was a good story turned over by a great cast. Foxx was solid in the lead role, Dicaprio played the bad guy for once and was really good, and Samuel Jackson stole the screen in the latter half of the movie. Still, Cristoph Waltz topped them all. He's clearly going to win an Oscar for this.

At just under 3 hours it's a long one, but it's an extremely entertaining one. Go see it!
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The Mrs went to see it yesterday and has been raving it about it since!  I guess I've gotta go see it too!

Does the movie flow well, or because it's so long are there some slower parts/sections?
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It flows very well. It was 3 hours long but didn't feel like it. There was a little bit of a lull after what you would assume is the climax before (sorta spoiler alert!) something crazy happens at the end. But by that time you're so sucked in it doesn't matter. This movie is pure entertainment in many forms: Drama, adventure, love, action, and yes, comedy. People will tell you it's a trademark Tarantino movie spun into a Western but it's actually really hilarious at times. As I said, pure entertainment.
 
It's rare that you can confidently say an actor will win an Oscar without having seen many of the films that other actors are nominated for. I have no doubt in my mind that Waltz will win one again this year. He was that great.
 
Caught 'Jason Becker - Not Dead Yet' decent-ish doco on a blazing guitar player that, after landing a fairly coveted slinger role with David Lee Roth as a very young man, was diagnosed with ALS. 22 years later he's still alive, against the odds, and still writing music with the use of his eyes to guide communication. I had his solo album 'Perpetual Burn' when I was young, crazy shred guitar.

The documentary is clumsy but Jason's story is worth a watch.
 
Haven't seen Reacher and will never do. The books are excellent but the Reacher character in the book is a 6'5" broad shouldered intimidating guy and they chose a 5'5" shrimp that is laughable in the reviews when he talks "tough".
Bad bad casting despite the perhaps better than average chance the box office will be greater than that with a lesser known actor.
 
lamajama said:
Haven't seen Reacher and will never do. The books are excellent but the Reacher character in the book is a 6'5" broad shouldered intimidating guy and they chose a 5'5" shrimp that is laughable in the reviews when he talks "tough".
Bad bad casting despite the perhaps better than average chance the box office will be greater than that with a lesser known actor.
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Well really, movie and books are completely different mediums; it would be boring if everything was exactly the same.  And the reviews for the movie all generally feel that Cruise was great in the role (while the movie was mostly 'by the numbers').

Personally I kind of like seeing movies take a few risks and veer off in their own direction. Hell, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins practically make 'Shawshank Redemption' and they are almost polar opposites of their characters in the story.
 
Andy007 said:
lamajama said:
Haven't seen Reacher and will never do. The books are excellent but the Reacher character in the book is a 6'5" broad shouldered intimidating guy and they chose a 5'5" shrimp that is laughable in the reviews when he talks "tough".
Bad bad casting despite the perhaps better than average chance the box office will be greater than that with a lesser known actor.
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Well really, movie and books are completely different mediums; it would be boring if everything was exactly the same.  And the reviews for the movie all generally feel that Cruise was great in the role (while the movie was mostly 'by the numbers').

Personally I kind of like seeing movies take a few risks and veer off in their own direction. Hell, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins practically make 'Shawshank Redemption' and they are almost polar opposites of their characters in the story.
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I watched the movie. I'm a pretty big Tom Cruise fan, and while it wasn't one of his best films it was rather entertaining.

As for him being too small for the role, it's not like they picked Tobey Maguire to play the guy. Tom Cruise can pull off the intimidating parts despite his size.
 
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