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Hugo
Eh....didn't really grab me as I thought it would. Friends thought I'd love it, but alas, no. The Muppets Loved it! I even laughed out loud a few times, which I rarely do when watching something alone. Young Sherlock Holmes I never tire of this movie. |
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Though Kermit's sounds close. On a positive note, I did like Walter. |
Melancholia
This Kirsten Dunst movie looked like it would be interesting. And there are parts in the movie where the imagery live up to that. But it fails in the end. The Rebound Catherine Zeta-Jones is just not enough to get through this entire movie. I usually can make myself sit through most any movie, but not this one. Horrible. London Boulevard Staring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley turned out to be pretty good. An ex-con that just can't seem to break away from his past. Eric Clapton - One More Car, One More Rider Wow, what a great concert. Of course the db level was at concert level in my living room (DTS). I needed some musical inspiration, and that hit the spot. Rent or buy this disc. |
Final Destination 5 - I just can't help myself. Trash, but really fun trash. Better than the last one.
Paul - Dorky film, but I kinda liked it. |
Tried to watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but could not get through it. Too dark.
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Stage Fright- Marlene Dietrich (whom I adore) and Alfred Hitchcock, what more could anyone ask for. Loved it.
Brief Encounter- I think I watched this at the same time last week lol. Love it, Celia Johnson has one of the most beautiful faces I have ever seen. She has a quirky smile which I love. Love it. |
Manhattan. I never really had much exposure to Allen growing up, so I'm only know watching all of his back-catalogue. I can appreciate the style, the dialogue, the cleverness of it all...but sometimes I do find him to be really irritating.
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Midnight In Paris was pretty decent. I wish he would have chosen a different actor for the lead role though. |
Miss Bala
Shouldn't it be titled Miss Baja? Anyway, a movie that's thoroughly depressing. A woman gets caught up (used) in the Mexican American drug war. I think the movie claimed over 30,000 people have been killed in the last six years. But we all wear our blinders on this subject it seems. What a crazy world we live in. |
I finally saw The Hunger Games. I have to say I wasn't really impressed. I felt like I was watching The Running Man, but with teenagers. Hmpf. The performances weren't too bad. The movie just wasn't great. Not bad either. :shrug: 7/10, tops.
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Bride Flight
This foreign film was surprisingly good. Actually one of the best films I've seen in this past year. It's mostly in Dutch (with my family tree, I should speak it) and a little English. Three women from Holland, I guess you would call them bride-to-be's meet this man (a farmer) who are all emigrating to New Zealand. Their lives become intertwined during that flight. I would say more, but I don't want to give anything away. Definitely worth renting!!! Bridesmaids Funny and horrible. Take Shelter Michael Shannon and Katy Mixon. The preview looked good. But the movie was a fail. X-Men First Class Why did I even try? Boring. Cowboys And Aliens It was what I expected it to be. A terrible waste of my time. |
The Iron Lady
I sure thought this would be a better movie. Meryl Streep looks and talks like Margaret Thatcher, but that's not enough to make it a good movie. Talking to her dead husband and lurking around halls, I'd say her story deserves better than this. The Descendants Another disappointment. A very depressing watch. Yes, more shots of the sick comatose woman. Frozen I might put off my skiing trip again after seeing this. Frostbite, broken bones and wolves oh my! |
Superman (1978) with Christopher Reeve. At one point my wife looked at me and she said, "He really was Superman, wasn't he?" :nod:
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The Darkest Hour
Really bad, I mean really bad. From The Basement Thought this would be much better. Worth renting only to see The White Stripes. Janie Jones A rocker finds out from a groupie that he has a 13 year old daughter. Pretty decent movie overall. Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol I was actually enjoying this Tom Cruise movie until the flying man appeared. I'm confused, are these agents Jedi's? The sound was spectacular though. It's worth renting if you don't think too much. J. Edgar An interesting movie. How much better would these types of movies be if you could believe everything that's in them? DeCaprio didn't really look like J. Edgar until the very last shot. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Boring. |
Immortals
The effects were very 300ish, which I liked, but the story was S L O W. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol OK. Paula Patton was the best part of the entire movie. |
I finally saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes - loved it. I like movies where the aliens/monsters/Earth/apes totally pwn the stupid, frivolously materialistic and petty humans. :nod:
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Has anyone seen The Cabin in the Woods? I've heard mixed things.
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I just saw THE AVENGERS last night. Superb film. 9/10. One of the best superhero/comic book movies ever.
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Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol.2 Death Proof Finally added these to my blu ray collection. |
I like to look up Deul with Dennis Weaver which was mention earlier on the Ledge.
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I watched Titus yesterday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120866/ It was really good! Even with the Shakespeare-speak. |
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As for me, I just watched the most recent version of Wuthering Heights (2011). Can't say I was impressed. Nothing but gimmicky, heavy handed camera work, obvious symbolism (Cathy's a bird in a gilded cage, duh!) and dodgy performances. Plus, even though the publicity material made a big deal about how the screenplay was lifted directly from the novel, several key scenes are either shortened considerably or missing altogether! The search goes on for a decent adaptation of one of my favourite novels. Oh well. |
Woman In Black (2012) - Good, but prefer the old 1989 version.
TrollHunter - Freaking loved it and had some good laughing. And then had a Albert Brooks Double Feature: Defending Your Life The Muse |
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Tower Heist, on On Demand. We got a coupon from our cable co. for a $.99 On Demand movie, so we used it on Tower Heist. I wanted to see it when it came out, but never got around to it. I thought it was really good, very funny. I would definitely recommend it.
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Straw Dogs No surprise. A big thumbs down. |
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Mel Brooks movies were great"LOL Disney Swiss Family Robinson I remember going to the movies to see Disney's Swiss Family Robinson with my sister. |
Didn't Lindsey Buckingham say something like
"it just reinforces my faith in cycles"? More times than not this cycle turns up in the movies I watch. Not on purpose, on my part at least. Movies with the same theme, actors or actresses. I can't tell you how many times this happens. Coincidence? I think not. Most of my movies are chosen by the random order Amazon has them in on new release dates. I can't seem to explain it. And don't get me started on deja vu. The Night Of The Grizzly (1966) Clint Walker stars in this movie which I probably saw back in the 70's (re-release I'm guessing). It's a decent family movie. And there's not many of them these days. Worth watching. Mr. Walker was one big man. He probably could have whipped that Grizzly bare-handed. The Grey Liam Neeson stars in this disappointing movie. Plane crash, cold, wolves and more wolves. But we know this from the previews. Yes, it's lame but it will make you jump out of your seat a few times. |
Batman Returns
Still just as bizarre, fun, and weird as it was 20 years ago. The Quick & the Dead An underrated & fun-to-watch flick about justice, and vengeance. 'Sides, how can you go wrong with Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone? Chronicle A semi-fresh take on the whole superhero/teens-with-powers genre of late. Worth a viewing, though it's not a groundbreaking film by any means. |
Love Doris Day!
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PAUL, from the guys who did Run Fat Boy Run , Shaun of the Dead and Hot FUZZ
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The Secret World Of Arrietty
A remake of the of the fairy tale The Borrowers. I thought this animated movie was very good. Worth watching if you like this sort of thing. |
Contagion.
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Super 8
Pretty decent flick. The sound was fantastic. War Horse Bit of a let down. (get it?) |
Withnail & I
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Safe House
Mr. Denzel Washington scores again. A good movie from one of my favorite actors. Great sound too. |
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So-so psychological thriller film. http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/wp-co...arbarella1.jpg Oh Barbarella on blu-ray is just as funny as always. |
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