MOVIES you watched this week? (DVD)

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

I recently got that as well but haven't watched it yet. I'll always be on of those annoying fans that pick apart a movie based on a book I really love. "That didn't happen"! is usually shouted at the television.

I'm the same. The only real plus side for the movies is the fact that they have Alan Rickman XD

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I'm the same. The only real plus side for the movies is the fact that they have Alan Rickman XD

I adore him as Snape. I also really love Maggie Smith as McGonagall.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I just finished watching An Englishman In New York. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would disagree and criticize it, but I thought the movie was one of the best pieces of art I've seen in a very long time. I found it to be extremely provocative and empowering. And I've always loved the Sting song of the same name... I never knew it was about Quentin Crisp, or who he even was. It's very neat to have the story behind a song I love... and have the story be way better than I could have imagined.

The movie also churned up the issue of art in my mind. It seems to me like the last decade where the boundaries of art were pushed were the 1980s (think Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, etc). Where is the very leading edge of art occurring these days? Where is the innovation? Music, fashion, architecture, and movies seem to be stuck in a recycling mode. I honestly cannot pinpoint a medium or movement which I would think is currently on the forefront. Like Quentin himself said: "There is no post modernism. I believe that once there was modernism and it ended. Now there is only decline and decay."

Hmm, when I think of an art form that's actively engaging with and pushing the modern world, I think of street art right away. Of course, there were already exhibits being formed on street art in the 80s (eww, context issues ahoy), but just walking down the road today, I saw an "I want to be a doctor" ad for an online school modified to read "I want to be a street artist." The paint against the plastic of the sign against the UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX type...it was fantastic.

I'm sure someone on this board is more versed than I am in everything that's going on in the graphic novel/comic world, but that's one area that I'm actively trying to check out more. The people pushing the limits there are really going for it.

One of my best friends was also talking about the ways that our social identities online and the tools that we have at our fingers now are shaping some of what we think of as art. He spoke in particular about the GPS based art that people are trying. That sort of juxtaposition against the tangible and intangible is pretty sweet. I can ask him more about it if you like; I have to admit that I zoned out a bit.

[iamnotafraid]

Netflixing again.

The Lincoln Lawyer
Decent I guess, thought it
would be better. Mcconaughey
needs a hit.

True Grit
Finally got to see this one! Bridges
did a good job. Hard to replace John
Wayne though. Worth watching.

[iamnotafraid]

Soul Surfer
This movie was really good. I had no idea
about who Bethany Hamilton was. What an
inspirational story she has. A great movie
for the whole family.

Be sure to watch the extras at the end of the
movie. Outstanding color, it looked great even
on a regular DVD. Though it was watched on a
high-def TV.

[iamnotafraid]

The Conspirator
Very good movie. Politically
motivated truth?

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

True Grit
Finally got to see this one! Bridges
did a good job. Hard to replace John
Wayne though. Worth watching.

I loved that movie!

[Silver Springs]

Open Season 2

Shadup! It's sweet. "Sthanley, it'th been ages!" XD Roger really cracks me up, I swear. I don't care if it's a child's film. It's charming.

Wayne's World

As they say themselves: Excellent! It fails if you're on the search for intelligent comedy. But if you're a fan of the simpler, more juvenile things in life then Wayne's World ticks all the boxes, in my opinion.

[McTrouble]

All four Vacation films - "Dancin' dancin' dancin' 'cross the USA"

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I loved that movie!

I wish I'd seen it at the theatre.
The big screen would have made
it all the more better.


The King's Speech
I'm sure everybody already knows
that this is a great movie. Fascinating
story.

The Adjustment Bureau
I really enjoyed this movie. I hadn't
read anything about it, so I had no idea
about the turn the movie takes. Hated
for it to end.

[iamnotafraid]

The Company Men
Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and
Kevin Costner. A good cast, and they
did a good job at making me depressed.

[MacFan92]

My dad and brother drug me to the movies a few weeks ago to watch Cowboys and Aliens. It actually wasn't as completely horrible as it sounds.

[MacFan92]

I guess if I could learn to read, I would have realized this is supposed to be about DVD's. Sorry lol.

[iamnotafraid]

Red Riding Hood
I should have known better.

Blue Valentine
So depressing. What
was the purpose of this
movie?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Prt. 1
Now I do realize this movie and the ones that came
before it isn't made for my age group. But this one
was so boring. The only entertaining part was when
the girl read the passage from The Deathly Hallows.
I like how they did that.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Blue Valentine
So depressing. What
was the purpose of this
movie?

Loved this movie. So bittersweet & painfully hard to watch or look away.
Who is the beauty? Who is the beast?? Find the answer.

Actually this Eminem lyric sums it up quite perfectly.

"You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when you with em?
You meet, and neither one of you even know what hit em.
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills used to get em.
Now you’re getting ****in’ sick of lookin’ at em!
you swore you’d never hit em, never do nothin’ to hurt em
Now you’re in each other’s face spewin’ venom in your words when you spit em!"

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn? Well, that's alright...I like the way it hurts!