What was the last movie you saw?

alpha dog - i will say i was a bit secptical aboot this one cuzz its ahs justin timberlake in it, i will say there was alot of violence which i like and alot of pot smoking that sex scene was pritty deadly too but it left me thinking "why god did i just do that, i want my 2 hours bac"

flight of the pheonix- id have to say that its a great movie, alittle farfechetd but ok, the part i most like was when the red one got shot it was all slow-mo and stuff that was cool

signs- one of my favorite movies its just all comes together, very creepy it just seems like if it happened it would happen that way or similar, i also lovfe hjow everything copmes together at the end with the water and "swing away"
 
Oh Northanger is more on the realistic side of Austen's writing.
I loved it for that but also felt a bit cheated.
"So life isn't all 'Pride and prejudice'? Nice going, Jane!"

And no, I don't see a role for myself in anything :D
 
Not sure I'd call it that, actually. It was a wonderful send-up of the Gothic (and its effects on readers of the time), though... even if it was written -- what? 20? -- years before being published....
 
BRICK (hailed as the next Donnie Darko, erm it isn't!!)- watched this on DVD last night (Gave Freddie v's Jason on terrestrial TV a miss!), good if a little surreal, at times it's got it's own language and takes awhile to get out of it's own ass. The leads the kid from 3rd rock all grown up, class acting all round.
 
Now normally I would never watch any of the Fast and the Furios movies....not my thing at all....BUT I watch Tokyo Drift because the hubby wanted to watch it and I was really surprised as to how good it was.
 
steve12553 said:
Just got back from the Rise of the Silver Surfer. Not bad. Better than the first one. Part of Father's Day by someone many of us know.
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Just saw this myself & echo Steve's comments. It was better than the 1st one but as I hated the 1st one that's fairly faint praise.
The whole franchise is aimed at a younger demographic than say X-Men though so as long as you go in there expecting superhero slapstick and "mild peril" then you know what you're in for.
The surfer is pretty much the real star of this movie as evidenced by the trailers and even the name of the film but even his character is rather poorly fleshed out and his very sparse dialogue doesn't help things. I hope there's an extended/directors cut for the dvd because this movie gives the impression that a lot was left on the editing floor due to time constraints.
My overall impression:
Watchable if you like superhero movies, but poor if you don't.
 
I watched Altered States (1980) last night for the first time and it holds up suprisingly well for a 27yr old sci fi movie. It's a shame I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but as it was on pay-tv I'll likely catch it on repeat in the next few days.

*SPOILERS*

I thought the acting was extremely good, particually Hurt but also the surrounding cast. The make up for the initial regression scenes works fine and although during Hurt's last experience in the isolation tank there was an element of "Look what we can do with special effects now!" there's also a feeling of them being used to give an impression of what was happening and not neccessarily show complete realism, which worked fairly well.

The only point I thought that the SFX got in the way of the film was the ending where for me it really detracted from the final scene. The script gets very 'wordy' in places but then again this isn't a high school rebel out saving the world but an experience by a group of scientists so its not really out of place.

One maybe silly point was that I thought the film used nudity really well, it's never gratuitous but continually reminded the viewer of the characters humanity.

It doesn't look like there were any sequels which is nice and suprising, there's plenty of room left for sequels yet very little they could add before becoming 'monster movies', now days there would probably be a dozen :rolleyes:.

Over all a really enjoyable movie.
 
I watched, ah....Sense and Sensibility last night. Not my usual choice of film (wasn't even my choice) but my friends wanted to watch it. It wasn't too bad, I suppose, I've read the book so I knew the storyline.

But tonight, oh woes of woes, I'm being forced to watch High School Musical. If I don't make an appearance on the Chrons after tonight, it's because I didn't make through the traumatic event...:D
 
Eragon. It was pants. And you can tell the book was written by a teenager. The teenage hero was always right, even when he wasn't :)
 
The other day I watched Pan's Labryinth. Thought it was pretty good. Sad and moving.
 
FF2 - Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Certianly better than the first one, but hardly likely to win awards.

Reasoably good fun.
 
My friends and I had a 'musical' night last night. Thus we watched High School Musical (yes, I managed to survive it! It was bearable, at least) and then we also watched The Phantom of the Opera.
 
The last 2 movies I saw were Shrek the third and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I loved both of them, but I always enjoy a good movie with no or low profanity, parental cautions, etc. I think the world is too full of the ugliness of reality. The movies for my large family is one of the few family outings we can indulge without being stared at. The point of a movie for me is to escape reality from time to time, which is why I love scifi. It is my escape.

And I agree with you Winter that the dialogue was sparse for such a heavy character, but I think this is just an introduction, like in the comic book. He went on to become as much a part of the story as their nemesis, Dr. Doom. The movies never capture the comics spirit. My greatest example: The last Superman movie.
 
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