What was the last movie you saw?

[Anthony G Williams]

But still its no excuse.

Actually it's "it's".

With most words, the apostrophe is used before an "s" to indicate "belonging": so it's "Johnny's bike", because the bike belongs to Johnny. You have to be careful over words which end with "s" (such as when the word is a plural noun) as the extra "s" is often missed off, as in "the inhabitants' bikes".

"Its/it's" is the exception to the "belonging rule". Here, the apostrophe is only used to indicate that words have been shortened and run together. So you write "it's" instead of "it is" - but not in any other circumstances. So it would be "it's too late" but "the bike had its own place". This is very problematic for native English speakers, who often get it wrong. The apostrophe is used in other circumstances where words are run together ("he's late again" for "he is late"). It also used to be used in the middle of a word to indicate that the word had been shortened, but this is now uncommon and best ignored.

 

[AE35Unit]

Spot on there Anthony! I did all this in an english class i took ages ago but I still put the wrong 'its' in from time to time. I'm lazy and people may think i can't spell but it's just a case of me being lazy!
I also forgot to use a capital letter for 'I' a lot-internet makes one lazy

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Just saw 3:10 to Yuma. Thought it was really good. I do enjoy Christian Bale and thought he was good in this movie. Pretty decent western actually.

 

[DeepThought]

Actually it's "it's".

With most words, the apostrophe is used before an "s" to indicate "belonging": so it's "Johnny's bike", because the bike belongs to Johnny. You have to be careful over words which end with "s" (such as when the word is a plural noun) as the extra "s" is often missed off, as in "the inhabitants' bikes".

"Its/it's" is the exception to the "belonging rule". Here, the apostrophe is only used to indicate that words have been shortened and run together. So you write "it's" instead of "it is" - but not in any other circumstances. So it would be "it's too late" but "the bike had its own place". This is very problematic for native English speakers, who often get it wrong. The apostrophe is used in other circumstances where words are run together ("he's late again" for "he is late"). It also used to be used in the middle of a word to indicate that the word had been shortened, but this is now uncommon and best ignored.

Thanks Anthony! quite kind of you to point this out to me (I need all the help I can get...and very grateful to any), this is very informative.

Cheers, DeepThought

 

[HoopyFrood]

I've just watched Alien vs. Predator 2 at the cinema. I haven't seen the first one. Methinks it didn't particularly matter. I love the Alien and Predator films but this film was...bad. No plot, the dialogue was quite appalling and if it wasn't for the killing every so often I would've got bored. And even with the killing I did...Didn't particularly care for the characters and actually wanted the Predator to kill them all, and the end scene have him triumphant on a pile of bodies. It was missing that key ingredient that makes the previous separate films so good (well, apart from the fact that they're just...ruddy good!) The suspense. None of it here. Well, there were some half-hearted attempts. What makes the Alien films especially pretty nerve-wracking is the fact that the Aliens just pop up whenever they please and lunge out, scaring you silly. Or not. Which makes it even more on-the-edge-of-your-seat worthy. But here it was "Ooh, is Alien/Predator going to appear?"...well, yes. They do. I know we know what Alien and Predator look like now, which means the mystery isn't there anymore (and if they were trying to get it again with the 'PredAlien', it failed) but that doesn't mean suspense can't be done...
One beaut of a line though: "The Government doesn't lie to people!" Although it was clearly thrown in because it's going to get the typical reaction.

I love Alien. I love Predator. I think I'll stick to watching them in their respective, and awesome, films.

 

[Pyan]

Yes, well....If you thought this one was bad, you really don't need to bother with the first Alien v Predator...makes Requiem look like Citizen Kane....

 

[HardScienceFan]

Spielberg's War of the Worlds

 

[daisybee]

The Bourne Supremacy.

I really love those films-never get bored at all. And Jason Bourne is so much cooler than Bond. Yeah I said it.

 

[Talysia]

Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle. What can I say? I love the film, and I find that watching anything by that studio gives me a lot of inspiration for my writing.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

The Bourne Supremacy.

I really love those films-never get bored at all. And Jason Bourne is so much cooler than Bond. Yeah I said it.

Those movies are the best! LOVE the Bourne movies....and Matt Damon for that matter. I think they are better than Bond as well.

 

[HardScienceFan]

i loved the fight scenes in the BSup
best i've seen in a long while


KUNDUN
great movie,tad slow in the beginning,but gaining momentum

 

[ravenus]

Saw the original Hellraiser, written and directed by Clive Barker, which has its appreciable points but is also wrapped up in a very half-assed manner.

 

[Morpheus42]

Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle. What can I say? I love the film, and I find that watching anything by that studio gives me a lot of inspiration for my writing.

I like that one.. They have made more good animations.

 

[BladeOfFire]

I am currently watching: Evita

 

[tangaloomababe]

Every once in awhile I pick up a movie and watch it without any knowledge of what it is about. I did that recently. I saw "No Country for Old Men" What can I say, very very violent, not my cup of tea but still in some bizzare way rather engrossing but rather long and the ending....................

Blade of Fire: Yes I watched Evita recently, like to sing along.

 

[BladeOfFire]

Every once in awhile I pick up a movie and watch it without any knowledge of what it is about. I did that recently. I saw "No Country for Old Men" What can I say, very very violent, not my cup of tea but still in some bizzare way rather engrossing but rather long and the ending....................

Blade of Fire: Yes I watched Evita recently, like to sing along.

The movie is so sad, I cry everytime It's so good though.

 

[Allegra]

Dead Poets Society. Very good.

 

[ravenus]

I saw Night of the Demon by Jacques Tourneur, a generally well-done adaptation of the M.R. James witchcraft/occult story Casting the Runes. It's not in the same league as the films Tourneur made for Val Lewton (Cat People and I Walked with A Zombie), but that's because the original story doesn't have the kind of emotional punch that the stories of these films had. It also has its flaws - a loud background score that significantly reduces the eeriness factor of some brilliantly atmospheric shots and a protagonist who is so much of a smug asshole you really don't care if he dies.

But it's still worth watching as an example of old-skool suspense/horror with awesome B&W photography.

 

[Culhwch]

The Simpsons Movie, which wasn't quite as bad as I expected, and before that Sweeney Todd, which was very good, I thought.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

City of Lost Children -- confusing, but awesome to look at. A few days before that it was Lady in the Water. My expectations for that one weren't at all high, so I was pleasantly surprised, when it might so easily have gone the other way.

Now that we've subscribed to Netflix, by husband and I may end up watching four or five movies a month, instead of our usual two a year.