What was the last movie you saw?

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Over the course of time, I'm almost done seeing the Firefly series and this is hands down one of the most entertaining things I've seen in recent times. Good writing (if sometimes a tad excessive), generally like-able characters, no emocore ******** and lovely old-skool action-adventure. George Lucas should watch this and relearn how to make a fun space-fiction movie...or better still he should fund these guys to do another season or whatever.
 
Watched The Last Mimzy last night, if it ever got released at the flicks I missed it, it was a fantastic film.
 
Watched Mr Brooks, Throughly enjoyed the movie, Some have made comment on Demi moore's performance being poor and other minor details.
I can live with minor details if there is a well conceived plot. And I personally found Mr Brooks to be a very fine movie with a great performance from Kevin Costner and supporting actors.

"No Country for old men" which I watched also, disappointed me. One critic said "it was the King with no clothes" and i have to agree, ok so there is a Point being made, and i get it, but i am too well burrowed into my traditional film format (or what constitutes as traditional format) to fully appreciate this film as a whole.
This film will remain controversial and for that alone the Coen brothers can pat them selves on the back, But I wont be paying to watch another of their movies, if its like NCFOM.
 
Last night we watched Heartbreak Kid, with Ben Stiller(and his dad Jerry, a really funny old guy!)
It started as an okish film, but soon got to be quite funny and the language and sex content was quite surprising(it tells you at the start that the film has been edited for content!)

Stiller is on great form but you get to hate his character(well I did, the way he treated women, not good!)
 
ravenus said:
Over the course of time, I'm almost done seeing the Firefly series and this is hands down one of the most entertaining things I've seen in recent times. Good writing (if sometimes a tad excessive), generally like-able characters, no emocore ******** and lovely old-skool action-adventure. George Lucas should watch this and relearn how to make a fun space-fiction movie...or better still he should fund these guys to do another season or whatever.
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Join the club and wait till you see the last ep and get annoyed for it getting canceled.

Heh i saw the "new" star wars movies in cable a week ago and i really thought " what happened to Lucas...., he should have went to Whedon for help on how to write action-adventure in space"
 
Oh I did see the last ep and it was like all preceding stuff, pretty entertaining. And they had some interesting stuff for another season. Shep Book is still an enigma, and what the Alliance intends River for, the silly blue-gloved people that look like Matrix leftovers...And is the girl that plays Kaylee cute or what? :D

with regards Lucas, I think he made the mistake of confusing his movies with Frank Herbert's novels and getting into thinking that people wanted to hear his characters sitting around having leaden politics and stock market discussions.
 
ravenus said:
Oh I did see the last ep and it was like all preceding stuff, pretty entertaining. And they had some interesting stuff for another season. Shep Book is still an enigma, and what the Alliance intends River for, the silly blue-gloved people that look like Matrix leftovers...And is the girl that plays Kaylee cute or what? :D

with regards Lucas, I think he made the mistake of confusing his movies with Frank Herbert's novels and getting into thinking that people wanted to hear his characters sitting around having leaden politics and stock market discussions.
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You are very lucky you knew it was canceled. I saw it without knowing how short the tv show was and what happened to them. I saw the movie first then the series. If i met the people in fox that canceled it in a dark alley, i would beat them to a pulp and not feel the least bit guilty ;)

Kaylee hehe she was soo cute :) Everyone thinks that. When i saw the actress get a recurring role in Stargate Atlantis. It made many old Firefly fans including me go "whee Kaylee is back "

I saw the blue gloved people in the comics mini, they were pretty good villains the little you saw of them there.

Shep Book mystery annoys me most. They could have atleast told us who he was in the movie.


Hehe well said about Lucas. You are so right he forgot or let his ego get the better of him. The old movies was epic space adventure. Simple,fun if alittle cheasy. Sure he was "inspired" by Dune but the new movies he for some crazy reason thought the movie fans would care for political discussions. But he deserves a break in that he went from having Harrison Ford the classic hero actor to people like McGreggor,Hayden,Sam Jackson.....
 
Aw man, I liked the new movies. I may even prefer them to the old ones, because the scope is bigger, and the graphics are better. I respect that a lot of people like the old ones better for a myriad of reasons. But I also think you won't like the new movies if you constantly try and compare them to the old ones. The new ones will often not stand up to the massive nostalgic value many people place on the originals. But they should be enjoyed in their own right. And I reckon McGregor, Hayden and Sam Jackson were great.

On a totally different note I saw Horton Hears a Who today. One of the best children's movies I've seen in a long time. Better than Ratatouille. I still boggle at how good computer animation is, and it does wonders for Suessish architecture. I grew up on Dr Suess, and I still love that sense of ridiculous that you see in this movie. Its awesome. And its funny! Seriously, take your kids to see it if you have any, they will love it. Even if you don't have kids, see it for some wholesome fun and spectacular visuals.
 
Finally watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Not at all what I expected that movie to be like but I did like it.

One thing I noticed was that Jesse was 34 years old (I think) in the movie, but Brad Pitt is 44. And Bob Ford was supposed to be 19/20, but Casey Affleck is 32 years old. I know that usually the actor is not the same age as the person they are playing, but that seems like quite a big difference.

Also, I think Casey Affleck is a much better actor than his brother Ben.
 
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Aw man, I liked the new movies. I may even prefer them to the old ones, because the scope is bigger, and the graphics are better. I respect that a lot of people like the old ones better for a myriad of reasons. But I also think you won't like the new movies if you constantly try and compare them to the old ones. The new ones will often not stand up to the massive nostalgic value many people place on the originals. But they should be enjoyed in their own right. And I reckon McGregor, Hayden and Sam Jackson were great.

On a totally different note I saw Horton Hears a Who today. One of the best children's movies I've seen in a long time. Better than Ratatouille. I still boggle at how good computer animation is, and it does wonders for Suessish architecture. I grew up on Dr Suess, and I still love that sense of ridiculous that you see in this movie. Its awesome. And its funny! Seriously, take your kids to see it if you have any, they will love it. Even if you don't have kids, see it for some wholesome fun and spectacular visuals.
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Im not nostalgic i have seen the old movies many times over the years. Sure they looked dated but they were great stories.


I personlly find it sad that people think that computer graphics makes movies better.


Saying something is good only for nostalgia is a not a good excuse IMO. Cause you see the old movies on tv yearly. Some arent as good you remembered and some like Clint Westerns,7 Samurai,Casablanca,Star Wars are timeless.
 
Fair call Connavar, on the nostalgia.

I would say though that computer graphics do make the visual effect of movies better. Computer graphics allow for scenes in the realm of imagination to look truly real, on a massive scope. I agree that computer graphics do not necessarily make movies better, but you have to admit that they allow for a much greater sense of realness in fantasy and sci fi movies especially. Some of the most thrilling scenes in the new movies, and there are many, are so well polished and often can only be done because of the advanced technology we have.
 
Caught an old old film on MGM - The Trails of Oscar Wilde. Peter Finch(?) is really good.
 
I've watch quite the handful of films lately. I've watched The Forgotten, which started off well but then just made me laugh when people started shooting off into the air. Also watched Silence of the Lambs, a fantastic film that I haven't watched in ten years or more. Also The Eye, which had some nice jumpy bits, at least. And Sin City, which I really enjoyed, because I love stylised films. And also caught sections of various Indiana Jones films that were on tv.
 
The princess bride, one of my all time favorite films with great title song, I loved the humor in that film, I often felt the Shrek films had an essence of the PB film. Is due another showing soon.
 
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