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[jdoggydogg]

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I guess what really worked for me here was the humor. I liked the action, liked the characters. But so many super hero movies are humorless.

 

[offdee]

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

Saw this at home for the first time last weekend as well. Didn't get the hype at all.

 

[saintfool]

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

i have no interest in seeing this. seems by-the-numbers studio cash grab.

 

[offdee]

Oldboy

Watched this yesterday, and solid flick. Some cheesy/amateur moments in my opinion that brought it down a notch, but overall a nice twist at the end that I didn't see coming. I think this could be fantastic as an American remake with some subtle changes to update it (even though I know many of the cult followers of it hate the idea).

Oldboy remake, directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin

http://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-oldboy-hammer-fight-kofi-169179/

 

[cstu]

Oldboy

Watched this yesterday, and solid flick. Some cheesy/amateur moments in my opinion that brought it down a notch, but overall a nice twist at the end that I didn't see coming. I think this could be fantastic as an American remake with some subtle changes to update it (even though I know many of the cult followers of it hate the idea).

Oldboy remake, directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin

http://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-oldboy-hammer-fight-kofi-169179/

 

[Time Kibitzer]

On The Road

Road/Drama film based on the Kerouac novel. This film has ostensibly been trashed by critics when comparing it to the novel, but as someone who's never read the novel and knows literally nothing about it, I thought the movie was very good. Superb visuals throughout; often beautiful backdrops and clearly a lot of effort was put into keeping the period setting, and it was done well. The film has some nice acting performances highlighted by Garrett Hedlund (Jeff Bridges' son in Tron: Legacy) who has a breakout Oscar-nomination worthy performance as Dean Moriarty; I think this guy has big things ahead of him. And although there are quite a few superfluous scenes, I was managed to stay interested throughout. One of my favourite films of 2012 so far.

 

[offdee]

Oldboy

Watched this yesterday, and solid flick. Some cheesy/amateur moments in my opinion that brought it down a notch, but overall a nice twist at the end that I didn't see coming. I think this could be fantastic as an American remake with some subtle changes to update it (even though I know many of the cult followers of it hate the idea).

Oldboy remake, directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin

http://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-oldboy-hammer-fight-kofi-169179/

I'll probably get slammed for this, but one of the segments I'm referring to is that hallway fight scene.Yes, visually it was excellent, but it was at that point it took me out of this story being a possible reality. The idea that one guy can fight off 20 guys coming from both the front and back with only a hammer in hand and a knife plunged into his back is just silly.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

 

[El Floppo]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

 

[cstu]

Oldboy

Watched this yesterday, and solid flick. Some cheesy/amateur moments in my opinion that brought it down a notch, but overall a nice twist at the end that I didn't see coming. I think this could be fantastic as an American remake with some subtle changes to update it (even though I know many of the cult followers of it hate the idea).

Oldboy remake, directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin

http://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-oldboy-hammer-fight-kofi-169179/

I'll probably get slammed for this, but one of the segments I'm referring to is that hallway fight scene.Yes, visually it was excellent, but it was at that point it took me out of this story being a possible reality. The idea that one guy can fight off 20 guys coming from both the front and back with only a hammer in hand and a knife plunged into his back is just silly.

A few things that made me able to suspend disbelief - he had nothing to do in that room for 15 years except practice fighting, it was a narrow hallway and he wasn't attacking trained fighters, just street thugs. If you watch the guys coming after him they don't have much confidence in what they are doing.

 

[cosjobs]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

 

[NCCommish]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

I like my comic book movies/tv shows darker personally. But yeah Avengers used humor very well. Whedon has always been good at placing a little humor at just the right spot so it doesn't detract from the action and adds to the scene.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

I like my comic book movies/tv shows darker personally. But yeah Avengers used humor very well. Whedon has always been good at placing a little humor at just the right spot so it doesn't detract from the action and adds to the scene.

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

 

[belljr]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

The last dark knight had awesome unintentional comedy

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

The last dark knight had awesome unintentional comedy

What, you didn't enjoy the vocal performance from a cheery Sean Connery?

 

[belljr]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

The last dark knight had awesome unintentional comedy

What, you didn't enjoy the vocal performance from a cheery Sean Connery?

I loved the over the top cheese fest with Catwoman at the end

 

[NCCommish]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

 

[Sarnoff]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hugo

Wow. What a beautiful movie. Could make a perfect double feature with The Illusionist - another movie I love.

Hugo was fantastic.

I couldn't really get into this one. The highlight for me was seeing Arnold Roethstein with a beard.

Saw The Avengers. Meh. Not getting the hype, but I am admittedly not the biggest comics nerd out there and I Also saw it at home, so I can understand the "big screen" thing helping here. I had two main problems: 1- any tension over the well-being of the heroes is null, so throwing them into danger was meaningless; 2- aside from Loki the bad guys were essentially expendable targets, so with issue # 1, there was very little drama in any of the action for me. More like waiting around to see how the explosions and such would play out so the heroes could move onto whatever was next. Also found it lazy storytelling for the heroes to occasionally seem interested in rescuing/protecting the NYers during the big battle, but mostly not.

I think those are fair criticisms, but story and suspense were not really what made people dig the movie. It was basically that we finally got a big budget action movie that had likable/recognizable characters, well choreographed fight scenes, and great humor mixed in with serious moments like only Joss Whedon can pull off.It wasn't high brow stuff, but it was a lot of fun. For me that's enough out of some movies. I say this as someone who's favorite director is probably Darren Arronofsky, so I can certainly appreciate the other end of the spectrum as well.

I hear ya... but would disagree with the scope of the bolded.

I thought it was quite funny and that the humor element raised it above most others I have seen of the genre.

I think The Dark Knight series is the high watermark for serious super hero movies. And The Avengers is the high water mark for funny super hero movies. Since most serious hero movies aren't nearly as good as The Dark Knight, a movie like The Avengers is a cut above most hero movies for being funny and entertaining.

The last dark knight had awesome unintentional comedy

What, you didn't enjoy the vocal performance from a cheery Sean Connery?

I loved the over the top cheese fest with Catwoman at the end

I enjoyed all things Catwoman. A refreshing change of pace from the humorless Batman.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

I agree with pretty much all of this. I admit I am pretty geeked about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel

 

[NCCommish]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

 

[NCCommish]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

I agree with pretty much all of this. I admit I am pretty geeked about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel

Yeah I'm not really a huge Sups fan but I have to admit Smallville got me to wanting a good Superman franchise. They actually explored his human side and showed that even Supermen can hurt. I hope Zack does it right.

 

[Sweet J]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

 

[NCCommish]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

I liked it. It was a different take and was pretty good. What happened to M is the question.

 

[Marvin]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

I don't remember a lot of Unbreakable, but I remember liking it a lot.

 

[El Floppo]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

I don't remember a lot of Unbreakable, but I remember liking it a lot.

Didn't Sam Jackson have a jerri-curl in that? big fat thumbup if so.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

I don't remember a lot of Unbreakable, but I remember liking it a lot.

Didn't Sam Jackson have a jerri-curl in that? big fat thumbup if so.

Say "what", mother######. Say "what" again.

 

[cstu]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

Does Blade count as a superhero? The first one was serious for a superhero movie.

 

[Daywalker]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

"Watchmen" might have killed the prospects of the 'serious' superhero movie. It may be a while before we see another one that portrays superheros with such realism.

Probably and sadly true.

I hate to admit it, but I really like how M. Night did Unbreakable as far as a "Superhero" movie. He corned it up a little too much for my taste, but I still like the "realism" aspect to it. Remains one of my all time favorite superhero movies.

I don't remember a lot of Unbreakable, but I remember liking it a lot.

Great flick. Watch it every few years.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I like serious super hero movies, but how many good ones are there? I think it's harder to do a good serious super hero movie because the subject is innately silly.

I don't think many have been attempted due to the "innately silly" thing. Which I disagree with wholeheartedly BTW. They have been made that way by people who haven't respected the heart of the source material when bringing them to a larger audience. Spiderman was about a socially disconnected/inept, nerdy, teen trying to find his place in a rapidly changing world. They used the villains and situations to tell that story in a unique way but Spiderman's flawed humanity was still the heart of the matter. And it made for some powerful stories. One of the reasons I loved Iron Man was the flawed human being at the center of the tale. A brilliant man who was also an alcoholic with massive personality issues and serious health issues. It was the struggle with that frailty and the desire to be more that really made him interesting, everything else is just a way to tell the story. With Downey in the role I was hoping it would get explored more. But they went the easy way really. Still enjoyable but they lost something IMO. So for me pretty much every superhero tale from the Marvel Universe could be much more serious in it's tone and it could work.

Does Blade count as a superhero? The first one was serious for a superhero movie.

Yes.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Trying to get through some of the "newish" movies on my list since I have been watching too many shows and horror movies lately.

Detachment:

Very good movie starring Adrian Brody as a (surprise) detached substitute teacher that is placed is a horrible school for an extended time. The story has been done before, but the performances and way the film was put together had me glued to the TV. Great ensemble cast that almost had too little for them to do. There is some heavy stuff in here, and I felt like I was punched in the stomach afterwards, but still highly recommend taking a stab at this one. One of the better movies I have seen this year. 8/10



The Hunter:

Stars Willem Defoe as a merc sent by a bitoech company to track down what might be the last Tasmanian Tiger in existence. A slow building movie, but still one that I really liked. Defoe is money, and there is a lot of good tension and great scenery. Well worth the watch. 7/10

The Loved Ones:

####ed up horror movie from the Aussies. A young man turns down mousy Lola's proposal of going to the prom with her with some pretty messed up repercussions. Can't have a weak stomach watching this one, but I would say that it is a must watch for horror fans. Go in knowing as little as possible and enjoy the messed up ride. One of the best horror movies I've seen in the last couple of years. I was surprised to see this had a 97% going on RT. genre rating of 7.5/10

It's Kind of a Funny Story:

The one of my recent watches that I didn't like. Maybe I have had too many encounters with mental illness and didn't like the flippant tone the movie was taking with the topic, or maybe I was just spent after the series of movies I watched before it. I liked Zack G. in the movie, but that was about it for me. 4/10

 

[jdoggydogg]

Trying to get through some of the "newish" movies on my list since I have been watching too many shows and horror movies lately.

Detachment:

Very good movie starring Adrian Brody as a (surprise) detached substitute teacher that is placed is a horrible school for an extended time. The story has been done before, but the performances and way the film was put together had me glued to the TV. Great ensemble cast that almost had too little for them to do. There is some heavy stuff in here, and I felt like I was punched in the stomach afterwards, but still highly recommend taking a stab at this one. One of the better movies I have seen this year. 8/10



The Hunter:

Stars Willem Defoe as a merc sent by a bitoech company to track down what might be the last Tasmanian Tiger in existence. A slow building movie, but still one that I really liked. Defoe is money, and there is a lot of good tension and great scenery. Well worth the watch. 7/10

The Loved Ones:

####ed up horror movie from the Aussies. A young man turns down mousy Lola's proposal of going to the prom with her with some pretty messed up repercussions. Can't have a weak stomach watching this one, but I would say that it is a must watch for horror fans. Go in knowing as little as possible and enjoy the messed up ride. One of the best horror movies I've seen in the last couple of years. I was surprised to see this had a 97% going on RT. genre rating of 7.5/10

It's Kind of a Funny Story:

The one of my recent watches that I didn't like. Maybe I have had too many encounters with mental illness and didn't like the flippant tone the movie was taking with the topic, or maybe I was just spent after the series of movies I watched before it. I liked Zack G. in the movie, but that was about it for me. 4/10

The Brody movie sounds promising.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Killer Joe

What a steaming pile of #### this film was. Boring, stupid, repugnant, and humorless are just a few adjectives I would use to describe the film, which shocks me as I thought the trailer looked great and the film has been well received by critics. The film also has quite possibly the worst movie scene I've ever witnessed, and this incredibly melodramatic, loathsome, and idiotic scene goes on for a good 15 minutes. I can't say enough bad things about this film, though maybe if you go in expecting a boring and humorless B-movie it'd be possible to not despise it's existence.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Killer Joe

What a steaming pile of #### this film was. Boring, stupid, repugnant, and humorless are just a few adjectives I would use to describe the film, which shocks me as I thought the trailer looked great and the film has been well received by critics. The film also has quite possibly the worst movie scene I've ever witnessed, and this incredibly melodramatic, loathsome, and idiotic scene goes on for a good 15 minutes. I can't say enough bad things about this film, though maybe if you go in expecting a boring and humorless B-movie it'd be possible to not despise it's existence.

Yeah, something didn't seem right about that trailer, so I avoided it.Hard to believe William Friedkin directed this movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Trying to get through some of the "newish" movies on my list since I have been watching too many shows and horror movies lately.

Detachment:

Very good movie starring Adrian Brody as a (surprise) detached substitute teacher that is placed is a horrible school for an extended time. The story has been done before, but the performances and way the film was put together had me glued to the TV. Great ensemble cast that almost had too little for them to do. There is some heavy stuff in here, and I felt like I was punched in the stomach afterwards, but still highly recommend taking a stab at this one. One of the better movies I have seen this year. 8/10



The Hunter:

Stars Willem Defoe as a merc sent by a bitoech company to track down what might be the last Tasmanian Tiger in existence. A slow building movie, but still one that I really liked. Defoe is money, and there is a lot of good tension and great scenery. Well worth the watch. 7/10

The Loved Ones:

####ed up horror movie from the Aussies. A young man turns down mousy Lola's proposal of going to the prom with her with some pretty messed up repercussions. Can't have a weak stomach watching this one, but I would say that it is a must watch for horror fans. Go in knowing as little as possible and enjoy the messed up ride. One of the best horror movies I've seen in the last couple of years. I was surprised to see this had a 97% going on RT. genre rating of 7.5/10

It's Kind of a Funny Story:

The one of my recent watches that I didn't like. Maybe I have had too many encounters with mental illness and didn't like the flippant tone the movie was taking with the topic, or maybe I was just spent after the series of movies I watched before it. I liked Zack G. in the movie, but that was about it for me. 4/10

The Brody movie sounds promising.

I think most in here would get something out of The Hunter as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Haywire:

I didn't want to believe the naysayers, as I usually dig Soderberg's (sp?) work. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the whole thing just felt flat - acting, tone, and pace. Couple good scenes but mostly just felt myself getting impatient with the film. 5/10.

Game of Thrones:

Just comparing the 2 seasons, I would say that season 2 stepped it up even more which is hard to believe. Worth the price of admission just for the scenes with Tyrion and Cersei going at it. Couple things I didn't like them tweaking vs. the books, but you will have that - still one of the best things to watch on TV.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Haywire:

I didn't want to believe the naysayers, as I usually dig Soderberg's (sp?) work. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the whole thing just felt flat - acting, tone, and pace. Couple good scenes but mostly just felt myself getting impatient with the film. 5/10.

Yup. It's like eating a rice cake or melba toast. There's something there, but it just doesn't taste like...anything.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Tyrion and Cersei going at it

No, that was the other brother.:zing:

 

[saintfool]

Killer Joe

What a steaming pile of #### this film was. Boring, stupid, repugnant, and humorless are just a few adjectives I would use to describe the film, which shocks me as I thought the trailer looked great and the film has been well received by critics. The film also has quite possibly the worst movie scene I've ever witnessed, and this incredibly melodramatic, loathsome, and idiotic scene goes on for a good 15 minutes. I can't say enough bad things about this film, though maybe if you go in expecting a boring and humorless B-movie it'd be possible to not despise it's existence.

Yeah, something didn't seem right about that trailer, so I avoided it.Hard to believe William Friedkin directed this movie.

hard to believe Tracy Letts wrote the screen adaption of his own play.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Haywire:

I didn't want to believe the naysayers, as I usually dig Soderberg's (sp?) work. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the whole thing just felt flat - acting, tone, and pace. Couple good scenes but mostly just felt myself getting impatient with the film. 5/10.

Yup. It's like eating a rice cake or melba toast. There's something there, but it just doesn't taste like...anything.

I was really underwhelmed by this as well.The style just didn't fit with what was happening on screen. The Ocean's 11 style light music was just distracting during the action scenes, and went on way too long.

I thought Gina Carano was pretty bad in it as well. Couldn't tell if she was trying to look badass like she had everything under control, or if she was supposed to look like she was trying to figure it all out.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Haywire:

I didn't want to believe the naysayers, as I usually dig Soderberg's (sp?) work. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the whole thing just felt flat - acting, tone, and pace. Couple good scenes but mostly just felt myself getting impatient with the film. 5/10.

Game of Thrones:

Just comparing the 2 seasons, I would say that season 2 stepped it up even more which is hard to believe. Worth the price of admission just for the scenes with Tyrion and Cersei going at it. Couple things I didn't like them tweaking vs. the books, but you will have that - still one of the best things to watch on TV.

I agree that Haywire was very flat, but I still enjoyed it to a degree.GOT is the ####.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Killer Joe

What a steaming pile of #### this film was. Boring, stupid, repugnant, and humorless are just a few adjectives I would use to describe the film, which shocks me as I thought the trailer looked great and the film has been well received by critics. The film also has quite possibly the worst movie scene I've ever witnessed, and this incredibly melodramatic, loathsome, and idiotic scene goes on for a good 15 minutes. I can't say enough bad things about this film, though maybe if you go in expecting a boring and humorless B-movie it'd be possible to not despise it's existence.

Yeah, something didn't seem right about that trailer, so I avoided it.Hard to believe William Friedkin directed this movie.

hard to believe Tracy Letts wrote the screen adaption of his own play.

I'd be lying if I said I'd ever heard that name before.

 

[Sweet J]

I liked it. It was a different take and was pretty good. What happened to M is the question.

I think he believed his own hype and imploded. Oh, well.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Trying to get through some of the "newish" movies on my list since I have been watching too many shows and horror movies lately.

Detachment:

Very good movie starring Adrian Brody as a (surprise) detached substitute teacher that is placed is a horrible school for an extended time. The story has been done before, but the performances and way the film was put together had me glued to the TV. Great ensemble cast that almost had too little for them to do. There is some heavy stuff in here, and I felt like I was punched in the stomach afterwards, but still highly recommend taking a stab at this one. One of the better movies I have seen this year. 8/10



The Hunter:

Stars Willem Defoe as a merc sent by a bitoech company to track down what might be the last Tasmanian Tiger in existence. A slow building movie, but still one that I really liked. Defoe is money, and there is a lot of good tension and great scenery. Well worth the watch. 7/10

The Loved Ones:

####ed up horror movie from the Aussies. A young man turns down mousy Lola's proposal of going to the prom with her with some pretty messed up repercussions. Can't have a weak stomach watching this one, but I would say that it is a must watch for horror fans. Go in knowing as little as possible and enjoy the messed up ride. One of the best horror movies I've seen in the last couple of years. I was surprised to see this had a 97% going on RT. genre rating of 7.5/10

It's Kind of a Funny Story:

The one of my recent watches that I didn't like. Maybe I have had too many encounters with mental illness and didn't like the flippant tone the movie was taking with the topic, or maybe I was just spent after the series of movies I watched before it. I liked Zack G. in the movie, but that was about it for me. 4/10

The Brody movie sounds promising.

I think most in here would get something out of The Hunter as well.

The Hunter was fantastic.

 

[cosjobs]

Tough choice for me tonight at the Austin Film Festival.

The Sessions - a drama about a guy who spends 37 years in an iron lung and then decides he needs to get laid. Helen Hunt plays the sex surrogate. She's getting a little long in the tooth, but I am pretty sure I need to see her naked and having sex. This is the only screening and its at the Paramount (best theater).

Junction - Drama about a bunch of meth heads who go to steal a tv from this house and finds a family with secrets darker than their own. At the Rolling Theater, a pretty good festival screen. It will screen again, but at a small screen in the convention center.

Junction sounds much more like my cup of tea, and it shows again, but not where I want to go see it. Naked helen Hunt has a lot of appeal...

 

[Daywalker]

Argo

With all the commercials I saw, I had a really bad feeling about it. The commercials made it look really good, but usually a studio on spends that much on advertising when they are trying to sell a dog. No worries here. Affleck hits the trifecta with his third solid effort, making it his best directed yet. His acting was the weak point, but the story and everything else was so strong, it did not jeopardize the whole. I doubt this is particularly accurate from an historical perspective, but its a ripping yarn with lots of action, suspense, and fun.

4/5 stars

Argo is terrific.

3/4 stars. B+.It's solid but probably would have been a much more powerful as a documentary. Don't mean it as a criticism but the best part of the movie was the credits. Antonio Mendez .

 

[jdoggydogg]

Argo

With all the commercials I saw, I had a really bad feeling about it. The commercials made it look really good, but usually a studio on spends that much on advertising when they are trying to sell a dog. No worries here. Affleck hits the trifecta with his third solid effort, making it his best directed yet. His acting was the weak point, but the story and everything else was so strong, it did not jeopardize the whole. I doubt this is particularly accurate from an historical perspective, but its a ripping yarn with lots of action, suspense, and fun.

4/5 stars

Argo is terrific.

3/4 stars. B+.It's solid but probably would have been a much more powerful as a documentary. Don't mean it as a criticism but the best part of the movie was the credits. Antonio Mendez .

Looking forward to this one.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Ive watched a lot of movies recently without posting much feedback...

but The Amazing Spider Man deserves some feedback.

CRAP.

The director should be banned.

0.5/5