What Movie Did You Just Watch - The Silly Subtitle Edition

[Jack Skellington]

Changeling- 9/10,

the plot is so engaging, and Angelina's performance is really oscar-worthy to say the least, I highly recommened this movie.

[Disney-Fan]

Twilight - While certainly not the worst I've seen this year (that honour is most likely going to The Happening) it's not very far behind. I found the acting poor and the direction dull and mundane. Besides, there was a real sense of been there, done that with Buffy the Vampire Slayer except in a far superior fashion of execution. The poor effects didn't bother me, just the poor story. 5/10

[carolinakid]

Just watched Meet Me In St Louis (1944) again! The Boy Next Door, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and The Trolley Song have to be 3 of my most favorite Garland performances! LOVE IT!

Jon

[TheSequelOfDisney]

Shrek

The Wizard of Oz

Mamma Mia!

[PeterPanfan]

A Very Brady Christmas - This has become some-what of a holiday tradition for me. I liked it, but definitley enjoy the original sitcom more.

[PixarFan2006]

Over the past few days, I have watched:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Always a favorite.
Animaniacs Christmas - Just a collection of holiday Animaniacs shorts, but still funny.
Saturday Night Live Christmas - A Funny collection of holiday skits from SNL.

[Dottie]

O Brother, where art thou
Very funny, very Coen-esque, and George Clooney in one of his best roles.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
Not really a movie, but definitely a holiday classic.

[DisneyLuver]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Loved it, of course. My 4th viewing on DVD, 6th overall.

[Just Myself]

The Dark Knight, the umpteenth viewing. I've honestly lost count. This is such a fantastic movie, Ledger's performance never gets old.

Seven Pounds - What.... the.... hell? An interesting movie that reveals nothing until the fourth quarter, where it's massively hindered by the dumbest plot twist since The Happening. Good performances by all, decent story with an okay third act. Worth a rental, but not much else.

Cheers,
JM

[Dottie]

The Exorcist

I really don't know what made me watch this alone last night. It scared me (not as bad as I thought it would, but still) and I usually avoid watching horror movies.
Apart from that, it's a pretty good movie (if one is into that genre) and at least I can say I've seen it (it IS a classic) and I didn't really sleep bad either, so, yeah, it's maybe one of the best of its genre.

[PixarFan2006]

I watched Home Alone Sunday night. I always prefer this to the other films in the series (Though Home Alone 2 does have its moments).

I also turned on the commentary during the burgular scenes towards the end. It was pretty interesting.

[PeterPanfan]

Suburban Girl - I only watched this because of Sarah Michelle Geller. Even she couldn't save this horrible film.

The Muppet Christmas Carol - Fantastic, as usual. A holiday tradition in the Panfan House.

Merry Christmas,
PeterPanfan

[DisneyLuver]

Seven Pounds - What.... the.... hell? An interesting movie that reveals nothing until the fourth quarter, where it's massively hindered by the dumbest plot twist since The Happening. Good performances by all, decent story with an okay third act. Worth a rental, but not much else.

Ahahah, love the beginning.
Cracked me up.

[Jack Skellington]

The Exorcist

I really don't know what made me watch this alone last night. It scared me (not as bad as I thought it would, but still) and I usually avoid watching horror movies.
Apart from that, it's a pretty good movie (if one is into that genre) and at least I can say I've seen it (it IS a classic) and I didn't really sleep bad either, so, yeah, it's maybe one of the best of its genre.

I salute u Dottie,
The Exorcist is one of my favourite movies of all time, I love the scene where she runs down the stairs upside down and pukes, that cracks me up everytime I see it.

[Chernabog_Rocks]

White Christmas: Saw this for the first time, I really liked it. I had heard it's long but it's nowhere near as long as Dark Knight as well as more engaging and entertaining.

[PeterPanfan]

The Tale of Despereaux - I saw this yesterday and loved it! I think I prefer the book, though.

[Lazario]

April 16-22

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When you watch it with the right sound system/equipment, this is a wicked viewing experience. Some bad acting, but that's understandably paramount to the Horror film. If you can forgive the acting (Molly Ringwald is terrible here) and the crappy dialogue, the style and music and violence combine together to make one hell of a hilarious, bloody, dark film. I would advise anyone check this out. Oh yeah, Carol Kane gives one of the best performances of a killer I've ever seen in a movie. Those eyes are creepy!



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For a remake, this is definitely not as bad as it gets. But of course, it's not what a great horror film should be. The killer is stupid. There's nothing special about this dipshit. The teen characters are all "picture perfect" cut outs from teen magazines. The children when they are awake are whining, cliched babies. But, I did feel some tension building. The middle of the movie is okay. The part where the girl is alone in the huge, quiet house. All the horror parts are bad, but the build up isn't so bad. It's all because this is a huge, creepy ultra-modern house. Basically, the Tenebre-effect is in full effect here too. So, I like where this movie takes place. It's just that none of the people involved are worth a damn and that's bad stuff.



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It's not a masterpiece but it has its' funny and very enjoyable moments. John Cleese is just great, whatever he does. I was also surprised at just how sexy he was in the movie, completely out-hotting Kevin Kline, whose performance (KK) wasn't as genius as all the critics claimed. It's really his same socially over the top schtick as always. No real difference between this and Dave (other than the size of his chest, he had more muscle mass here). That famous scene where Cleese takes off his clothes in front of the family not knowing they're there is amusing. Not hilarious like I guess the critics thought, but I enjoyed it because Cleese is surprisingly beefy in the movie. The comedy itself wasn't that funny, but the characters were amusing and entertaining.



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I saw most of this very good Australian romantic comedy, Hotel de Love. I really hope this comes out on DVD someday! I want to buy it now.



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Just to give you an idea of what you're in for if you ever watch it, "Proctor" from the Police Academy movies is the main character. Yeah, the bumbling cop-guy with brown hair suck-up to the asshole cop-guy with the gray hair. I didn't really laugh but I've had worse viewing experiences. The funniest scene is the "role playing" scene with Karen Black's corrupt politician's parents. "What's wrong with that?!" This is low budget and not very good.



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On a whim- checked this one out. I thought it was great. The scenes where Kakihara and his goons were beating up and mutilating the prostitutes seemed completely unnecessary but, whatever. I at first found it hard to believe that a woman would ask to be raped. But anyway, the movie was about sadomasochism. That was the point of it. People getting pleasure from pain. And it covered all the important bases. And it was very well made.



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Wow... this one's terrible. There were a couple of good scenes in the movie. The ones where Reggie and "Mike" (played by a different actor) are driving around ghost-towns looking for some sign of The Tall Man. But all the stuff inside the mausoleums, crematoriums, embalming rooms, houses, all that - just plain suck. A lot is ripped off from the first movie. A lot of the new special effects are awful. The new "digger" Golden Ball was kind of cool, and the Tall Man's acid-frying scene was okay, too. But the plot sucked, the acting was nothing special, the religious stuff didn't mean anything... Almost everything was a complete waste. This is the kind of movie that must have invented the "sequels suck" slogan in horror. Because when people say "sequels suck," they're talking about Phantasm II.



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It wasn't very good. The first scene (with the ditsy Elizabeth character) was great, but after she dies it gets very boring and slow. Too much about a boy and his brain (and that was better done in Brain Damage), until he has his Supercrack Hooker Party. That scene is hilarious! From there to the end of the movie, it gets a lot more fun. He brings Elizabeth the Frankenhooker back to life and she is an absolute laugh riot. But since the movie is uneven, about only half of it works. Jeffrey is a boring character. Played by the very lifeless James Lorinz (of Street Trash fame... sort of).



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And well, what can I say? If you saw it, you probably know it's not very good. But it is definitely better than most of the shitty horror movies coming out these days. There are a lot of stupid mistakes made here. Most of them small - the music is just like every single other horror movie, it's a movie about ghosts so there's a lot of crap about secrets and the main character must "find out" stuff. A real cut 'n paste movie. But the production values / style is very good. The acting is very good. The CGI is surprisingly lowkey and only in one short moment can you tell. The worst thing about the whole movie (other than the fact that you don't see anyone being killed, the most graphic scene is a woman flying through a room while wrapped in a bedsheet) - is that it rips off Se7en (just like James Wan's other movie, Saw), and... Darkness Falls. WTF?! Darkness Falls was so bad, even the remakes of this decade are better!

[Dottie]

The Exorcist

I really don't know what made me watch this alone last night. It scared me (not as bad as I thought it would, but still) and I usually avoid watching horror movies.
Apart from that, it's a pretty good movie (if one is into that genre) and at least I can say I've seen it (it IS a classic) and I didn't really sleep bad either, so, yeah, it's maybe one of the best of its genre.

I salute u Dottie,
The Exorcist is one of my favourite movies of all time, I love the scene where she runs down the stairs upside down and pukes, that cracks me up everytime I see it.

The spider-walk scene? Yeah, that one is pretty weird, not that scary, a little unexpected, but actually kind of funny as is the first head-turning.
What I really liked about the movie is that it actually develops its story and its characters. The movie doesn't immediately jump to the conclusion that Regan is indeed possessed, but lets the characters explore everything else first before the exorcism is seen as a chance.

[xxhplinkxx]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.


A bit long, but I liked it very much.

[PixarFan2006]

I watched Kung Fu Panda for the second time (First time in widescreen anyways). I sitll think it's a decent animated film and better than other efforts from DreamWorks Animation (*cough*Shark Tale*cough*).