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Bride Wars - I REALLY liked it. I know it was trashy, but I thought it was hilarious and strongly reccomend it.

Barbossa wrote:Star Trek

Let's just say that all the Star Wars fans that were let down by the prequels, will want to defect to the Star Trek universe, and leave George Lucas in their dust.

The movie was awesome! I'm definitely going to go see it again. The actors were great. They all absorbed the mannerisms of the original actors really well.

Awesome review, Barbossa. I totally agree.



albert

ok i c. let's not spoil movies & how we feel til we see these movies ok?

wdwnut4life wrote:ok i c. let's not spoil movies & how we feel til we see these movies ok?

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

I've seen this one before, five years ago (I guess). Back then, I thought it was quite good. What was I thinking?! This is utter drivel. The jokes are lame, the secondary characters from the first film are reduced to bumbling buffoons, the villains aren't even competent anymore (no real danger), the end was ridiculous even for this kind of movie.

I'm gonna watch Raiders of the Lost Ark again.

Beauty and the Beast

10/10 - DUH! Haha[/b]

PeterPanfan wrote:

wdwnut4life wrote:ok i c. let's not spoil movies & how we feel til we see these movies ok?

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Okay, I see. Let's not spoil movies or how we feel until we see them, okay?

Which is...well...the point of the thread, wdwnut4life. After you see a movie, you come here and announce to UD: "I just saw (insert movie title). I thought it was (insert opinion)." If there are spoilers, yes, there should be a spoiler warning. But for the most part, all people ever do is say "I saw this movie and I liked/didn't like it."

Anyway, I watched Newsies this afternoon. Yesterday the family went out to dinner at Bertucci's for Mother's Day, and somehow during the conversation Newsies came up, and we originally planned to watch it once we got home. Instead we watched the hourlong "iCarly" episode, followed by "Cold Case." But anyway, I watched Newsies this afternoon rather than the soaps. I can't remember the last time I watched it, but it's a personal favourite from 90s Disney Live-Action.

albert

Batman: The Movie (1966). POW! BIFF! KA-SPLOOSH! This movie is ridiculous, campy and very enjoyable for those reasons. All the villains are so enjoyably over the top in addition to those terrible line readings (intentionally, perhaps?) by Adam West and Burt Ward make this the funniest Batman of them all and alot of fun to watch.

Batman (1989). I have mixed feelings about this film. It has Jack Nicholson's great performance as the Joker plus Danny Efman's score and some wonderful set design, but Batman himself along with his girlfriend and reporter friend are pretty bland. I'm not a fan of those Prince songs either, but there's nothing wrong with the pacing so the film is still enjoyable. Not the best Batman, but far from the worst.

Batman Returns (1992). The best of the not-Nolan Batman films has fantastic set design and acting (Michelle Pfeiffer's Stacy and her emotional trials and Catwoman are particularly impressive and this has got to be Danny DeVito's best role ever) plus another good Danny Elfman score and a much more interesting performance of Bruce Wayne/Batman by Michael Keaton. Those expecting non-stop, mindless explosions will be disappointed but those looking for a great Tim Burton film will be very satisfied.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). Another great Batman film who's only flaw was it's animation. Everything else from it's voice acting to it's design concepts to the story itself is great and develops a much more interesting title character than most live action film takes on him.

Batman Forever (1995). Has everything a 10 year old boy could ask for in a movie, but for everyone else it isn't very good. It's villains are incredibly annoying and the effects and set design are overkill. Only when the story takes place at Wayne Manor and everything calms down for a bit does it become enjoyable. Unfortunately, those moments are brief and despite Val Kilmer's likable enough performance as the title character (his Batman voice is better than Christian Bale's for example) it's not enough to save the movie.

I still have the Nolan films to rewatch and Batman and Robin (1997) will be skipped for obvious reasons. I already know the words to "Snow Miser" song for one thing.

The Iron Giant

The Last Mimzy. I like it. It's very mystical, and very gripping. If you liked escape to Witch Mountain, I think you'll enjoy it.

Star Trek While I'm not a fan of the show, I found this to be a good movie. It's a re-imagining of the beginning of the series, which is totally justified by the fact that(SPOILER)it's written in the script that, due to time-travelling Nero, the events of the film take place in an alternate reality that runs parallel to the series.(END SPOILER). That's clever writing, and a couple cameos are made as well.

Bolt Watched it with a girl I like last night. Need I really say more?

Changeling Fascinating and terrfying because it's a true story.
But justice was done in the end and that's hopeful. 9/10

I watched Hatching Pete today. I really liked it. I didn't enjoy it as much as I do the HSM or TCG DCOMs, but it was entertaining throughout.

I decided to go see Star Trek (2009) at the theatres today. Despite not seeing any of the original series or movies, I thought this was a pretty good summer movie. I might even buy it when it comes out on Blu-Ray

7.5/10

Dirty Dancing (1987). About 10 minutes of good dancing in an underwhelming movie with a plot that doesn't really hold your attention. Footloose (1984) wasn't perfect but it was much better in all aspects than this movie.

twilight again. i luv u edward! team edward. yum yum.

The Island

Because I was in the mood for mindless popcorn entertainment. And in its genre, it's actually pretty enjoyable. But Steve Buscemi is too good for this stuff. And so is Scarlett Johansson. But you won't hear me complain she's in this one... She's gorgeous..

Beauty and the beast Still one of my favorite movies and this was the first time that I watched it on my new TV, so it was all a bit different than what I remember of watching it as a kid on a smaller TV and the VHS. So it somehow was like watching the movie for the first time again. But it's such a fantastic movie, nothing can spoil the experience.

And I'm gonna go see Star Trek with some friends tonight and I'm really excited about that.

I just got back from seeing The Soloist, I was going to see it yesterday, but the theater was having technical difficulties so they gave out free movie passes, which I used today so I got to see the movie for free.

I saw Star Trek today. Rather than giving a review, or jumping on the love bandwagon without saying anything new ("It's amazing!" "George Lucas can learn from it!", etc. and so forth), I'll simply say that today was my sixth viewing.

You read correctly - SIXTH viewing.

Angels & Demons - well, let's just say book purists won't be very happy with the movie. There've been quite a few changes made compared to the book (including a couple of subplots being cut), and some of them don't necessarily work for the better. I'm surprised it deviated from the book at all, because I thought A&D was much more filmable than The Da Vinci Code. The pace of the movie is somewhat of a problem, especially in the first 20 minutes or so. The peak of the movie, only a few lines long in the book, has been given an explosive Hollywood treatment. There weren't many moments of surprise, but I'm sure those who haven't read the book will find it exciting. As for the cast, Tom Hanks has gotten more comfortable in the role of Robert Langdon, but he still feels out of place in certain scenes. Ayelet Zurer was wonderful, but her Vittoria lacked some of the spunkiness of her book counterpart. The best part of the movie was probably Ewan McGregor and his performance. The score was good, but quite typical for this kind of religious/conspiracy theory movies. All in all, it's one the same level as TDVC, if not slightly weaker. 7/10.