Rate The Last Movie You Saw.

[DoctorDodge]

I haven't seen Tropic Thunder, so I can't comment on whether it's great or shite, but I gotta give thumbups to feev for throwing some love to Last Action Hero! Totally worth it just for "Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Hamlet"!

[alkanto]

They played parodies of themselves What made this movie work so well is the big stars were not afraid to poke fun at themselves, like Tom Cruise. Like all Ben Stiller movies, the brilliance of this film will take years to sink in. The Cable Guy and Zoolander were both terribly recieved but are now have quite the cult followings. Stiller has the uncanny ability to hide his intelligent scripts and commentary so immersed in the atmosphere of the material it can be hard to spot.

Ben Stiller as a comedic actor, he is so so. But as a comedic writer/director he's one of the best as far as I am concerned.

You can't really say the movie isn't clever because you didn't like two performances. Cleverness is up the writer, not the actors.

I LOVED Tropic Thunder! Purely on the reasons you mentioned above. As far as I am concerned, they pretty much nail a (albeit over-done and satirized) good look at most of Hollywood.

Also, Jay Baruchel is in it, and I might be in love with him

A LOT

[fernandito]

I haven't seen Tropic Thunder, so I can't comment on whether it's great or shite, but I gotta give thumbups to feev for throwing some love to Last Action Hero! Totally worth it just for "Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Hamlet"!

"Stay thy hand, fair prince."

"Who said I'm fair?"

/uzi

or what about

"This isn't the movies anymore Jack ! Here you have to reload guns !"

[IWasSentWest]

last action hero is probably one of my favorite arnold movies ever.

Jack: I'll be back! Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you?
Danny: That's what you always say!
Jack: I do?

[fernandito]

Jack: I'll be back! Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you?
Danny: That's what you always say!
Jack: I do?

Danny : Yeah, it's like your calling card. Everyone is always waiting for you to work it in.

One of my favorite parts is when they see "Stallone in Terminator 2" So many great moments in that movie.

[DoctorDodge]

I think the most ridiculous death ever followed by "I iced that guy, to cone a phrase!" also has to be given a mention!

[fernandito]

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - 7/10

An entertaining, psychedelic, hyperactive montage of highly stylized visual effects, video game / comic book references and contemporary pop-culture, with a love story thrown into the mix. Edgar Wright continues his winning streak with a film that flirts with different genres, yet manages to effectively combine different aspects of each to create something wholly unique. Beneath the glossy veneer of the films’ polished visuals, is a story about the dynamics of falling in love, and the painful yet necessary process of moving on after a tried and failed relationship. Don’t let that fool you though; the film is first and foremost a love letter to a generation that grew up on an 8-bit diet, a sub-culture of video game loving aficionados. Michael Cera really surprised me in this role , he was able to display a wide range of emotions in back to back scenes, seemingly effortlessly – one second he was an energetic, highly confident (at times arrogant) bass player of an under ground band, the next an extremely vulnerable and heart broken teenager, lamenting over having his heart broken by a former love.

Now, onto some of the cons : the film moves at such frantic pace, and Wright employs his flurry of quick cuts so often, that it sometimes leaves the viewer disoriented, and makes it difficult to follow the chain of events unfolding. Also, the film does an excellent job of balancing the human / romantic angle and the stylized set pieces … until the last 4th of the movie, where the film is moving at such a relentless speed that you as a viewer are clamoring for a breather from the fury of constant flashes and cartoonish explosions.

Still, these are only minor quarrels in an otherwise excellent film. If you know what a Triforce is, are familiar with a 200x combo, and know that a quarter is equal to an extra Continue – then this film is definitely for you.

[DoctorDodge]

Great to know you enjoyed it, feev! Even better that Michael Cera surprised you with a good performance. I had a feeling he would: I ain't seen any of Cera's movies, but Wright has a habit of casting actors that work well as a group, so the other actors around Cera probably helped (Wright even admitted that one of the biggest reasons Spaced worked so well as a sitcom was that the cast were practically mates already, and with any other cast it just wouldn't have been as good), not to mention he's a horrendous perfectionist when it comes to filmmaking, so I doubt he would've cast an actor who would've been just "ok" for the lead role!

Now I'm looking forward to it more than ever! Wednesday can't come soon enough for this Wright fanatic! (Although I'm still pissed off at Universal for delaying an Edgar Wright film in the UK by nearly 2 weeks! Bastards! )

[boq]

Just recently caught Toy Story 3. Not ashamed to say I blubbed my way through the end of the film, and felt a helluva lot better for it

[candy]

Shutter island

8/10. The plot seemed fairly predictable and there were no surprises that i didn't see coming, however saying that i really want to watch it again (and again and again) due to the solid acting, the brilliant use of music and some sharp dialogue - the film elevated itself into something that will probably turn out to be one of my all time favourite movies.

and i must admit that

Spoiler:

the last line made tears come to my eyes

Leonardo is shaping up to be one of my favourite actors,

[Ricky]

I wish I would've liked it like you did, candy. I'm beginning to think that it's one of those movies that should be seen before reading the book, if you want to enjoy the movie. I read the book first, and found that I wasn't too excited by the movie.

[candy]

i'm the same, that why i nearly always try to hold off reading a book till i have watched a film, or some films i just won't watch as i know they won't hold a candle to the book and it will either a) annoy the shite out of me, or b) even worse ruin the book for me

[Jean]

I wish I would've liked it like you did, candy. I'm beginning to think that it's one of those movies that should be seen before reading the book, if you want to enjoy the movie. I read the book first, and found that I wasn't too excited by the movie.

I wasn't, either, without reading the book

[Ricky]

Yup, that's like me too. Same thing with The Prestige - glad I saw the movie first there, too.

Some movies like you said, I won't even bother watching because I don't want the book ruined for me (The Stand).


(OT- I do love your av/sig combo though. )

[Heather19]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Candy, and I love your new theme
Do you plan on reading the book at all? I was having a really hard time with it, but I'm thinking it's just because I saw the movie first and they're very similar (well at least up to what I read was).

[candy]

oh yes, its on my list of books to read, i just have Brave new world and the Prestige to read - then i am getting Shutter Island

[fernandito]

Watched the movie without reading the book and I loved it. It's a great film.

[Ricky]

oh yes, its on my list of books to read, i just have Brave new world and the Prestige to read - then i am getting Shutter Island

Nice list. You have a nice block of reading ahead of you. Let me know what you think of Brave New World when you're finished.

[Mattrick]

I'm currently readin Dostoevksy's 'The Idiot' which is being made into a movie next year according to IMDB.

As for book to movie, I always much prefer to have read the book before the movie. Mainly beacuse I must be one of the only people who isn't anal about adaptations. As long as the basic story is there and it works for the movie, I can't complain. Look at The Shining; so much different from the book in terms of ending and delivery but it may even be better than the book. And The Mist...like almost word for word save for the ending.

Then you have a movie like The Lost World and I won't even get started on how they are the same in name only.

[idk, my bff jill?]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 9/10.
Hooray for the Nintendo Generation.

[Brice]

I'm currently readin Dostoevksy's 'The Idiot' which is being made into a movie next year according to IMDB.

*shudders*

[Sam]

Mattrick, it was already made into a movie by Akira Kurosawa back in the 50's. Unfortunately it was not very good, and this is coming from someone who LOVES Kurosawa's work.

[Seymour_Glass]

Shutter island

8/10. The plot seemed fairly predictable and there were no surprises that i didn't see coming, however saying that i really want to watch it again (and again and again) due to the solid acting, the brilliant use of music and some sharp dialogue - the film elevated itself into something that will probably turn out to be one of my all time favourite movies.

and i must admit that

Spoiler:

the last line made tears come to my eyes

Leonardo is shaping up to be one of my favourite actors,

I would give Shutter Island a 10. The craftsmanship that went into this film is superb. I had read the book beforehand, and I have to say that it made me appreciate the movie more the first time around than most, because I could understand everything that was going on. Scorsese took a decent thriller and turned it into a work of art. And if Leo doesn't win an Academy Award this year between this and Inception, i'm going to stop watching them.


The last movie i saw was Inland Empire, and I can't really rate it. All I can say is that it had a deep effect on me, and it's the scariest film I've ever seen.

[Mattrick]

Mattrick, it was already made into a movie by Akira Kurosawa back in the 50's. Unfortunately it was not very good, and this is coming from someone who LOVES Kurosawa's work.

Seems like it would be a tough book to adapt to screen.

[Jean]

Mattrick, it was already made into a movie by Akira Kurosawa back in the 50's. Unfortunately it was not very good, and this is coming from someone who LOVES Kurosawa's work.

Right, not one of Kurosawa's best.

Actually, Idiot has had lots of adaptations, including one by Georges Lampin (1946) with Gérard Philipe as Myshkin and Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Philipovna; not a very good one anyway. There's also a number of Russian adaptations, some of them very good.