Anyone seen a good movie lately?

General_Failure · January 22, 2009, 06:26:16 PM

Mussa obviously didn't see Pocahontas.

mussa · January 22, 2009, 07:09:58 PM

Just tell me its not a bhaliwood musical, cause thats what the preview looks like.

Diomedes · January 22, 2009, 07:30:22 PM

It's a date movie that won't make you puke from being trite and saccharin. And that's about it.

Magical_Retard · January 22, 2009, 07:57:44 PM

Quote from: mussa on January 22, 2009, 07:09:58 PM
Just tell me its not a bhaliwood musical, cause thats what the preview looks like.

Its not a Bollywood movie so its not a Bollywood musical. Its a Hollywood movie about a Indian orphan and his story as he grew up in the slums.

reese125 · January 22, 2009, 08:04:54 PM

..and tell Mussa about his gay lover Mag

rjs246 · January 23, 2009, 10:23:18 AM

Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

Thompson embodied my vision of the American dream so I'm fascinated by just about anything involving him. He was talented, intelligent, ceaselessly hard working, digusted with power hungry politics and determined to never be bored no matter what the cost. He loved guns and alcohol and drugs and sports and he hated Richard Nixon before it was fashionable to do so. He was a god.

This movie had two issues. One, farging Johnny Depp narated. farg Johnny Depp. Two, they had a few corny ass filler scenes in the beginning showing some dude who was supposed to represent Thompson riding around on a motorcycle. Amateurish nonsense. Other than that, it was fantastic.

Diomedes · January 23, 2009, 10:31:45 AM

So if you don't worship Hunter S. Thompson, it's middling?

mussa · January 23, 2009, 10:32:01 AM

QuoteThis move

I gotta rent that

rjs246 · January 23, 2009, 10:39:26 AM

Quote from: Diomedes on January 23, 2009, 10:31:45 AM
So if you don't worship Hunter S. Thompson, it's middling?

It's interesting no matter what because he is a lunatic and a fascinating case study of someone who was able to get away with doing anything he wanted for decades on end. But it's basically just a recap of his works in the context of american culture at the time. I can't speak for someone who doesn't worship him, but I think that it would be interesting for anyone.

PhillyPhreak54 · January 23, 2009, 11:36:52 AM

I'm going to go check out Frost/Nixon tonight....

PhillyPhreak54 · January 23, 2009, 11:57:54 PM

Frost/Nixon: 8/10

Very good acting overall. The guy who played Nixon really had his voice and mannerisms down pat. And the guy who played Frost also did a really good job.

I am not an expert in Nixon and haven't read a whole lot about the post-Watergate period of his life so I don't know how much of this was fictionalized, but I watched most of the interview clips on Youtube and they appear to be dead on.

I wish this movie had been a hair longer. Take the extra 30 minutes of Benjamin Button and put it into this flick.

rjs246 · January 24, 2009, 07:11:30 AM

Man On Wire. Really good. The farging whackjob who does the highwire act was completely engaging and his cohorts were equally interesting. The story itself is sort of amazing and of course the fact that it focuses on the twin towers adds some subtext to the movie watching experience.

PoopyfaceMcGee · January 24, 2009, 07:29:19 AM

WALL-E was way too profound for an animated film. 4/5

rjs246 · January 24, 2009, 09:02:28 AM

Corpse Bride. A strange and cutesy but entertaining way to waste 75 minutes.

Rome · January 24, 2009, 09:33:25 AM

Quote from: FastFreddie on January 24, 2009, 07:29:19 AM
WALL-E was way too profound for an animated film. 4/5

Rampant consumerism and reliance on technology is going to create a race of fat, ignorant, moronic, helpless slobs.

Oh, wait...