Anyone seen a good movie lately?

[Eagles_Legendz]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is always good.

I heard Holmes was fun but pretty throwaway.  Snatch and Lock Stock were damn good but Guy Ritchie hasn't made a good movie in a while.

[rjs246]

Watched Wristcutters: A Love Story last night and thought it was pretty damned good.

Also, Charlie Wilson's War was phenomenal. The Tom Hanks - PSH dialog was some of the best I've seen in years.

[rjs246]

Watched the french horror movie Ils (Them) last night. It was scary as shtein. Not gory, but suspenseful and creepy as hell. Good stuff.

[hbionic]

Watched the french horror movie Ils (Them) last night. It was scary as shtein. Not gory, but suspenseful and creepy as hell. Good stuff.

I'll take that recommendation. French seem to put out some good flicks.

[Sgt PSN]

Watched the french horror movie Ils (Them) last night. It was scary as shtein. Not gory, but suspenseful and creepy as hell. Good stuff.

was it the one about a werewolf that in the end everyone figured out wasn't really a werewolf but just some french chick who hadn't shaved.....ever? 

[The BIGSTUD]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is always good.

I heard Holmes was fun but pretty throwaway.  Snatch and Lock Stock were damn good but Guy Ritchie hasn't made a good movie in a while.

He really is. Plays a wide range of characters too. Was great in Doubt, great in 25th Hour. The only movie I didn't like him in was Mission Impossible 3, but the movie was horrible anyway.

[rjs246]

Saw Up in the Air last night. It was good. I wasn't blown away by it or anything, but it was solid all around and certainly worth the time and money.

[The BIGSTUD]

Watchmen: enjoyable movie, but not great by any means. Never read the book, so can't compare. It had an interesting premise and some of the action was decent, but nothing that hasn't been done before. Malin Akerman is so farging hot.

Star Trek: Quinto was pretty good as Spoc. Overall definitely a fun movie, and I'm not a Star Trek fan. I was told it was catered more towards mainstreamists though, so maybe that is why.

[Sgt PSN]

public enemies - was looking forward to it and was a bit disappointed.  moved slow at times.  was a little jumpy and too fast at other times.  and it was long.  not bad, but not great either. 

the day the earth stood still - another meh.  but more believable than the bible. 

[phattymatty]

District 9 - pretty cool, not great.

[General_Failure]

I also watched District 9 this week. It was a little different from what I was expecting, but still very entertaining.

[Seabiscuit36]

Watched ZombieLand, very funny.  Of course my wife decided it would be a good idea to watch it with a glass of red wine in her hand.  First zombie pops out, and she spills it all over a white blanket and herself.  Well done.

DOH

[phillymic2000]

Watched ZombieLand, very funny.  Of course my wife decided it would be a good idea to watch it with a glass of red wine in her hand.  First zombie pops out, and he spills it all over a white blanket and herself.  Well done.

care to share something with the class?

[rjs246]

I just finished Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky. I've seen a couple Chomsky-focused documentaries that are essentially just 75 minute knob-slobbing fests and this one was no different. Terrible music, lots of aging hippies falling all over themselves to talk to him, etc etc.

The movie was crap. Chamsky himself is a fairly incredible dude. The man has a towering intellect which he uses as a global activist against imperialistic governments and fear mongering (he's also a linguistics professor). He's considered one of the top intellectuals in the word right now and has been mis-labeled a liberal by people who can't fully comprehend what he stands for. His take on the US' role in the world is highly critical, but essentially his perspective is not that the US should abstain from battling terrorism, rather he points out that the US has itself actually sponsored terrorism in many places across the world for decades and that we are hypocrites until we can apply the same standards to ourselves that we deign to apply to others.

Anyway, despite his harsh criticism he constantly points out the fact that the US is far more civilized now to its own people and to people outside of the US than it ever has been. He sees active improvement on that front and so in the face of criticism he remains an optimist. It's an interesting take.

Literate people should skip the movie and read some of his writing on power, fear and post-9-11 America.

[Don Ho]

Watched the original Taking of Pelham One Two Three with Walter Mathau and Robert Shaw over the holidays.  Good shtein.  Have not seen the remake.