[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

Did you see it in 3D? If not, it's quite a treat. Makes you feel you're even more part of the adventure. Should be quite a ride for Avatar.

And UP is indeed stunning. One of my favorite Pixars, along with Ratatouille and The Incredibles. It's also Giacchino's best effort musically IMO. The sound of Up has more in common with his videogame music, so I'm loving every second of it.

2012

The first quarter or so was a lot of fun.
After watching the earth's crust falling away and many plane take-offs at the last second that began to get dull.

The characters were unlikeable, predictable, and not very interesting.
The entire ending is a major let down.
Weak score. haha

I guess what is usually expected from Ronald Emmerich.


I grew up with Independence having seen it twice in theaters and wearing out a VHS tape.
Perhaps I enjoyed cause I was young but possibly because it did better in some areas where this film lacked. Likable characters, exciting dogfight sequences, a strong ending, and fantastic score.

I hope Emmerich doesn't ruin perhaps his best work with a poor sequel.

I thought Zohan was one of the worst Adam Sandler movies yet, I couldn't laugh whatsoever with the jokes, the only thing that kept me going was Emmanuelle Chriqui: understand why

50 First Dates is very good I think, Mr Deeds funny enough because it has a hilarious role of John Turturro, and Click is actually a strong dramatic movie near the end (with good music I might add )

RV: ACCROSS THE UNIVERSE (Julie Taymor - 2007) ****
Although the chosen approach by Julie Taymor (a wildly ambitious portrait of America during the '60's as told with a lot of Beatles songs) proves problematic, in that it's hard for her to keep a coherent story, the visuals with which she presents the story more than make up for it.

When seen as a portrait of the time, with events like the protests against Vietnam, Uncle Sam's enlistment of fresh meat for the war and the racial wars on the streets of New York, told with highly expressive visuals and inventive use of CGI, it more than succeeds. Heck, I even got goosebumps when they all bursted out in singing All You Need is Love (a song I was never fond of).

Which Taymor also thanks to her willingness of giving a whole new spin to the famous Beatle songs: I never expected that the flamboyant I Wanna Hold Your Hand could generate such emotions, and also the gospel version of Let it Be is a strong move.

Yet, when seen as a lovestory, or a story of a couple of kids fighting in the revolution, the film suffers from a lack of a straight storyline. Yet even though its hard to invest emotions into the characters, I almost shed a tear come Hey, Jude. Plus, the bombing of Vietnam with strawberries in Strawberry Fields is an amazing 'wow' moment. For just that, Across the Universe deserves its four stars.

I was already bent on seeing it because of The Beatles. You fellows are making me want to see it even more.

Yup, exactly.



Good, because it is a must see movie! Just don't keep those mainstream storytelling rules next to it .

Seen what?
Like what?

Listen. Who are you?

GAMER

Hands down worst movie of the year, a total waste of money and time. And the score is ridiculously horrible, seriously the man should never get another project, ever again. The "music" contained in this movie is plain horrible, totally useless as it doesn't even try the slightest to at least help, and elevate the on-screen crap.

Nothing replaces James Mason.

FANBOYS (trailer)

Very funny movie, especially if you're a "Star Wars" geek. Lots of SW quotes and SW inspired scenes, and of course a bunch of cameo appearances.

I gave it an 8 rating on imdb.

Peter

Rang no bell at all, until I found out -by googling it- it's a very recent film.
I don't think it's my cup of tea as I already got REALLY annoyed by this little incident that sheds some light on the film makers' integrity:

The National Iranian American Council can suck my dick.

Well I got pissed off when they had a scene featuring a Muslim girl proclaiming her respect for the 911 terrorists in front of her class.

Oh, the other students didn't respect what she said... so sad for her.
As an American, this scene made me seethe with anger.

Never been a football fan myself. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only Australian that doesn't care about any sport.

I don't think you have to be an american to feel pissed off at that scene. While I see the value in trying to understand why the hijcakers did what they did, speaking of them as heroes who were fighting for a worthy cause angers me too, and that the movie seemingly presented her as a brave girl standing up for what's right is a pain to behold.

Of course I haven't seen the movie, so I'm not sure what the filmmakers were trying to achieve, so there's a good chance I've misunderstood the intention with the scene.

Peter