What movies have you seen lately?

[halfol30]

Just watched Green Street Hooligans, loved it. The movie was brilliant.

[thunderdownunder]

Watched Watchmen last night. Man if I knew some blue guy was gonna prance around naked for a couple of hours I wouldnt have went. Did make me wonder about the comic though.

[hazmat]

Watched Watchmen last night. Man if I knew some blue guy was gonna prance around naked for a couple of hours I wouldnt have went. Did make me wonder about the comic though.

Watched this last week. It was excellent, IMHO...blue guy didn't bother me. What did it make you wonder about the comic?

Someone mentioned this earlier in the thread regarding Watchmen; it isn't like Spider-Man or X-Men. The characters in Watchmen, with exception of Doc Manhattan, had no "special powers". They were simply costumed vigilantes....many of which had some serious internal, personal issues that led to or were eased by their costumed vigilantism. For example, Night Owl was impotent unless in-costume. Rohrshack was a sociopath who was unable to make a life in his own skin; he'd been too traumatized both in youth and in young adulthood. Doc Manhattan was unable to understand the human condition any longer because what happened to him removed him from what he was when he was human. I'm trying not to kill the flick for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but I thought they did a very good job of explaining each of the major characters' personal flaws, foibles and neurosis. As for the plot itself...it was very deep and very involved. I don't think you need to read the comic to understand it at all and I'm not sure why so many people feel that way, except to say that it wasn't a simple, straight-forward "good guys beat up bad guys, good guys always win in the end" kind of a plot-line. In the end, it was more of a tragedy moreso than an action-thriller, speaking in purely literal/genre terms. Perhaps a 2nd watch-through for the folks that didn't "get it" might glean you a greater understanding of what's going on within the movie. There's alot thrown at the viewer in that 2hrs and 40mins and you don't have the luxury of back-tracking in a theatre to pick up on some of the nuances, subtleties and foreshadowings that occur throughout the film.

Anyway...hehe...sorry about the ramble...I just think the larger point of the movie's been lost on alot of people. It most likely will end up as nothing more than a cult-type flick as the years go by, but I personally thought it was well done and got its point across very clearly.

[thunderdownunder]

Well a few ppl on this post have indicated they have read the comic and that it was better than the movie. I am a fan of sci-fi / fantasy so that was one reason I went to watch it. Not into comice these days...... Maybe a novel would be interesting????

[hazmat]

Well a few ppl on this post have indicated they have read the comic and that it was better than the movie. I am a fan of sci-fi / fantasy so that was one reason I went to watch it. Not into comice these days...... Maybe a novel would be interesting????

It's a "graphic novel"..for what it's worth, a glorified comic book. But nothing literary is lost in this type of book. It's just easier to go back and find things you've missed in book form than watching a movie in a theater. There were a couple of major changes between the novel and the movie and in most cases, books ARE better than the movies...but I thought they did a very good job of sticking to what the book was ABOUT even if they had to change some scenes/situations to make it work in movie form.

As always with this stuff, it's a to each their own sort of thing. I just think the larger message of the book/film has been missed by many people who've gone to see it. Whether you've read the book AND seen the film or have just seen the film, the message is the same...the story they're telling doesn't change one bit.

[Love_Deadlifts]

I definitely agree that it was a complex and very interesting movie. It definitely didn't follow the cookie-cutter style of every other action movie and i really enjoyed that fact. Also, i've never read the GN and i still understood everything that was going on.

[DaveT]

Avoid Nicolas Cage's latest offering "Knowing". It's predictable, slow moving and assumes that everything needs to be spelled out to you. I hate films where the director assumes you're an idiot and has to ram the point home repeatedly. Nicolas Cage said in an interview that this movie would be a fun action film that would make you think. It wasn't that fun, it was too laborious to be an action film, and yes it did make me think, "Why the hell have I just wasted two hours of my life watching this?"

[Liv92]

I watched Twilight tonight. I thought it was really good. I want to read the book now, the books are always more detailed and "in depth" if I can say.

[halfol30]

I saw Nothing But The Truth just now. It was a good movie. The ending was the best, never saw that coming.

[Liv92]

I just downloaded the Strength The Movie.

It's a documentary about DeFrancos Gym in New Jersey and the athletes he trains in the gym. I suggest downloading the movie it's very inspirational, and just a good watch.

[LiftingNerd]

X-Men origins was terrible. I read quite a few x-men comics when I was younger, and for anyone who enjoyed the comics this movie will hurt your soul. After the first 20 minutes it goes downhill in a hurry.

[hazmat]

X-Men origins was terrible. I read quite a few x-men comics when I was younger, and for anyone who enjoyed the comics this movie will hurt your soul. After the first 20 minutes it goes downhill in a hurry.

I was afraid this would be the case. Sucks...Wolverine has always been my most favorite Marvel character. Apparently, they're trying to kill him by inches.

[baughmjk]

Finally got to see Gran Torino last week at the discount movie theater. Very cool movie.

[hazmat]

Watched No Country for Old Men recently. EXCELLENT movie. Should have seen it sooner.

Next in line, There Will Be Blood.

[DaveT]

Watched No Country for Old Men recently. EXCELLENT movie. Should have seen it sooner.
Next in line, There Will Be Blood.

Yeah, loved it, too. Can't really go wrong with a film from those Coen brothers. If you have a long rainy weekend, then see as many of these as you can!

Blood Simple
A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.
Purchase ©1984: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams

Raising Arizona
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintupelets, their lives get more complicated than they anticipated.
Purchase ©1987: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe

Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Purchase ©1990: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman

Barton Fink
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task.
Purchase ©1991: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney

The Hudsucker Proxy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Purchase ©1994: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney

Fargo
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.
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The Big Lebowski
"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Three stumblebum convicts escape to go on a quest for treasure and meet various characters while learning where their real fortune lies set in 1930s Deep South.
Purchase ©2000: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter

The Man Who Wasn't There
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
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Intolerable Cruelty
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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The Ladykillers
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord: a sharp old woman.
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No Country for Old Men
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.
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Burn After Reading
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A diskette of Osbourne's musings falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. They try to sell the disc back to Osbourne, who has a short fuse, then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house.
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A Serious Man
Things start to unravel for Larry Gopnik. His wife, Judith, may be having an affair and wants a divorce. His brother, Arthur, lives with them because he is emotionally and financially incapable of living on his own.
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