What Movie(s) Did You Watch Today?

[DIYer]

It's a well crafted movie. Thrill and suspense are all there. I found it entertaining even though it's about a ballerina.

Now, the main reason why I rented this movie, the scene between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, yes, it was good. It's not as real as typical lesbian scene you would get from all over the internet which tells me that neither one of the two are experienced in such thing (fortunately or unfortunately depending on what you are into). I could detect a bit of obvious acting during some parts of that scene. I'm not sure how much of CGI can be help with such action but I think it could have been little bit better. Not a complaint but just a critique.

 

[Batman]

I know this was at least nominated for an Oscar for animated film in 2010...I guess it was funny but I didn't find it entirely enjoyable. It was really kind of twisted. Watched with my 8yo, he liked it.

 

[Botch]

Oh, okay... :doh: Everyone was raving about The Green Lantern in another thread, I was thinking "I thought everyone hated it", but its The Green Hornet (at the top of this page) that was the stinker. Carry on.

 

[MatthewB]

Bats, all of Wes Anderson movies are bizarre and full of very dry humor. I've seen a couple and just couldnt get into it. I read a great review on "fantastic Mr. Fox" and it has an all star voice cast but I could never get over that it was a Wes Anderson film so have no interest in seeing it.

Tonight I saw Rambo Part two. I have never seen parts 2 or 3 even though I have seen First Blood many many times and love it and have seen part four a couple times which I also love, just never got around to watching parts 2 and 3. I have to say that part two wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and was real surprised to see that Stallone and James Cameron both wrote the screenplay. The Asian chick in it was hot and the story had plenty of good action, but the plot has been used so many times and I thought "Uncommon Valor" with Patrick Swayze and Gene Hackman had a far better story and way better movie than what Rambo 2 tried to be, but it was entertaining. I own the bluray ever since I bought it at Wally World for 5.00 a few months back and since the GF was gone for a family funeral till Monday I thought why not watch it. It kept me entertained but have to say that the Bluray transfer at times looked very good and at times was about as good as I imagine the DVD transfer looked. What really disappointed me was the audio, it was one of the worst audio tracks I have ever heard on Bluray or DVD for that matter. There was no surround sound at all and I even paused the movie to test out the channel levels to make sure they were on and they were, but no surround sound no matter what I did. The bass was very piss poor and even though my receiver showed it was getting 5.1 channels and I had simulated 7.1 engaged still nothing. Just three channels only.

This movie could use a whole new audio transfer because it was just piss poor and whats strange is I bought the latest Bluray version. I know they came with a previous version and remastered the audio to have a DTS-HD transfer but it was still just horrible. Rain falling no surround, bombs exploding, very little bass and no surround. Huge guns going off and just sound from the front even when the helicopter chase came on, still nothing from the surrounds. Kinda wonder if the mixing engineer was sleeping on the job when mixing this one. After the movie, SNL was on and the surround suddenly came to life as soon as that came on with the applause and laughter, then late night "Fringe" in HD came on and the audio on that was great, so I know it was just the movie itself.

I know Rambo 4 had fantastic audio but now I'm nervous because I havent watched Rambo First Blood since I bought the Bluray and I'm hoping the audio on that transfer is good.

 

[PaulyT]

Was browsing around netflix streaming last night (since the bd of Xmen 3 I had didn't play), and just happened across this one. Ended up being a very interesting video/documentary, of Bela Fleck touring around Africa playing his banjo with various groups of local musicians. His notion was to find the origin of the banjo, presumed to be of African descent. This was fun, different, and there was some seriously cool music being played. Plus you get to see a bit of Fleck's "everyday" character; I don't know all that much about him, despite having quite a few of his albums.

 

[Botch]

Was browsing around netflix streaming last night (since the bd of Xmen 3 I had didn't play), and just happened across this one. Ended up being a very interesting video/documentary, of Bela Fleck touring around Africa playing his banjo with various groups of local musicians. His notion was to find the origin of the banjo, presumed to be of African descent. This was fun, different, and there was some seriously cool music being played. Plus you get to see a bit of Fleck's "everyday" character; I don't know all that much about him, despite having quite a few of his albums.

Wow, definitely gotta look that one up. HUGE Bela/Flecktones fan here, he probably mixes different world musics better than anyone on the planet right now. Got to see the Flecktones live a couple times too, amazing. :text-bravo:

 

[jomari]

watched the remake of The mechanic (see poster above) with statham...

well, lets put it this way, the remake was pretty good and stood by itself for what its worth.

being based on an older movie, this isnt what id call a remake. its a different movie from what the original movie, with its own 'storyline' so to speak, and held well.

is it believeable? not as well as the original, but hey, its a statham movie. it works right?

quick spoiler tho,

id love for them to 'keep' how it ended...

 

[zod]

I did this last night because I needed a Bronson fix.

I researching Ennio Moriconne music* and kept playing the Harmonica selection.



* the yoga instructor brought Mendellsohn by accident and wanted to do Ennio instead. It took a while to grok how sublime that could be.

 

[Botch]

I did this last night because I needed a Bronson fix.

I researching Ennio Moriconne music* and kept playing the Harmonica selection.



* the yoga instructor brought Mendellsohn by accident and wanted to do Ennio instead. It took a while to grok how sublime that could be.

Dire Straits did a song by that title on one of their first couple albums; more sublimity...

 

[zod]

Dire Straits did a song by that title on one of their first couple albums; more sublimity...

I like Dire Straits a lot and I like their version. However, I usually end up with the live take of Sultans of Swing when I go that way.

 

[jomari]

just watched tom horn last night, not the best western ovie, but something definitely out of the blue.

great movie, but i know theres better.

i love mcqueen, and felt sad seeing him in one of the few movies prior to his death.

 

[Batman]

Watched this a few nights back. I've been casually following Chloe Grace Moretz since I so thoroughly enjoyed Kick-Ass (I thought she stole the movie) and look forward to her career continuing to blossom. And she isn't bad in this either, but the movie suffers from a woefully slow pace. If you enjoy the vampire genre it may be for you. I probably put too much stock in decent reviews for this one (I usually am the final judge but I do let poor reviews help me weed out what is worth watching). Nonetheless the story is an interesting premise and I do think some will enjoy this...

 

[Batman]

I've been adding to my Disney BD collection and this was on sale at BB recently so I decided to grab it. Had some very entertaining and funny characters along with one incredibly annoying character. My kids (2 boys age 8 & 11) were reluctant to watch it since it was about a "princess" but while I was dozing off I recall hearing them laughing their asses off at various times throughout...

 

[Batman]

Took the kids on the day of release Thursday night. Not as good as the first one but still entertaining. If you liked the original, you probably won't be disappointed if you don't expect anything more than the original offered...

 

[Yesfan70]

I watched "Nagging Wife, Screaming Child" earlier today.


Uh, wait.....just realized, that's not a movie (sigh).

 

[Srvy]

I watched "Nagging Wife, Screaming Child" earlier today.


Uh, wait.....just realized, that's not a movie (sigh).

:laughing-rolling: I here ya brother. I watched the same movie seemed to go on all day till i drifted off to sleep then restarted this morning

 

[MatthewB]

Bats, you should watch the Foreign version of "Let me in"(titled "Let the right one in) in my eyes a far superior version than the "Hollywood" version, although a few scenes that made me feel real uncomfrtable (they show full frontal nudity of a female 12 year old) but the foreign version is especially creepy and the acting was perfect.

 

[PaulyT]

+1 on that, Let the Right One In is awesome.

 

[PaulyT]

I don't even remember hearing about this when it came out, but a friend recommended it and we watched it last night - pretty good! All except for the "loom of fate" part... :roll: Lots of good action and sound effects though.

 

[Batman]

^ I thought the movie was action-packed and entertaining while then premise itself was ridiculously absurd...I don't see myself ever popping that one in again...