What Movie Did You Just See?

[capt. scotty]

THE HURT LOCKER

Wow. Definitely one of the best films I've seen in LONG long time.

I loved that movie, so bad ass.

I thought the first 60-75 was great, then it kind of tailed off with the whole him leaving base to find who killed the kid and stuff. But it picked up and ended nicely with the last suicide bomber scene and the longing for action once he returned home.

Renner was great in it, cant wait to see him in The Town. For a Ben Affleck movie, that flick looks pretty sweet.

[Penny Lane]

THE HURT LOCKER

Wow. Definitely one of the best films I've seen in LONG long time.

I loved that movie, so bad ass.

I thought the first 60-75 was great, then it kind of tailed off with the whole him leaving base to find who killed the kid and stuff. But it picked up and ended nicely with the last suicide bomber scene and the longing for action once he returned home.

Renner was great in it, cant wait to see him in The Town. For a Ben Affleck movie, that flick looks pretty sweet.

and Mission Impossible 4  
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_jeremy-renner-teams-up-with-cruise-for-mission-impossible-4_1429473
he was terrific...wow...i actually thought that scene where he went to the find the kid's killer was one of the better ones
Ben A should definitely stick to directing...yer right

[capt. scotty]

I didnt think the scene was bad or anything, but even for a adrenaline junkie like he was, it felt really implausible. There were a couple other things in that 20-30 minute that werent grabbing me like the first hour did as well.

I really liked the movie (2nd best war movie of the decade IMO after Black Hawk Down), but I thought it could have benefitted from more on base interaction between the 3 guys during the first half instead of front loading almost all of the intense defusing (+ sniper) scenes. Despite limited character development on base, I thought it subtly developed everyone fantastically during all the "action" scenes.

I wouldve picked Inglourious Basterds for best picture probably (Plus QT is due for one), but I didnt have a problem with THL winning. Still think Cameron deserved best director for Avatar though.

[MMJ_fanatic]

Couple weekends ago I watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".  Really great movie I can't say there was anything unlikeable about it. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[ManNamedTruth]

Memories Of Murder - Another excellent Korean film. I recommend Bong Joon-ho's other films as well - The Host, and Mother.

Wendy and Lucy - Story about a girl and her dog on the way to Alaska. If I had to compare it to something I'd say Into The Wild but it's a lot different too cause it focuses on just part of the trip. Michelle Williams was great in this.

[mjkoehler]

Just read that Sacha Baron Cohen is being cast as Freddie Mercury in the forthcoming Queen biopic. Watched the clips from Live Aid, yeah this is an absolutly brilliant casting. It is frightening how much he is like Freddie.

[Penny Lane]

I can't wait to see The Town, it looks so good!
I have a big movie boner for Jeremy Renner.

[Soulshine]

I can't wait to see The Town, it looks so good!
[highlight]I have a big movie boner for Jeremy Renner.

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You and me both sister

[Soulshine]

Just read that Sacha Baron Cohen is being cast as Freddie Mercury in the forthcoming Queen biopic. Watched the clips from Live Aid, yeah this is an absolutly brilliant casting. It is frightening how much he is like Freddie.

I can totally see that. He will be great.

[mjkoehler]

Just read that Sacha Baron Cohen is being cast as Freddie Mercury in the forthcoming Queen biopic. Watched the clips from Live Aid, yeah this is an absolutly brilliant casting. It is frightening how much he is like Freddie.

I can totally see that. He will be great.

I showed my wife clips of Freddie from Live Aid and she seriously thought it was SBC and I was pulling her leg or something.

[capt. scotty]

Yeah, SBC is like Mercury's doppelganger

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

Case 39 4/10: it was yet again another rehashed movie concept.  I've probably seen at least 4 or 5 movies with almost the exact same premise in the last two years.  get your shit together hollywood.  (apparently this isn't out in theaters yet, there is however a dvd rip online).  There was one cool part so I gave it a 4.

[capt. scotty]

The Town

Not sure how to start off besides saying that I had high expectations based on the trailer, cast, and Affleck's work in Gone Baby Gone, and despite that, it didnt disappoint. Something holds it back for me to consider calling it great, especially since The Departed, and even moreso Heat, are easy comparisons and better films overall, but outside of a standout lead performance, I thought The Town pretty much succeeded in every other aspect. The cinematography, tone, lighting, etc is all very similar to GBG and just as well done, and the script had good balance between action and storyline alongside good and well timed humorous dialogue. Great car chase scene around the middle of the movie, and all of the action/heist scenes were so good it got to the point where even the sound of bullets hitting metal reminded me of how well Mann pulled off the heist scenes in Heat. Although I said there was no standout lead performance, the acting all around was excellent, and Affleck did hold his own as the lead, putting in what I would easily call his best performance to date. Even watching this movie, just the sight of Affleck makes you think of his clunkers and all together bad movie choices, but if you try to forget about that and watch him here, I think most will be impressed/surprised by his performance. Renner simply steals every scene he is in in the movie, and only gets better as the movie goes on. Hamm is solid as the FBI agent and so is Affleck's love interest, but the real standout supporting performances - outside of Renner - came from Pete Postlethwaite and maybe the biggest surprise of the entire movie, Blake Lively (who looked instaboner hot this entire movie). Hamm and Affleck only share 1 scene together, and just like DeNiro and Pacino in Heat, that one scene is one of the best and most memorable outside of all the action sequences. Another scene that stood out was the only time you see Affleck visit his incarcerated father (Chris Cooper), which ends up being a taught, emotional conversation that sums up Affleck's character in the movie discreetly. The only 2 things that bothered me involved how 2 things end up panning out with each of the female characters (see spoiler below). Outside of that, I thought how the storyline progressed was done to perfection. I felt like halfway through the movie I knew where it was going, but despite that, was enjoying the ride. However, numerous things come full circle in the excellent last 30 minutes and props to Affleck and the other writers for how everything goes down and was tied together in the end. Like I said, when it comes down to it, really the only thing I can think of from truly calling it great was a standout performance by the lead actor, but Affleck by no means hinders it and the movie never really falters anywhere else with exceptional pace and editing. If there are 10 Best Picture nominations again, this is probably deserving to be 1 of the 10

8.6/10

SPOILER (highlight):

The 2 things that bothered me with the female characters were:

1) They had spent enough time laying out the only way Claire could have connected Affleck, Renner, and crew to the cops was Renner's Fighting Irish tattoo. I wouldve much preferred in some instance she ran into Renner, or Renner ran into them, and things broke down from that angle instead of Hamm going over there and telling her about Affleck. And I thought that they didnt do it on the one occasion was good ebcause it was too early, but a similar situation should have occurred around the point in the movie where Hamm told her.

2) I cringed when they used the young, misguided, tortured girl (Lively) as the "weak spot" and giving up the crew's plans for the final heist. Although Affleck did use this cliched turn to have the cops all over Fenway by the time they were ready to leave, he made up for it by having the movie and his character end how it did and not cop out to a Heat-like ending. For that, I'll give him a break on using the girl like this

And really, those are my only 2 complaints about the movie

[ynwa]

Frozen 2/10: Okay here's the premise, 3 people, a boyfriend, his girlfriend, and the boyfriends best friend are trapped on a sky lift for an hour and 20minutes after they pay 100fucking dollars (what a deal) to sneak on the lift a couple times.

 spoiler alert: what the fuck? how fucking low is the bar in hollywood right now?  sure this probably went straight to dvd but what the fuck.  1st of all if you jump off a ski lift and then break your legs a pack of wolves is not going to instantly come at eat you.  especially after there was a huge plow truck thing driving around a few hours earlier.  but regardless the boyfriend falls and breaks his legs and then gets eaten by wolves.  apparently wolves are a serious problem on really really commercialized ski resorts.

spoiler alert continued:
so after this dude gets eaten by a pack of wild ski wolves the best friend decides "hey I'm going to climb this razor wire cable a few hundred feet to a ladder in blizzard conditions." "oh shit my hands are bloody, I'm at the ladder and have plenty of time to bandage them up but nah fuck it"...he gets to the bottom of the stairs "oh shit the wolves are back, I'm a fucking pussy, I've got a sky pole but these wolves seemed trained... almost like somebody is commanding them to go against instinct.  hmm.  so he slides down the mountain on a snowboard with wolves in chase.  meanwhile girlfriend in up in a now broken chair lift waiting for it to finally snap.  when it does she makes it fairly safely to the ground, breaks one leg, but still way better than boyfriend.  she body surfs down the mountain past.. what is it. "OH NO!" "WOLVES!" "THEY'RE EATING SNOWBOARD DUDE! NO!!!" "oh shit the wolf is 2 feet in front of me and it's going to eat my face off with the rest of this huge mountain ski wolf pack"!! "woof" the leader of the wolf howls and they scurry away.  trashy whore ends up on the side of the road and is rescued.  

Moral of the story fuck wolves?  They're a borderline endangered piece in the UP.  watch the unrated version of MacGruber instead, I love that movie.  classic 80's action comedy with a twist.  

what the...  wolves are the smartest animals ever.  why would they waste their time showin up in a shit film like this  ::)

[Hawkeye]

Greenberg - I liked it.  Maybe not that rewatchable, but the awkward relationship between the two main characters is palpable.  Good performance by Stiller.  Loved the party scene...just...so...awkward!  Leaves you a bit frustrated, yet still hopeful.  Not for everyone.

[IHL]

Saw 'Winter's Bone' last night.

Bleak but very engaging - enjoyed it.

[kydiddle]

The Town...

I liked it, but Ben Affleck is such a wretched actor. Great director, but he was terrrrrible as the conflicted buddy/hurting son/confused guy in love with the wrong girl. I didn't buy his scenes in the bah, or the cah, or in Fenway Pahk. However, Jeremy Renner continues to steal my heart in every film he does and should have been the lead in this. He could have pulled it off.

And capt...I have to agree with you about Blake Lively. Not the hotness bit, but her role. She was fab.

[capt. scotty]

The Town...

I liked it, but Ben Affleck is such a wretched actor. Great director, but he was terrrrrible as the conflicted buddy/hurting son/confused guy in love with the wrong girl. I didn't buy his scenes in the bah, or the cah, or in Fenway Pahk. However, Jeremy Renner continues to steal my heart in every film he does and should have been the lead in this. He could have pulled it off.

And capt...I have to agree with you about Blake Lively. Not the hotness bit, but her role. She was fab.

I thought Affleck was overshadowed by a handful of other actors, but I wouldnt say he was terrible in this, by any stretch. I think his reputation is so bad that most people dont even give him the benefit of the doubt and go into a movie thinking he'll be bad. He was average or a little better, but 1 thing that I think did help his performance was that outside of doing the heists, he often seemed lost, withdrawn, not sure where his life was going/what to do with it, and what kind of person he was. That type of confusion is something that you could relate to his lack of decisiveness, certainty, and emotion that his character displayed in the movie, and fit Affleck well IMO.

And its alright ky, you can agree that Blake Lively was bangin in thsi movie as well as good acting

[touchingmept2]

Went and watched The Switch with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston. It wasn't a big hit but its a pretty good movie. I really enjoy Jason Bateman's acting and the child actor in the movie hits an emotional note. I would recommend watching on a Tuesday night with a spouse.

[kydiddle]

The Town...

I liked it, but Ben Affleck is such a wretched actor. Great director, but he was terrrrrible as the conflicted buddy/hurting son/confused guy in love with the wrong girl. I didn't buy his scenes in the bah, or the cah, or in Fenway Pahk. However, Jeremy Renner continues to steal my heart in every film he does and should have been the lead in this. He could have pulled it off.

And capt...I have to agree with you about Blake Lively. Not the hotness bit, but her role. She was fab.

I thought Affleck was overshadowed by a handful of other actors, but I wouldnt say he was terrible in this, by any stretch. I think his reputation is so bad that most people dont even give him the benefit of the doubt and go into a movie thinking he'll be bad. He was average or a little better, but 1 thing that I think did help his performance was that outside of doing the jobs, he often seemed lost, withdrawn, not sure where his life was going/what to do with it, and what kind of person he was. That type of confusion is something that you could relate to his lack of decisiveness, certainty, and emotion that his character displayed in the movie, and fit Affleck well IMO.

And its alright ky, you can agree that Blake Lively was bangin in thsi movie as well as good acting

True, true. Good point. He did do a good job with everyone in the film, I have to give him credit for that. Maybe he'll grow on me...