What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Quote: Ayecarumba

Samuel L. Jackson apparently is the bad guy. He seems to be carving a niche for himself as the "Anti-Morgan Freeman".

Morgan Freeman played a pimp in 1987 (2 years before he played in Driving Miss Daisy). He always said he liked playing a bad guy, but nobody will hire him for those parts anymore.

Quote: Evenbob

I see Django made it to Netflix. I won't watch
it for a couple reasons. It's almost 3 hours
long, Ben Hur it's not. It gets 12 pages of
some of the worst reviews I've ever seen
on IMDB. It gets good ones too, but 12
pages? I hate these kind of movies, I hated
Inglorious Basterds. Gratuitous violence
has never appealed to me. It's boring and
tedious and 3 hours of it isn't happening in
my house. I never saw any of the Kill Bill's
for the same season.

Just watched this today, and totally loved it.

It is typical Tarantino and has his style slathered all over it. Meaning, there is no subtlety, no stop-and-think moments. It's just a story of an unlikely badass going all badass on people who have wronged him. Tons of foul language, way more blood splatter than is called for, and a jarring cameo by Tarantino himself (he's gotten really fat). Oh, and a silly if not stupid ending that wasn't worthy of the rest of the movie. Like I said, typical Tarantino.

I won't say it was as good as Kill Bill, because I thought Kill Bill was fantastic. But the same "kill your way to justice" theme is present. Waltz as the German bounty hunter I thought was played very well, in an interesting and odd sort of way. To be honest, the entire time I was watching I thought the character was being played by Malkovich, as he had that same weirdness about him. DiCaprio was as energetic and crazy as he was in "The Wolf of Wall Street". And Sam Jackson, who can do no wrong, surprised the hell out of me. Yes, it was Sam Jackson being Sam Jackson, but being casted as a massah-appeasing Uncle Tom? Interesting, and somehow well done, despite his use of modern slang in a movie set in the 1800's.

It's no Casablanca, but Tarantino never is. Action, gore, profanity, murder, all served fast food style. A good way to kill a few hours. Thumbs up.

Quote: Face

It is typical Tarantino and has his style slathered all over it. Meaning, there is no subtlety, no stop-and-think moments..

Thanks for the warning. There is only 2 of his movies I
like, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. PF because it's a classic,
the first of it's kind. JB because it's just an over the top
good movie. The acting and story are fabulous, there is
very little violence, I've seen it 6 times I bet. I want to be
as cool as Robert Forrester is in this movie. He is not
rattled by anything.

Quote: Evenbob

PF because it's a classic, the first of it's kindg.

I would argue that RD established QT in the mind's eye of critics (even though it sold less than a million tickets). PF sold over 25 million tickets two years later.

We saw a movie that had decent buzz from critics and Rotten Tomatoes, A Most Voilent Year. It was about as exciting and interesting as watching contract negotiations. Not just that there was little action, but there was little to no character development and the actors had almost nothing to work with. The whole plot revolves around a moral and ethical dilemma that is only talked about, and never demonstrated. I will give it high marks for recreating the look and feel of NYC in the late 70s and early 80s, but otherwise it was a real letdown, we were expecting much more. Ignore the formal reviews, and pass on this one.

Although described as a crime thriller set in NYC's "most violent year" it is more a "character study" of those who have to deal with a crime situation. This is in keeping with the prior Margin Call which didn't focus on finances but on how the stress of the margin call is dealt with or the Redford movie All is Lost wherein nothing much happens but Redord deals with it with courage and determination and alot of sailing techniques that are physically impossible. The director does character studies not crime thrillers. Same as watching Redford struggle in virtual silence with a vessel he knows is sinking... its not a mystery, its a depiction of grim determination in the face of the inevitable, a character study of a "non quitter".

Predestination.
Based on Robert Heinlein short story All you Zombies.
Its time travel and very well done.
I highly recommend it. Just watched it.
Its one of those movies where you are wondering where this is going then you have those OMG moments as you start to figure it out.

Just saw my first Liam Neeson movie, "Taken"

Character's ability a bit of a fantasy, if you ask me, with that business of whipping butt against 10 to 1 odds; again the villains can't shoot straight.

They did manage to manufacture a credible plot if you don't examine it too critically. I enjoyed the movie

I can see why Neeson is popular. Will probably try to catch more of his stuff.

Mommy porn has no legs

Fifty Shades of Grey ticket sales fall by 74% the second weekend.In comparison "American Sniper" ticket sales fell by 24% the second weekend of wide release. Normally movies that appeal to adults have "legs" meaning that adults don't feel compelled to see the movie based on advertising, but wait until they read about it, and ask some of their friends if they enjoyed the movie.

Spectacular drops like 74% are associated with teen flicks like Twilight Saga or horror movies like the umpteenth remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street .

But as a relatively cheap movie with a $40 million budget it has now made over $400 million worldwide. Those returns are eye-catching, and all logic indicates that someone will try and copy the theme.

American Sniper should push to #1 boxoffice of 2014 this weekend or next

The top 12 movies (US & Canada boxoffice) consisted of 8 PG-13 sequels, 3 PG animated films, and 1 R rated movie that deals with warriors and is appealing to an audience that rarely, if ever, goes to the movie.

Just when the transformation of the movie industry seems complete, these unusual films show up.

PG-13 Sequels
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Guardians of the Galaxy (not a sequel, but part of Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Transformers: Age of Extinction
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

PG Animated films
The LEGO Movie
Maleficent
Big Hero 6

Quote: Pacomartin

Mommy porn has no legs

What I've read is that it was atrociously done.

Besides, didn't they do it like thirty years ago? "Nine and a half weeks"? I didn't care for that one, either.