Last movie you watched?

Sorel · Post by **Sorel** » 9 years ago

I watched Mockingjay today.

It was pretty close to the book, which is something not that many movies based on books have pulled off, but as always, knowing the plot from the book makes the plot of the movie predictable.

Tl;dr, if you are someone who is interested in how they used the material of the book or haven't read the book then go and give it a try.

Doctor Shemp · Post by **Doctor Shemp** » 9 years ago

I watched Rasen (The Spiral). It's the original sequel to Ring (the original Japanese Ring that is) that was later retconned into oblivion by Ring 2 (which I haven't seen yet). I can certainly see why they'd want to retcon it. It's not a patch on Ring. While Ring had some bits that didn't make too much sense if you stopped to think about them, Rasen has bits that immediately don't make sense. Also, you know how most horror movies have a twist near the end, where you think everything's fine but then suddenly it's not? Ring had a really well-done one. Anyway, Rasen has about four or five twists. It got to the point near the end where I no longer cared about what they thought was going on because I knew that they'd be proved wrong in 10 minutes or so. Unlike in a mystery, where the solution is foreshadowed, none of the twists were foreshadowed. They just happened. To add insult to injury, some of the plot elements not only stop Rasen from making sense but retroactively stop Ring from making sense by retconning the motives and knowledge of two main characters. This is particularly galling because Ring and Rasen were made simultaneously and released as a double feature (an idea that was probably born out of a long night on sake, but whatever). My point is if you're making both simultaneously how do you fuck up the continuity to the point that one retcons the other? Especially when the retcon means the ending of Ring no longer makes sense!

So, overall, it's a film that isn't good and worsens a very good film into the bargain. And, to make it more offensive, the acting in Rasen is (in my opinion) considerably better than in Ring, so they wasted good talent on the wrong movie.

Post by **Jesuiscontent** » 9 years ago

I watched Furry : the movie Wolf Children yesterday. The story was pretty simple and predictable and there's some easy tears in the eyes moments but it was still pretty cute and enjoyable and the characters are very likeable. I found interesting how

the kids end up turning into the opposite of what they were in the beginning, I didn't expect that.

. Top tier animation too

Sorel · Post by **Sorel** » 9 years ago

I watched 47 Ronin today, and I gotta admit, I really love movies based on japanese Samurai.

Have you got any good recommendations?

kingmetaknight1 · Post by **kingmetaknight1** » 9 years ago

Christmas with the Kranks

Bwarch · Post by **Bwarch** » 9 years ago

FluffiMasta wrote:I watched 47 Ronin today, and I gotta admit, I really love movies based on japanese Samurai.

Have you got any good recommendations?

Blade.

Obviously.

swirlybomb · Post by **swirlybomb** » 9 years ago

I saw Penguins of Madagascar because we were taking someone else's young kids to a movie to give the parents a break for the afternoon. You probably wouldn't expect much, I'm sure, but I actually thought it was pretty entertaining. It's not a 'deep' or 'amazing' movie, obviously, but I'd say it's definitely a 'fun' one. It has kind of an astonishingly rapid pace, akin to The Lego Movie, so I'm not sure how well the kids followed it, though >.>

I guess in short, "better than you might expect"?

Whimsical Calamari · Post by **Whimsical Calamari** » 9 years ago

Just got back from seeing Birdman and Jesus Christ that was one of the most intense movies I've seen in my life. It was fantastic.

That said, it's also the only movie I can remember that has ever made me physically ill.

Leet · Post by **Leet** » 9 years ago

Just watched The Adolescence of Utena, the movie sequel/continuation/retelling/AU/what to the anime series, which I finished back in, like, October? It is now my favorite movie ever! I don't like most movies, they usually lose my interest super easily - even movies I do like I tend to want to take breaks from. But this was not the case with this. Absolutely amazing movie, seriously awesome. Though it really only makes a bit of sense (as opposed to no sense) having seen the 39-episode series that comes before, despite it being a self-contained story. So it's kinda hard to go "hey lets watch my favorite movie" with somebody, since it will make even less sense than it already would.

LiAS · Post by **LiAS** » 9 years ago

Wayne's World! Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent!
Ugh, so ronchy though.

Post by **Mata Hari** » 9 years ago

Whimsical Calamari wrote:Just got back from seeing Birdman and Jesus Christ that was one of the most intense movies I've seen in my life. It was fantastic.

That said, it's also the only movie I can remember that has ever made me physically ill.

This is kind of a bump but I'm interested in hearing more about Birdman because I might go and see it. Thank.

Post by **Mata Hari** » 9 years ago

When you say 'physically ill' you mean motion sickness right

LovelyPenguin · Post by **LovelyPenguin** » 9 years ago

Nocturna

While technically not the latest movie I've watched, I did see this one recently. It reminds me of something Studio Ghibli would do, and I love it.

Vergalon · Post by **Vergalon** » 9 years ago

Last new movie I watched:
The Imitation Game

Good show, insane to think of what great achievements are covered up due to the risks of making them public
Nice to see a real world plot that takes place during WW2 that isn't a gun crazy war movie

Doctor Shemp · Post by **Doctor Shemp** » 9 years ago

A TV station here has been showing cult 80s movies so I've been getting the chance to see a bunch of movies I really should have seen already (and Evil Dead 2 again which is always worth a watch). My opinions (very briefly) are:

Scanners: Pretty good. Michael Ironside is always good enough to carry a scene on his own but he does occasionally have to. At first I thought that the actor playing the hero was wooden but then it occurred to me that a character who never talked to anyone would act in an odd and reserved way so it may have been intentional. Overall it was structured oddly in that the focus seemed to want to be on the scanning but most of the screentime was to a conspiracy thriller plot. I suppose too much of a good thing can be bad but I'm not sure. Overall I thought it was good but not great. Some scenes were great, just not the film taken as a whole.

Evil Dead 2: Still great. Definitely not as scary as Evil Dead but it doesn't try to be. The slapstick is great. Bruce Campbell is a very good physical comedy actor. Excellent movie.

An American Werewolf in London: Up until the ending this was great. I realise that they'd written themselves into a corner and it was either the ending they went with or an even more unsatisfying deus ex machina, but it still came off as "oh, now it's over". The visual effects were amazing though - I'm a big fan of practical effects over CGI - and the comedy was well written. The highlights were definitely the scenes with his dead friend.

The Blob: I haven't seen the original so I can't compare it to that but I liked this one too. It's definitely a late 80s movie - it's written all over it but especially in the attitude it takes to horror. By the late 80s the genre was saturated to hell and back and jokiness was very much in. I enjoyed the little jabs at other series, particularly at Friday the 13th. I also placed the mum of the heroine as being played by the same actor who played Kristen's mum in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, which makes sense given that the two films shared the same writers. Overall it's very much a late 80s horror film - a mix of rom-com and gory horror with some baser jokes. Pretty enjoyable.

Coming up next time is Red Dawn. I look forward to good old American high school students showing those dirty Commies what's up.

Snakebite969 · Post by **Snakebite969** » 9 years ago

Guardians of the Galaxy

Review: Overall, a good family film, with plenty of action and raccoons and stuff. However, clearly Groot was Groot, and as far as I know,

asexual reproduction

doesn't work like that

suck hacker · Post by **suck hacker** » 9 years ago

i watched Interview, super mario bros movie and bettlejuice other week. all shit

Snakebite969 · Post by **Snakebite969** » 9 years ago

Spaceballs

Go look it up, its brilliant

Fort Knux · Post by **Fort Knux** » 9 years ago

watched the Pacific Rim sometime recently and its one of those movies that you know is stupid as all hell but its so wierdly .. charming(?) you just roll with it and get hype about robits punching big fish

Post by **Willhart** » 9 years ago

I watched Edward Scissorhands (1990) on dvd today. It was pretty unconventional and/or maybe not what I was expecting. I did enjoy it a lot.

LovelyPenguin · Post by **LovelyPenguin** » 9 years ago

Just saw Big Hero 6 the other day. Really cool movie, I'd say it deserves the hype.

Also, my brother and I realized we are getting too genre savvy for our own good when

we figured out the twist early on.

Ashan · Post by **Ashan** » 7 years ago

Bumping this back up cause I liked this thread.

I watched Spike Jonze's Her for my second time last night. I originally watched it when it was in theatres, and I loved it just as much the second time as I did the first. It's a really good movie with a great soundtrack.

nothobz · Post by **nothobz** » 7 years ago

good will hunting i cried

and laughed

and loved every second of it
it is actually better than it was hyped up to me. one of the best movies ive seen in a long time :D

:D

Ivy · Post by **Ivy** » 4 years ago

Let's get that 2 year necro baby
Watched the first 2 John Wicks and am primed and ready to see the third in theater... the second was a cliffhanger, so this is going to be fulfilling!

Kshaard · Post by **Kshaard** » 4 years ago

Well I neither watch many films nor have anything to say on forums, but things seem to have lined up nicely this time.
So I just saw The Fountain for some reason, and I'm not sure I get it, but I'm also not sure you're supposed to "get it". I do like weird trippy things I don't completely understand, though. And that's the sum total of what I have to say on the talkhaus.

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