thedwork Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 I can easily recommend Moneyball, particularly if you are a baseball fan. It's a very well done look at the inside workings of baseball. Jonah Hill did a great job and I almost missed Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Very enjoyable. x2. highly recommended. nicely done, low-key, deliberately paced and very baseball oriented. the family/personal ambition angle is there, but rightly everything is suffused with baseball. Pitt is having a great year with this and Tree Of Life. good on him. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 Really liked Tree of Life. I'm skipping Moneyball. Hate sports movies. . . don't watch sports. Hoping to see Drive this weekend. Quote
jlhoots Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 Anybody see Drive yet? Drive released here on Friday. Will be there. Drive excellent. (See Return of Film Corner). You are correct. A little warning about the violence is probably in order for the faint of heart. Quote
mikelz777 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) I'm interested in seeing the American version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. From the previews, it looks like they have the look and feel of the movie right. Some of the shots look like they could have been from the original. (Denmark?) It will be hard to beat the original main characters. Having seen the sub-titled originals and read the books, I can totally see Daniel Craig in the role of Bloomkvist. From what I've seen so far, I like the look of Noomi Rapace's Salander more than I do Rooney Mara's but I'll have to reserve final judgement until I see the film. I don't know why this one jumped out at me but I thought Christopher Plummer as Henrik Vanger was a good choice for the part. Edited September 29, 2011 by mikelz777 Quote
BruceH Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 I can easily recommend Moneyball, particularly if you are a baseball fan. It's a very well done look at the inside workings of baseball. Jonah Hill did a great job and I almost missed Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Very enjoyable. x2. highly recommended. nicely done, low-key, deliberately paced and very baseball oriented. the family/personal ambition angle is there, but rightly everything is suffused with baseball. Pitt is having a great year with this and Tree Of Life. good on him. Also liked Moneyball. I never thought I'd see Jonah Hill underplay, but there it is. The daughter was perhaps a shade too cutesy, but not a deal breaker by any means. Quote
BruceH Posted September 30, 2011 Report Posted September 30, 2011 Anybody see Drive yet? Drive released here on Friday. Will be there. Drive excellent. (See Return of Film Corner). You are correct. A little warning about the violence is probably in order for the faint of heart. I'd go further, actually: The violence is ridiculously over-the-top. The term "violence porn" comes to mind. Quote
Shawn Posted October 4, 2011 Author Report Posted October 4, 2011 Scream 4 - unfortunately just as tired as the type of film it's trying to satirize. Nothing works here. Not a single suspenseful moment, horrible pacing, uninspired in every possible way. Craven must have really needed the paycheck on this one, he's seriously on autopilot. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Anybody see Drive yet? Drive released here on Friday. Will be there. Drive excellent. (See Return of Film Corner). You are correct. A little warning about the violence is probably in order for the faint of heart. I'd go further, actually: The violence is ridiculously over-the-top. The term "violence porn" comes to mind. The violence both seemed over the top, and surprisingly realistic. Jarring combo. Loved the film if you can "love" a film like this. Very Jim Thompson imo. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 5, 2011 Report Posted October 5, 2011 Watched an oldie last night: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Okay, so he wasn't Sean Connery; he beat the holy shit out of Roger "the clown" Moore. Quote
Shawn Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Posted October 5, 2011 Watched an oldie last night: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Okay, so he wasn't Sean Connery; he beat the holy shit out of Roger "the clown" Moore. DIANA RIGG!!!!!! Quote
BruceH Posted October 6, 2011 Report Posted October 6, 2011 I've never quite understood why so many people dump on Roger Moore. Sure he was no Connery, but who is? I thought he made for a very good Bond. Quote
Shawn Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Posted October 7, 2011 I've never quite understood why so many people dump on Roger Moore. Sure he was no Connery, but who is? I thought he made for a very good Bond. I liked Moore (until he got too old for the part around Octopussy era). He "was" Bond when I was growing up, I saw "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" in the theater before I ever saw my first Connery bond film. Quote
BruceH Posted October 7, 2011 Report Posted October 7, 2011 The awfulness of some of the Bond films he was in certainly wasn't his fault, but due more to script/director/producer problems. And yeah, few people would argue that he stayed in the role a few years longer than he probably should have. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 The first Bond movie I saw was Live and Let Die, and I just didn't care for Moore's interpretation of the character. I think I would have liked him if it been more like The Saint, but I understand why he wouldn't want to just redo old work in a sense. Quote
Shawn Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Posted October 15, 2011 How popcorn movies should be made. Quote
Shawn Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Posted October 20, 2011 I laughed and laughed watching this one, highly recommended. Jennifer Aniston practically walks away with the film, she's a firecracker here. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 20, 2011 Report Posted October 20, 2011 I really enjoyed Horrible Bosses in the theater, and it was fun to see it with a responsive crowd. Quote
Shawn Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Posted October 20, 2011 THE THING (2011) The third variation on John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" is a love letter to the 1981 Carpenter film, functioning essentially as both prequel and reinvention. Surprisingly entertaining film is more "creature feature" than Carpenter's suspense based version. The ending feels a little disjointed but overall it's a fun little horror/sci-fi mashup with impressive effects. Quote
thedwork Posted October 20, 2011 Report Posted October 20, 2011 I laughed and laughed watching this one, highly recommended. Jennifer Aniston practically walks away with the film, she's a firecracker here. I really enjoyed Horrible Bosses in the theater, and it was fun to see it with a responsive crowd. i enjoyed it as well, but for me it was charlie day who stole the show. he is one funny motherfucker 24/7! Quote
thedwork Posted October 21, 2011 Report Posted October 21, 2011 not very good i'm afraid. maybe even actually bad. i'd recommend skipping it... Quote
BERIGAN Posted October 21, 2011 Report Posted October 21, 2011 I've never quite understood why so many people dump on Roger Moore. Sure he was no Connery, but who is? I thought he made for a very good Bond. I liked Moore (until he got too old for the part around Octopussy era). He "was" Bond when I was growing up, I saw "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" in the theater before I ever saw my first Connery bond film. Live and Let Die was the first Bond film I saw in the theater, long before you could rent films, so Sean Connery was pretty unknown to me as a kid. might have caught part of You Only Live Twice on tv before going to bed. So growing up, Moore was James Bond to me too. What's funny to me is that Roger Moore is actually older than Sean Connery, by 3 years. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 21, 2011 Report Posted October 21, 2011 Til the last two, I really never liked Bond films. I read the books before I saw any of the movies (read the books when I was in Africa, and never saw any of the movies til a number of years after I returned) and the movies never seemed to capture my experience with the books, they just seemed corny and way too hip. The most recent two are at least a bit more like the books, to me. Watched this again today, such an over the top "give them what they want to see" movie. Quote
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