What have you watched lately?

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:16 pm

And I'd say the opposite: if you've read the book, there's no need to watch it - hell, it's faster to read the book so save some time and do that instead.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:18 pm

V for Vendetta was better than the graphic novel.

Yeah, I said it.

Alan Moore has admitted he had no clue where the hell the story was going for a few years (it took about a decade for him to finish it), and there are a lot of elements that pop up and go nowhere. The film was far more streamlined.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:45 pm

Rogue II wrote:I haven't seen The Rocketeer since it came out on VHS. I barely remember it now.

Its very cool. Could've used more actual Rocketeer in it though. If it were made today I'm sure it would have.
And Jennifer Connelly's (fully clothed) breasts co-starring is awesome.

anarky wrote:V for Vendetta was better than the graphic novel.

Yeah, I said it.

Alan Moore has admitted he had no clue where the hell the story was going for a few years (it took about a decade for him to finish it), and there are a lot of elements that pop up and go nowhere. The film was far more streamlined.

Agreed. Although I really liked the graphic novel, the movie was much better.
And it had Natalie Portman.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:35 pm

Diabolical wrote:And Jennifer Connelly's (fully clothed) breasts co-starring is awesome.

I second that! Those puppies in a wife beater were the ONLY reason to see "Career Opportunities"

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:56 pm

I watched Inside Man with Denzel, Clive Owen, and Jodie Foster. I guess I either forgot , or never realized it was a Spike Lee film. A considerable departure from his usual movie. Pretty good, especially how the Clive owen character gets away with it in the end. And Kim Director's breastsare almost as nice as Jennifer Conelly's.

I also saw a straight to DVD western called Seraphim Falls with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. I think it was shot 100% on location/outdoors. (There was one short scene in a cabin, but it looked like it was an actual cabin an not a set somewhere). It also featured the best use of a beartrap as a boobytrap EVER. Got a little weird at the end with Anjelica Huston showing up, but otherwise, pretty solid movie.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:07 am

Eternal Padawan wrote:A considerable departure from his usual movie. Pretty good

Coincidence?

Post by **vynsane** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:27 am

an inconvenient truth

incredibly well-made and thought out. if you think global warming is just a theory, by the end of this movie you'll believe it's fact.

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:00 am

Ahhh...Career Opportunities. I still remember the rocking horse sequence. Hot.

An Inconvenient Truth was fantastic. People who don't believe that global warming is happening are fucked - and we WILL all suffer as a result. Not may, WILL.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:54 pm

An Inconvenient Truth was incredibly informative, but boring as all fuck. I felt like I was watching a video in high school again.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:54 pm

I sat through the live action 101 Dalmatians for the first time last night. Hugh Laurie from "House" played dog thief Horace ( or Jasper...one of them) and the Weasely dad from the Harry Potter flicks played the other. After watching it I can say...don't mess with classic Disney movies. Especially turning them into live action.

I also watched the first ten minutes or so of Now and Then which I hadn't seen in forever. Who would believe that Cristina Ricci would grow into lardass Rosie O'Donnell? Is Christina Ricci in the "nekkid" topic yet?

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:26 am

I watched the cheesy 70's sci-fi "classic" Omega Man with Charlton Heston. It's an adaptation of the Richard Matheson Vampire novel I Am Legend ( the same one Will Smith is doing this Christmas). Man it was cheesy. The music is totally innapropriate throughout, like bad 70's detective show music when it should be scary. Stuff like that. The dialogue was incredibly dated, and Charlton Heston just has this smug smirk on his face the entire movie that just cracks me up. Check it out and prepare to go all MST3K on it.

I also saw Bridge to Terabithia and WOW is that movie's trailer misleading. I thought it was some bad Narnia knock-off and it wasn't that AT ALL. And the movie takes such a spirit crushing plot turn towards the end, I was just floored. I highly recommend watching it, and then going back and watching the trailer afterwards. Completely misleading.

Senor JabbaJohnL · Post by **Senor JabbaJohnL** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:27 pm

I read the book version of Bridge to Terabithia in fifth grade and haven't seen the movie, but yeah, the ad campaign is extremely misleading.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:00 pm

I read it in 6th, and when I saw the ads, I kept thinking, "Dude, what the hell part of the book is all that from?"

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:43 pm

They showed Bridge to Terabithia to my daughter at school - I guess there were quite a few upset kids with the "surprise twist" or whatever you want to call it. I haven't watched it yet, and will likely abstain so I don't have to pay for child psychology.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:48 am

Saw part of a foreign flick called Rosario Tijeras last night. I missed about 20 minutes at the start, and fell asleep because it was so fucking late, so I only caught maybe a half hour.

Watch this movie.

The chick in it is HOT, and she does a lot of fucking.

I couldn't follow it too well, since it jumped around in time, which wouldn't be too tough to understand except the subtitles were absolutely horrid.

Seriously, though, the chick is hot.