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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 8, 2013 at 4:40 am
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On the recommendation of a mate, I just saw 'Secondhand Lions' for the first time. Loved it.
Life lesson from the film: Don't fuck with old people.
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October 8, 2013 at 5:17 am
Summer Wars: Still one of my favorite films, and one that, despite being anime, I'd show to pretty much anyone. It's an accessible family film with plenty of emotional resonance, a neat little message about the importance of family without beating you over the head with it, and a surprising lack of moralizing about the evils of technology, for a movie about a rampaging computer program. The animation is beautiful, the score is cool, the characters- of which there are many, most of whom get minimal screentime- are distinct and mesh together well, and most importantly, this is a film full of children, most of which aren't annoying. Definitely comes recommended.
Wolf Children: As part of a Mamoru Hosoda double feature, I also got into his newest film, which is not as good as his last, but still pretty goddamn great. It's more of a meandering "experience" movie than one with an importance of plot, but since the characters are so likable and capable of growth, it's not exactly lacking for this. It's much cuter than Summer Wars, and the wolf children themselves are adorable, but for a movie with magic transforming children in it, it's their normal human mother that's the definite star. This is Hosoda's third original film, and he's now officially my favorite Japanese director. 
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October 8, 2013 at 7:47 am
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 11, 2013 at 1:27 pm
What Maisie Knew with Julianne Moore. It's really fricking depressing, but very good.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm
Sunshine (2007). A good, visually stunning film!
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October 13, 2013 at 1:58 pm
The last film i watched was "Filth" It was the best film I've ever seen. There's a few good films out recently. Including "The conjuring" aswell.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 13, 2013 at 5:15 pm
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I saw Gravity (w/ Sandra Bullock) on Friday - soft recommend
It was a good space-disaster movie and had amazing 3D visuals but it lacked character development and emotional impact for me.
I saw Captain Phillips on Saturday - Big recommend
What Sandra didn't achieve, Tom Hanks did in spades - he made you feel like you had just survived three days as the hostage of Somali pirates, I did not feel like I had just survived a major space disaster when leaving Gravity.
With that said, though, Gravity is worth seeing in theaters for the visuals and 3D, you could probably wait for Netflix on Captain Phillips.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 14, 2013 at 9:51 am
Saw two this weekend:
Star Trek Into the Darkness - sucked. Did the writers watch more than one episode of the series?
Iron Man 3 - sucked. I understand that they have good actors and want it to be more than an action movie, but still, it's an action movie called Iron Man. I rented it because I want to see Iron Man. All they did was invent reasons for the suit to break and keep Downey out of it.
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October 14, 2013 at 9:52 am
(October 14, 2013 at 9:51 am)John V Wrote: Iron Man 3 - sucked. I understand that they have good actors and want it to be more than an action movie, but still, it's an action movie called Iron Man. I rented it because I want to see Iron Man. All they did was invent reasons for the suit to break and keep Downey out of it.
Which made the final scene that much more aggravating.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
October 14, 2013 at 10:04 am
I watched "Avatar: The Last Airbender" to the very end yesterday and though I have heard only shit about M. Shamalalalalalala's "The Last Airbender", I thought I would give it a go. Fuck. What a mistake. I made it only until Zuko was shown for the first time, but boy was I disappointed. In those few minutes I had a myriad of problems, that fucked up the experience for me.
a) Katara and Sokka. They are supposed to have quite dark skin. And those fuckers were whiter than I am.
b) A hilarious goofball like Sokka, supposed to be portrayed by the static (albeit handsome) Jackson "I always look a bit constipated" Rathbone? No thank you.
c) Special effect don't matter if the storytelling is alright, but the bending.. Whoo boy, that just looked downright nasty.
d) Zuko is supposed to look Chinese and is a boy about 15-16 years of age. Not an Indian man that looks about 30.
Yeah, I'm gonna skip this one and wait until "Avatar: Legend of Korra" comes out on Netflix.
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