Last movie you watched, and your critique of it

[Bob Kelso]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Since you didn't specify new films, the last one I watched (just yesterday) was 'The Lion In Winter'. Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Basically, the film (adapted from the play of the same name) concerns the political machinations of Henry, Eleanor, and their horrible offspring.

I quite this like film, always have done - easily an 8 out of 10. I would rate it higher, but I was educated as an historian and the film is rife with historical inaccuracies. Still and all, the writing and the performances are nothing short of phenomenal. Like this bit, a 36 years old O'Toole as the shattered, world weary 50 years old Henry:



The whole film is rife with that caliber of acting and writing. Also notable for being Timothy Dalton's first film role, and Anthony Hopkins' second.

Boru

[popeyespappy]

CBGB

Never was into punk, and I didn't have a clue. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie though.

[Marsellus Wallace]

Bucket list.

Its about 2 guys finding out that they got from 6-12 months to live and they go try stuff they always wanted to do.
Me thinks : what if the guy didn't have much money ? then the only thing they gonna do with that bucket list is to shove it up their ass and die in 6-12 months.
I liked the movie deep idea about death, and the fact that someone knows when is he gonna die is not good for him at all .

Accept the void

[Tonus]

Last two movies I watched:

Sabotage: Disappointingly lame Schwarzenegger film, because the action you spend all movie waiting for doesn't really happen until the final scene (which is very entertaining, but comes way too late). Look, I don't watch action films for the plot, because I know the plot is going to suck. It's just there to set up the action, so... let's have some action.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: See, here's a group of writers that understood that with enough action, your plot doesn't have to be watertight or even make a lot of sense. Fun, action-packed, and just funny enough without seeming silly (at least, to a comic-book geek).

[Bob Kelso]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: See, here's a group of writers that understood that with enough action, your plot doesn't have to be watertight or even make a lot of sense. Fun, action-packed, and just funny enough without seeming silly (at least, to a comic-book geek).

Excellent, I've been wanting to see this but wasn't sure if it was worth ponying up the dough.

[Esquilax]

I'm a fan of the DC animated movies, so the last thing I saw was Son of Batman, the latest one. It's also probably one of the weakest, because there's not a whole lot to it. The action looks good and all, but when that's all you have, just piling fight scene on top of fight scene goes nowhere. The characters are all super flat- for a movie about the son of Batman, there's remarkably little interaction between the son and Batman- and it basically plays out like a half hour episode of one of the newer Batman animated series stretched over a full hour.

It's also, for some reason, the bloodiest movie in the entire lineup, showing once and for all that dark doesn't always mean interesting.

Give it a miss, and just watch Under the Red Hood again.

[tommynba]

[Rev. Rye]

How the West Was Won.

Well, It's certainly an impressive-looking film, one I'm sure would certainly be more impressive if I actually saw it on the Cinerama big Screen it was intended for. As it was, it's a fairly good western, although it's one that isn't very cohesive. Many of the performances are good, although I was surprised that Gregory Peck did a fairly good Robert Mitchum impersonation. I did not think the two would be this difficult to tell apart. Of course, it's clearly a product of its time.

[Tonus]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Sigh... there are about 30 minutes during the first hour or so, where there are clear flashes of decent plotting and good writing. Problem is, the movie is 141 minutes long. There are way too many "head-scratcher" plot points and the way the main villain's plan is foiled is just dumb. I will give them points for not chickening out on a particular plot point, but that scene was not really necessary for this movie and feels tacked-on, and that makes it pretty awful.

And also, the "mid-credits bonus scene" that ran after the movie ended was a promo for the upcoming X-Men film. Which is fine, because it means I can skip those from now on and save myself a few minutes in the future.