The "last movie I saw" thread

[MarkGrace]

Chronicle

I thought it was pretty fun.

[FN Phat]

Finally saw Argo. I enjoyed it greatly.

[Surfah]

Chronicle

I thought it was pretty fun.

I really enjoyed this movie. Michael B. Jordan is always good. I am looking forward to the sequel if it ever happens. Last I read the script was delivered to Fox and they didn't like it. I guess Landis said the story evolves, because the world is changed after the fight in Seattle because there is no covering any of that up and goes it into the alien technology a bit and Fox just wants Chronicle all over again. Since the first story was so good, I wish the studio would trust Landis' follow up script.

[Hypoplastic]

The wifey and I saw The Impossible this weekend. I thought it was very well done.

Spoiler for Spoilers:

The tsunami scene was particularly intense and I liked how the movie stayed on two of the family members for quite sometime before revealing that fate of the others. It could have been overly sappy at the end (and the insurance agent showing up was a bit odd to me), but I thought the filmmakers did a nice job of reminding the audience that though they focused on one family, the tsunami affected countless individuals and families that were not as fortunate.

I recommend it.

[Armenag]

I really enjoyed this movie. Michael B. Jordan is always good. I am looking forward to the sequel if it ever happens. Last I read the script was delivered to Fox and they didn't like it. I guess Landis said the story evolves, because the world is changed after the fight in Seattle because there is no covering any of that up and goes it into the alien technology a bit and Fox just wants Chronicle all over again. Since the first story was so good, I wish the studio would trust Landis' follow up script.

Part of what I liked about that one was that it didn't dwell on the alien technology or whatever it was, but just jumped right into the interesting stuff. The explanation would be uninteresting, the boys' inevitable running from the military or CIA or whoever wants to capture the tech would be dull and derivative, etc. Jordan was very good and it was nice to see a movie present the most popular guy in school as a nice, sincere guy. I thought its portrayal of the main guy's bumbling attempts to seem aloof and intellectual captured a certain part of the HS experience nicely, as well. Funny that a found-footage superhero movie seemed liked a better picture of HS than so many other movies focused more directly on doing so.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Chronicle

I thought it was pretty fun.

While you were planning going did you say to the Mrs. "Going to see the Chronic, what, Chronicle?" Doesn't have the same panache without adding Narnia at the end.

[Donuthole]

While you were planning going did you say to the Mrs. "Going to see the Chronic, what, Chronicle?" Doesn't have the same panache without adding Narnia at the end.

Wouldn't it be "Going to see Chronic, what, Cle"? Dork.

[MarkGrace]

Watched that Kiraostami film Certified Copy last night. It got quite a bit of buzz last year but was one of those deals that had a limited showing and was tough to turn up during the year. It reminded me a bit of Linklater's Before Sunrise and Before Sunset movies, consisting almost strictly of dialogue between two characters. Though I found myself more engaged in this one, in part because I was just more interested in what they were talking about, but mostly because there's a sort of mystery surrounding their relationship that you're always trying to unravel. The movie is never quite clear if they're meeting for the first time, a married couple, if she's his mistress, etc.

[MarkGrace]

Trouble with the Curve

So bad. Days before the draft and teams don't know the kid who's likely going #1 can't hit a curveball. lol!

But I can't quit baseball movies.

[FN Phat]

Zero Dark Thirty. Lived up to the hype. I thought it was slow in the middle ( like many of you have said) however I thought it was critical in establishing the movie. Although not believable, I loved the scene with the director when she said that she was the muthaf&$@er that was the lead for the safe house. Puh-lease.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oz - The Great and Powerful

First half is a snoozer and the entire movie is dripping with layers of Disney cheese, but it is OK for a family movie. Nice visual effects.

[Jeff Lebowski]

The Master

Incredible performances by Hoffman and Phoenix. It's a real shame the movie didn't have a plot.

[UVACoug]

We watched "The perks of being a wallflower" this weekend. What a good and profound movie.. 2 thumbs up...

Great movie. I like the lines that follow the two you quoted, where Sam basically throws it back in his face by asking "Then why did you never ask me out?"

[jay santos]

The Master

Incredible performances by Hoffman and Phoenix. It's a real shame the movie didn't have a plot.

Exactly.

[CardiacCoug]

I think it was Hostile who said he was planning to watch "Imposter" at Sundance this year, and I thought it looked very intriquing. It was picked up on Netflix so I watched it, the story of Nicolas Barclay, a 13 year old who disappeared from San Antonio, TX, and resurfaced 3 years later in a small town in Spain. When Nicolas disappeared, he had blue eyes and blond hair and a Texas accent. When he was found, he appeared much older, had brown eyes and black hair, and spoke english with a french accent. His family welcomes him home, and takes him into their embrace for months before the truth comes out.

Since imposter Frederic Bourdain narrates the movie, there is no doubt from the beginning that the newly found Nicolas Barclay is an imposter. The movie is no less suspenseful and thrilling, concentrating first on why Bourdain would seek to pose as an absolute stranger, and how he thought he could possibly pull it off. Second, the movie chronicles the chain of events put into motion by completely incompetant people that leads to Bourdain obtaining a US passport-- the local police, the local magistrate, the US consul, everyone. When Bourdain gets to the US, the movie takes a dark turn (much darker turn) as it turns to reasons why a family would refuse to believe that this swarthy algerian man of 23 years is anything but their 16 year old blue eyed blond haired son.

The entire first half of the movie I was thinking WTF? Why will no one take a good look at this imposter and see that he is not the boy. The movie does a good job explaining why the FBI agent wants him to be the real boy, and eventually, why the family wants him to be the real boy.

Spoiler for Minor spoiler:

We finally get some sanity back when the TV show Hard Copy assigns a Private Investigator to the case-- he is the first one to take a step back. Also, the FBI sends the boy to a battery of child psychiatrists. One takes one look at the boy and says that he was not raised in the US. If you grow up in a country speaking the local language, you cannot "unlearn" your native accent. It is impossible. You might acquire skills in another language and speak your second language fluently, but you cannot unlearn your own native language.

Even presented with incontrovertible evidence, the family refuses to believe and will not give any DNA samples for testing.

Thanks for reminding me about this -- will definitely watch it on Netflix. I remember reading the article about this case in the New Yorker years ago.