The "last movie I saw" thread

[Green Lantern]

I saw Elysium last night.

I thought it was seriously crappy.

Seconded.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Cate Blanchett's performance in Blue Jasmine is, as expected, outstanding as were several others. Strangely, Andrew Dice Clay did a very nice job as well, and packs a bit of an emotional wallop at the end. The movie's very good, and yet I was left feeling rather empty, despite the fact that I walked out of the theater very grateful that my life is infinitely better than the lives of every character in the film. If you think you'll like the movie based on what you've read, you won't be disappointed; if the movie doesn't sound appealing, I doubt you'll be pleasantly surprised.

BTW, Woody has always had a thing for A Streetcar Named Desire (see, e.g., Sleeper), and this movie shows a lot of that influence. I kept expecting Augie or Chili to stand outside the modest apartment yelling, "STELLA!" or at least "GINGER!" Meanwhile, Jasmine is always depending on the kindness of strangers.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Watched The Intouchables on Netflix over the weekend with the fam. Outstanding.

[Indy Coug]

The Cabin in the Woods - OK, but needed more blood, death and mayhem

[RC Vikings]

Watched End of Watch over the weekend on Netflix. Jake Gyllenhaal and Micheal Pena play a couple of cops in South Central LA. I liked it. They threw out the f bomb a lot so I looked it up and it only comes in 6th place with 326 times.

[Commando]

Watched The Intouchables on Netflix over the weekend with the fam. Outstanding.

I saw this in the theatre. I thought it was pretty good, but I watched The Untouchables on Netflix on Saturday- it was even better! I love Sean Connery in this, and also I think it's so adorable when Kevin Costner tries to put on an accent of any kind. He does this monotone thing for a sec and then gives up as the dialogue progresses in any given scene.

[Indy Coug]

Watched End of Watch over the weekend on Netflix. Jake Gyllenhaal and Micheal Pena play a couple of cops in South Central LA. I liked it. They threw out the f bomb a lot so I looked it up and it only comes in 6th place with 326 times.

That's once every 20 effing seconds.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Watched The Intouchables on Netflix over the weekend with the fam. Outstanding.

We watched it a second time recently and enjoyed it again very much. The shaving scene still cracks me up.

We streamed To Rome With Love, a mediocre Woody Allen movie but with great shots of Rome and Penelope Cruz. It also features an outstanding tenor (real life) who Woody hears singing in the shower. Woody tries to promote him as a singer but the guy can only perform in the shower. This leads to an obvious but still very funny resolution, followed by a memorable performance of Pagliacci. Here's a YouTube spoiler of the initial resolution:

[Jeff Lebowski]

We watched it a second time recently and enjoyed it again very much. The shaving scene still cracks me up.

For a movie like this, the entire movies hinges on the chemistry between the two leads and how believable it is. In that regard, they both performed fabulously and the shaving scene is an excellent example.

[sparky]

FWIW Sound City is now on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That's once every 20 effing seconds.

That's almost as high as your rate!

[MarkGrace]

Drinking Buddies

Rolling with some mumblecore tonight. Jake Johnson always cracks me up.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Flipping through the tv tonight after the Bison Beatdown and Moulin Rouge was on the Sundance Channel. Not sure what it says about me, but I think this crazy mess of a movie is brilliant. It's one of my all time favorites and blows my mind every time I watch.

Love the Roxanne scene.

[MarkGrace]

Flipping through the tv tonight after the Bison Beatdown and Moulin Rouge was on the Sundance Channel. Not sure what it says about me, but I think this crazy mess of a movie is brilliant. It's one of my all time favorites and blows my mind every time I watch.

Love the Roxanne scene.

One of my favorites.

[Commando]

I realize a movie Adore is being released this weekend. I saw it at Sundance when it was called "Two Mothers." It's about two good friends who hook up with and then fall in love with each other's sons and awkwardness ensues. I think I commented on this in a Sundance thread, when I called this movie the full-length version of SNL Digital Short "Motherlovers"

I think it had potential as like a gimmicky faux-fable but flopped based on the laughable premise and sooo terrible dialogue.