The "last movie I saw" thread

[Tim]

Just got back from seeing The King's Speech. Firth's performance was incredible.

[Uncle Ted]

Just got back from seeing The King's Speech. Firth's performance was incredible.

Tim and I have found something we can agree on...

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...&postcount=615

Excellent movie.

[MarkGrace]

Just got back from seeing The King's Speech. Firth's performance was incredible.

He seems to be the trendy pick for best actor right now. I was also reading today that this is the film most likely to give the social network a run.

[scottie]

I saw The King's Speech with my wife tonight. It is a very good movie, IMHO, and will most likely will win a big award for something (Best Foreign Film, I am guessing). Both Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush did an excellent job acting.

Saw it tonight and really liked it.

[Viking]

So real or hoax? The unfortunate thing is this seems to be the only thing people focus on when discussing the movie, yet ultimately it's a moot point to me. Whether it happened as told in the film or was manufactured by those involved, it asks the questions it wants to ask and makes its point regardless.

total hoax. i think it's completely obvious

[pellegrino]

The other night I coaxed my wife into watching Dune, the extended version that David Lynch disavowed and removed his name from it.

I hadn't seen the film in years (probably 15 or more) but I had fond memories of it, and I really loved the whole Dune series (once again, read it a long time ago) so I thought for sure this would be a pleasant walk down memory lane with my wife. I was wrong.

It was the first time I'd seen the film with a critic's eye and my oh my, what a crappy movie! I remembered it being tough to follow if you hadn't read the book, but I never knew how bad it was. I was constantly pausing it to explain things to my wife because she didn't understand. Afterward I looked it up on wikipedia to see what the reception was and there was this great quote from a critic. I can't remember who it was, but it went something like "Some of the characters in this film are psychic, which gives them the unique ability to understand what's going on." With its voiceovers that are supposed to represent the thoughts of individual characters and the huge plot gaps, it's really tough to get what's going on. It's a three hour film and the first two are spent on the first third of the book, just trying to give enough background to understand the characters, then Lynch races to the end without pausing long enough on the most important aspect of the film, Paul Atreides' transformation into Paul Muad'Dib, the prophet and savior of the universe.

There were some cool things about the film though. While I didn't care for the claustrophobic, noir look, the palatial sets (particularly for the emperor and on Calladan) were awesome. I liked the way they changed the weirding way from what it was in the book. The modulator concept was pretty cool, made the battles more interesting. Finally, what's not to like about Sting's performance in this one?

[fullyinvestedgirl]

Rocky Horror Picture Show. I know someone who loves this movie. Anyway, so I thought I'd check it out. It is both amusing and terrible at the same time. It has the longest-running theatrical release in film history. It became popular after a midnight showing and now there is mass cult following where people will dress up and participate during the movie by singing and reciting lines. Hmmm...sounds familiar---Twilight anyone?

I doubt I'll watch it again, but I think it would pretty damn funny to go to a midnight showing and see all of these fans in their costumes.

[Green Lantern]

I saw The King's Speech again with my wife and some friends on Saturday. I really enjoy that movie. On a side note, it's fun to go to the Broadway theater in January. While the megaplexes are often full of a bunch of studio castoffs, the Broadway usually has a full slate of all of the end of the year critical darlings and seems to do booming business. Our theater was packed on Saturday and I imagine that this month and next probably give them their biggest business of the year.

[BoylenOver]

"Never Forever"

Great film. Vera Farmiga is brilliant, and the ending is gorgeous.

[Marvin Hardtospell]

If you like the animation in Belleville, director Sylvain Chomet's new animated film The Illusionist comes out in the next couple months.

The Illusionist is brilliant. Absolutely beautiful and very poignant. Especially if you get a little context surrounding Jaques Tati and his daughter. One of my favourite films of the year. I may be a bit biased due to my Sylvain Chomet affinity.

[Green Lantern]

The Illusionist is brilliant. Absolutely beautiful and very poignant. Especially if you get a little context surrounding Jaques Tati and his daughter. One of my favourite films of the year. I may be a bit biased due to my Sylvain Chomet affinity.

Good to hear! It comes out here in Salt Lake at the start of February, right after the Sundance Film Festival.

[Rickomatic]

My wife demanded that I see Tangled over the weekend with her and my girls. They really enjoy it and I found to be quite entertaining. Good flick

[Pheidippides]

My wife demanded that I see Tangled over the weekend with her and my girls. They really enjoy it and I found to be quite entertaining. Good flick

Agreed. The missus and I saw it over the weekend as well, and I quite enjoyed it. Clever take on the fairy tale, and Mandy Moore (who usually annoys me) was excellently cast.

[pellegrino]

Brick, by Rian Johnson with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lukas Haas. It's like The Breakfast Club meets Sam Spade. It has all the cues, characters, and plotlines of a classic noir, but it's a bunch of HS kids in suburban California. Very entertaining if you like neo noir film, and available on netflix streaming.

[LA Ute]

Finally watched The Kite Runner just tonight (Netflix streaming, a new thing for us). I loved it. A little gem of a film.