Seen any good movies lately?

[Dale]

Quantum of Solace
Michael Clayton
The Visitor

[djm]

The Day The Earth Stood Stiller - not so good
Doubt - pretty good
Slumdog Millionaire - not bad, but I don't know what all the fuss was about
Bedtime Stories - stupid, but great special effects
Marley & Me + Seven Pounds - I watched these one after the other - very red eyes by the end of the night

djm

[Thomaston]

Watchmen

[Dale]

bad, but I don't know what all the fuss was about

I thought it was worth the price of the ticket just to enjoy how beautifully crafted it is. Terrific photography.

[djm]

Yes, it was certainly an eyeful, but that isn't what people were praising it for, so it left me wondering what was so "special" about it. Definitely worth seeing once, though.

djm

[mutepointe]

Rent Superbad on DVD. It's an old (by now) but good teen flick. Watch it before it becomes one of those movies that is on TV all the time but they clip out all the mature parts and lose the meaning of the film.

[claudine]

Harvey Milk, with Sean Penn - really liked it.
Knowing, with Nicholas Cage - what a crap.

Movie I missed: The Watchmen. How did you like it? I am a true science fiction fan, would you recommend it?

[djm]

I just read the Watchmen book and thought it was pretentious garbage. I'm hoping the movie has enough visual effects to make up for the stupid storyline.

djm

[Thomaston]

Movie I missed: The Watchmen. How did you like it? I am a true science fiction fan, would you recommend it?

Hmmm, maybe. The thing about Watchmen is that if you go in expecting an action movie you'll be disappointed. If you go in expecting a drama that asks the question "What if the hero is crazier and more dangerous than the villian?" then you may like it. Also, it's kind of a period piece, set in an alternate 1985 where the USA won the Vietnam War.

[Nanohedron]

Also, it's kind of a period piece, set in an alternate 1985 where the USA won the Vietnam War.

That, right there, disrecommends it to me. This, from someone who enjoyed and likes to think he "got" Jacob's Ladder.

[Dale]

Harvey Milk, with Sean Penn - really liked it.

Watched it last night. Very good performance, as usual, by Sean Penn.

[john_t]

I recently watched (again) my favourite film of all time; Dr Strangelove or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

[jsluder]

Enjoyed:
To Kill a King - about the friendship of Oliver Cromwell and General Fairfax. Dougray Scott does a good job as Fairfax, but Tim Roth is outstanding as Cromwell.
Bottle Shock - about how a California wine won a blind taste test in France in the late 1970s. Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman are both very good in their roles.

Did not enjoy:
Sideways - about two jerks on a road trip through California wine country. Why did this movie get such good reviews? And an Oscar for the writing? Bleh.

[Dale]

I recently watched (again) my favourite film of all time; Dr Strangelove or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

There are about, I don't know, 5 - 10 movies I watch about annually. That's one of them.

Let's see.

Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
Pulp Fiction
Almost Famous
Magnolia
The Station Agent

I think No Country for Old Men might end up in that category.

[Infernaltootler]

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Monsters v Aliens

none of which are as good as Shrek, which is my yard stick for all things animated

Lordy, my film watching is limited these days.