Movies you've just seen (Pt. II) - Page 47

***Valandil*** · 05-23-2009, 02:06 PM

Just went with the wife & boys to see, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"

Fun.

***Earniel*** · 05-23-2009, 03:14 PM

Is it as moralising as the first movie or did it get better?

And does Rexie have a large part?

***Valandil*** · 05-23-2009, 04:37 PM

More about the quest for what makes us happy.

Rexie and the others are mostly back, but the bigger parts go to the newer characters - which is sort of nice.

Acalewia · 05-23-2009, 09:18 PM

I love Rexie

Hubby and I are going to see it either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Terminator Salvation ~ I thought it was very good. Lots of tributes to the original movies. Keep your eyes peeled for a very obvious tribute to the first two films.

GrayMouser · 07-06-2009, 01:54 AM

Duplicity- thought it was very good mix between a caper and a con flick; lots of snappy dialog, convoluted plotting, and it conceals the inevitable twist well enough to make it mildly surprising.

Normally I'm not a big Julia Roberts fan, "Erin Bronkovitch" excepted, but the chemistry between her and Clive Owen works very well- you get the feeling she's always one step ahead of him, but you're never quite sure where it's going to lead. Good change of pace from summer blockbusters

hectorberlioz · 08-01-2009, 10:31 PM

I've seen a lot of movies in theaters this year. Here's a list with grades:

Star Trek-**** (Four of Five): Good, entertaining, but lacking that Trekkian grace.

UP-*****(Five of Five): A whole bunch of fun! I'd never seen a 3D movie before, and I doubted the technical finesse of it...until the movie started. And it's a movie that carries you along: no worries about the plot. The characters especially are lovable.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen-**(Two of Five): I really did not enjoy this movie. The two stars are for Bee, otherwise it was trash through and through. Mindless plot, mindless characters, mindless wandering, mindless going....and the robot thing is just NOT for me. My action figures were Han Solo and Darth Vader.

Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian-****(Four of Five): I enjoyed this movie, mostly. It's not as original as the first, nor as lovable, but it does contain some good new characters. Amy Adams was very entertaining. Ben Stiller seemed to have been given the role of solely being a plot-mover. In the first one at least he got a little screen time to himself. So: fun and entertaining, though ultimately unsatisfying as a worthy sequel.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-(Five of Five): Really Really good. I saw it twice in theaters, and though the second time revealed some flaws, I was still entranced by it. Even my mom went to see it and really enjoyed it.

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-03-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GrayMouser

Duplicity- thought it was very good mix between a caper and a con flick; lots of snappy dialog, convoluted plotting, and it conceals the inevitable twist well enough to make it mildly surprising.

Normally I'm not a big Julia Roberts fan, "Erin Bronkovitch" excepted, but the chemistry between her and Clive Owen works very well- you get the feeling she's always one step ahead of him, but you're never quite sure where it's going to lead. Good change of pace from summer blockbusters

I really enjoyed it. Sure, it leans towards the frothy side, but it was great entertainment. I LOVED the scene with Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson fighting during the credits; just brilliantly shot.

Recently have seen: Fellini's Satyricon. Wow. Mind-bending and grotesque visuals, non-stop orgies, seething homoeroticism, and allegories of self-discovery. Pretty trippy stuff.

Withnail and I. 80's British comedy about two young struggling actors who flee from the squalor of their Camden apartment to go spend a week in the country home of Withnail's uncle. General misanthropy, hating life, and LOTS and LOTS of drinking. Four out of five.

Ran. Akira Kurosawa's take on King Lear. 'Nuff said. Four out of Five.

GrayMouser · 08-04-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I really enjoyed it. Sure, it leans towards the frothy side, but it was great entertainment. I LOVED the scene with Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson fighting during the credits; just brilliantly shot.

Yeah, two two middle-aged guys who have been sitting behind their desks for years actually falling for all that sycophantic business writing describing them as ruthless tough guys, fighters, warriors etc.

Quote:

Recently have seen: Fellini's Satyricon. Wow. Mind-bending and grotesque visuals, non-stop orgies, seething homoeroticism, and allegories of self-discovery. Pretty trippy stuff.

Withnail and I. 80's British comedy about two young struggling actors who flee from the squalor of their Camden apartment to go spend a week in the country home of Withnail's uncle. General misanthropy, hating life, and LOTS and LOTS of drinking. Four out of five.

Ran. Akira Kurosawa's take on King Lear. 'Nuff said. Four out of Five.

Agreed on all of the above

nasuada · 08-05-2009, 04:15 PM

I recently saw Harry Potter and the half blood prince, it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Grey_Wolf · 12-10-2009, 01:01 PM

Ive just seen Terminator: Salvation. Pretty good - but predictable - the end was made to sequalize. T5 - T6 - T7......

***Jonathan*** · 01-15-2010, 06:12 PM

I watched In Bruges (it's in Belgium

), mainly because I wanted to reminisce about my canal trips there several years ago.
I didn't expect the film to be so terrific! The many humoristic and highly odd scenes brought on many a good laugh

Colin Farrell and c/o did great!

Highly recommendable.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-15-2010, 07:05 PM

Heck yeah! I really liked that movie. I'm always a sucker for dark humour.

Don't tell me I'm still in f--king Bruges!

GrayMouser · 01-16-2010, 10:55 PM

Yea, just watched it again last night- great flick!

katya · 01-17-2010, 11:25 PM

So I know everyone's been saying this already, but Avatar is totally Pocahontas. And now I want to watch a bunch of Disney movies. Been wanting to watch Beauty and the Beast for a while now.

***Jonathan*** · 01-18-2010, 05:43 PM

I never watched Pocahontas.

But I watched Avatar in 3D yesterday and was amazed. I was first sceptical of all the hype but boy, James Cameron sure can make great movies!

***Earniel*** · 01-18-2010, 06:08 PM

The 3D has been an interesting experience. And while the story is a tad predictable (Pocahontas is a good description), Avatar's still a very enjoyable movie.

But I can't say I'll be running to the cinema's soon to see it again, yet I will consider buying the beastiary of Pandora if one comes out with good shots. Those critters were pretty awesome. I particularly loved the little lizards with their spinning parachutes. So adorable.

katya · 01-18-2010, 09:17 PM

I liked it, but I'm not adding it to my favorites list. I saw it in 3D too but I was in the front row so it kind of sucked. But so pretty.

GrayMouser · 01-19-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by katya

I liked it, but I'm not adding it to my favorites list. I saw it in 3D too but I was in the front row so it kind of sucked. But so pretty.

How so? Headache-inducing or problems with the effect?

katya · 01-19-2010, 08:42 AM

The glasses blocked the outer edges of the screen because I was too close. Headaches were also an issue though but not bad. Also the angle- had to look really high up.

***Jonathan*** · 01-19-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

I particularly loved the little lizards with their spinning parachutes. So adorable.

I especially liked those floating luminescent jellyfish things. I remember wondering whether they bite, like mosquitoes?

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

The glasses blocked the outer edges of the screen because I was too close. Headaches were also an issue though but not bad. Also the angle- had to look really high up.

My friends and I were very careful to get those issues right. We chose a smaller cinema and sat quite close to the screen, in order to make the screen fit perfectly into our fields of vision. Seeing too much of the cinema itself (if you're sitting further back) spoils some of the 3D experience. And sitting at the very front isn't ideal either.

The 3D was much cooler than in "Up". An animated film still looks quite unreal, even if it's in 3D.

05-23-2009, 02:06 PM	#921
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05-23-2009, 03:14 PM	#922
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Is it as moralising as the first movie or did it get better? And does Rexie have a large part? __________________ We are not things.

05-23-2009, 04:37 PM	#923
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	More about the quest for what makes us happy. Rexie and the others are mostly back, but the bigger parts go to the newer characters - which is sort of nice. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

05-23-2009, 09:18 PM	#924
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I love Rexie Hubby and I are going to see it either Tuesday or Wednesday. Terminator Salvation ~ I thought it was very good. Lots of tributes to the original movies. Keep your eyes peeled for a very obvious tribute to the first two films. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

07-06-2009, 01:54 AM	#925
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Duplicity- thought it was very good mix between a caper and a con flick; lots of snappy dialog, convoluted plotting, and it conceals the inevitable twist well enough to make it mildly surprising. Normally I'm not a big Julia Roberts fan, "Erin Bronkovitch" excepted, but the chemistry between her and Clive Owen works very well- you get the feeling she's always one step ahead of him, but you're never quite sure where it's going to lead. Good change of pace from summer blockbusters __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

08-01-2009, 10:31 PM	#926
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I've seen a lot of movies in theaters this year. Here's a list with grades: Star Trek-** (Four of Five): Good, entertaining, but lacking that Trekkian grace. UP-*(Five of Five): A whole bunch of fun! I'd never seen a 3D movie before, and I doubted the technical finesse of it...until the movie started. And it's a movie that carries you along: no worries about the plot. The characters especially are lovable. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen-(Two of Five): I really did not enjoy this movie. The two stars are for Bee, otherwise it was trash through and through. Mindless plot, mindless characters, mindless wandering, mindless going....and the robot thing is just NOT for me. My action figures were Han Solo and Darth Vader. Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian-**(Four of Five): I enjoyed this movie, mostly. It's not as original as the first, nor as lovable, but it does contain some good new characters. Amy Adams was very entertaining. Ben Stiller seemed to have been given the role of solely being a plot-mover. In the first one at least he got a little screen time to himself. So: fun and entertaining, though ultimately unsatisfying as a worthy sequel. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-(Five of Five): Really Really good. I saw it twice in theaters, and though the second time revealed some flaws, I was still entranced by it. Even my mom went to see it and really enjoyed it. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!** Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-05-2009, 04:15 PM	#929
nasuada Enting Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the two rivers Posts: 57	I recently saw Harry Potter and the half blood prince, it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Once a King or Queen of Narnia always a King or Queen. -Aslan the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hands. An Irish Blessing~ “If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.” ~ William Wilberforce

12-10-2009, 01:01 PM	#930
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Ive just seen Terminator: Salvation. Pretty good - but predictable - the end was made to sequalize. T5 - T6 - T7......

01-15-2010, 06:12 PM	#931
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I watched In Bruges (it's in Belgium ), mainly because I wanted to reminisce about my canal trips there several years ago. I didn't expect the film to be so terrific! The many humoristic and highly odd scenes brought on many a good laugh Colin Farrell and c/o did great! Highly recommendable. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

01-15-2010, 07:05 PM	#932
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Heck yeah! I really liked that movie. I'm always a sucker for dark humour. Don't tell me I'm still in f--king Bruges! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-16-2010, 10:55 PM	#933
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Yea, just watched it again last night- great flick! __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

01-17-2010, 11:25 PM	#934
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	So I know everyone's been saying this already, but Avatar is totally Pocahontas. And now I want to watch a bunch of Disney movies. Been wanting to watch Beauty and the Beast for a while now.

01-18-2010, 05:43 PM	#935
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I never watched Pocahontas. But I watched Avatar in 3D yesterday and was amazed. I was first sceptical of all the hype but boy, James Cameron sure can make great movies! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

01-18-2010, 06:08 PM	#936
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	The 3D has been an interesting experience. And while the story is a tad predictable (Pocahontas is a good description), Avatar's still a very enjoyable movie. But I can't say I'll be running to the cinema's soon to see it again, yet I will consider buying the beastiary of Pandora if one comes out with good shots. Those critters were pretty awesome. I particularly loved the little lizards with their spinning parachutes. So adorable. __________________ We are not things.

01-18-2010, 09:17 PM	#937
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I liked it, but I'm not adding it to my favorites list. I saw it in 3D too but I was in the front row so it kind of sucked. But so pretty.

01-19-2010, 08:42 AM	#939
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	The glasses blocked the outer edges of the screen because I was too close. Headaches were also an issue though but not bad. Also the angle- had to look really high up.

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