What's the last movie you watched (2010)?

[Chuffalump]

This reminds me of a question I always wanted to ask.

What happened to the special effects/realism in Return of the Jedi? In Ep IV Obi Wan cuts a guy in half at the Cantina with his light sabre. In Ep V Luke get's his hand cut off with a light sabre. In Ep VI Luke spends a lot of time hitting people with his light sabre as if it's a baseball bat. All that happens is that they get knocked off the skiff?????

 

[Loerwyn]

Don't forget that in the prequel trilogy lightsabers make clean cuts. There's no blood, no gore - The cuts seem to be pretty clean. In IV and V the blades make quite a mess, such as in the cantina and the Yeti-thing's den.

And the original trilogy also has a "lower" collective rating than the prequel trilogy, despite being darker and more violent. How strange!

 

[JunkMonkey]

Don't forget that in the prequel trilogy lightsabers make clean cuts. There's no blood, no gore - The cuts seem to be pretty clean. In IV and V the blades make quite a mess, such as in the cantina and the Yeti-thing's den.!

Maybe the batteries were running down. They had been sat in Ben's cupboards for a few years and I didn't see a charger plugged into a wall socket anywhere.

 

[Roland 85]

Thing is, most people you're gonna ask, would say that IV is a 7/10 at best, with V being a minimum of 9.5. I mean, one is written and directed by Lucas himself, who is arguably one of the worst famous directors/writers of all time (think Stan Lee in movie terms - the one with the great ideas and horrible execution), while the other is written by Leigh Brackett and directed by an actually decent director. Not to mention it expands the SW universe to about ten times what it is in the previous movie, introduces most of the memorable plot points in the saga, and has the best soundtrack in the entire series.

It's all about tastes, of course. Just pointing out this particular one is a little unorthodox.

 

[DurzoBlint]

I watched Easy A. I have a thing for Emma Stone and didn't think it would be all that great but was pleasantly surprised. Lots of stars in it too.

 

[algernoninc]

I liked Easy A too. You can try next "Flipped" by Rob Reiner - I saw it last night and it was fun.

 

[DurzoBlint]

I liked Easy A too. You can try next "Flipped" by Rob Reiner - I saw it last night and it was fun.

If I can find it, I will take you up on your recommendation. Finding English movies in Korea is harder than it should be.

 

[Loerwyn]

Maybe the batteries were running down. They had been sat in Ben's cupboards for a few years and I didn't see a charger plugged into a wall socket anywhere.

That's probably more sense than whatever Lucas would say.

Finished Episode VI, and I think it wasn't as good as the first two, but it was still good. The Ewoks are a bit annoying, and whilst they did redeem themselves a bit during the Battle for Endor, they spent the rest of the time doing my tree in (Pun not intended). Yoda's death also seemed pretty strange because in Episode V he'd been very active and lively.

I'd read how they'd replaced Annie's ghost, and I saw it for the first time today, and Hayden still managed to look "evil" as Anakin, which was contradictory of the point to put his ghost in. There was also Leia's comment about remembering Padmé, which is pretty impossible as Padmé was a bit on the dead side.

Oh, something else annoyed me but I can't remember what it was. Either way, fairly good film and a good end to the film series, but it just wasn't as good as it could have been.

 

[Chuffalump]

I'd read how they'd replaced Annie's ghost, and I saw it for the first time today, and Hayden still managed to look "evil" as Anakin, which was contradictory of the point to put his ghost in. There was also Leia's comment about remembering Padmé, which is pretty impossible as Padmé was a bit on the dead side.

I hated them calling Anakin 'Annie'. Thought it lowered the whole Jedi Knight dignity, which Liam Neeson did so well otherwise.

 

[Chuffalump]

Right!

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising

As I suspected. There is a special hell awaiting the screenwriter and anyone who went along with him/her in creating this total corruption, distortion, lightweight adaptation of a classic children's book.

ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH

 

[Sonja Ravenscroft]

Predators-which, despite the reviews, I didn't mind-probably the best since the original Predator for me (I didn't even mind Predator 2-P vs A, other than when the two fought, dull)

2nd last(reason I had to watch Predators) "The Last Airbender"-all it made want to do watch the far superior animated series-wow, disappointing.

 

[Bond]

Saw The Next Three Days, thought it was a good movie. Saw some of the reviews afterward and thought they were somewhat harsh. I get the feeling that in a post-9/11 world the premise of this movie is hurting it in a way it wouldn't have before.

Thing is, most people you're gonna ask, would say that IV is a 7/10 at best, with V being a minimum of 9.5. I mean, one is written and directed by Lucas himself, who is arguably one of the worst famous directors/writers of all time (think Stan Lee in movie terms - the one with the great ideas and horrible execution), while the other is written by Leigh Brackett and directed by an actually decent director. Not to mention it expands the SW universe to about ten times what it is in the previous movie, introduces most of the memorable plot points in the saga, and has the best soundtrack in the entire series.

It's all about tastes, of course. Just pointing out this particular one is a little unorthodox.

I'll agree with Dwagginz here. Personally I favor the original Star Wars movie (Episode IV). The popularity of Empire over the other Star Wars movies I only learned later with the internet. I do not find many of the arguments convincing. A lot of it sounds like groupthink. Saying the original was directed by Lucas for example is neither here nor there and shows prejudice towards Lucas more than anything else. I consider the final assault against the first Death Star one of the most memorable action sequences in any movie. For sheer tension I don't think the battle on Hoth compares and my own reaction to the I am you're father moment in Empire was pretty muted since it was foreshadowed; the training sessions with Yoda was more special. I even found the betrayal of the Emperor in The Return of the Jedi more compelling. For me Empire is the most solid Star Wars movie but not the most memorable.

 

[DurzoBlint]

Watched the Tourist last weekend. Considering the star power, it was mundane. Popcorn wasn't even that great.

 

[JWHorton]

Just watched Inception again this evening. It's an awesome movie. I'd have to rate it along the lines of The Matrix.

 

[Solaar]

Predators-which, despite the reviews, I didn't mind-probably the best since the original Predator for me (I didn't even mind Predator 2-P vs A, other than when the two fought, dull)

And there I was thinking I was the only person on the planet to like AVP 2!! Hallelujah!! ;-)

And Predators was pretty cool, I thought.

Not sure what I think of Scott making the Alien prequel...

Solaar
will wait and see

 

[Daddy Darth]

Went to see Megamind on the weekend. Found it kinda dissapointing! The trailers looked so promising.

Looking forward to TRON, hopefully this weekend.

 

[Sonja Ravenscroft]

And there I was thinking I was the only person on the planet to like AVP 2!! Hallelujah!! ;-)

And Predators was pretty cool, I thought.

Not sure what I think of Scott making the Alien prequel...

Solaar
will wait and see

IMO, Take AVP and AVP 2 and make them one long movie really IMO.

Predators was pleasurable-liked the whole "thrown into the middle of it" feel

 

[alex4u]

Deathly hallows was the movie i watched last time and i loved the movie. it was the 2nd best movie of Potter series after Prisoner of Azkabaan

 

[algernoninc]

I was in the mood for some black and white class, so I've picked up:
- Fallen Angel [1945] r. Otto Preminger with Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell and Alice Faye
- Human Desire [1954] r. Fritz Lang with Gloria Grahame, Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford

both were excellent examples of the noir style [9 / 10]

 

[Loerwyn]

Just watched The Golden Compass (It's called Northern Lights, damnit!), and... Yeah, it was a load of balls. Complete snowballs. Nothing funny about it, nothing compelling, a plot that had more holes and missing parts than edam cheese and just nothing that good about it.

The kid who played Lyra's friend creeped the hell out of me, it had that annoying twerp whose name I forgot (He's in the first Nanny McPhee film, Love Actually and he had an appearance in Doctor Who), the accents were horrifying, and not to mention there was no real... I dunno, it felt fake. Dakota could be a good actress (Not seen anything else with her in), but she was seemingly older than most of the younger cast members and stood out like a sore thumb - She was taller, she acted way too maturely for her age (Which really just... didn't gel) and I just thought that whilst she could have been great, the way her role was mutilated just ruined it all.

I was watching it thinking "I don't remember that in the book", "I don't remember that in the book" and just with a nonplussed expression. Oh, and for all they tried to be nice and gentle with it, they went and ballsed it up by having one polar bear punch another in the jaw so hard that the jaw flew off, and then he killed him. What? Seriously, What? How on Earth did it fit in with the rest of the film?

It was only worth it for Eva Green's witch (Yummers) and for Jack Shepard, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Christopher Lee, all of whom went to complete waste considering their talent and experience.

Sigh. Avoid at all costs, because it's just a load of droppings. The redeeming features can't save it at all. Spend your money on the book instead; It'll last longer.