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A "Hey I just watched a movie" thread
April 23, 2010 at
06:49 PM
One of the other forums I go to has one of these threads and I've been turned on to some good movies that other regulars just watched. I was kind of surprised not to see a similar thread here (at least not that I could find.) 
I just rewatched "Kinamand" - a cute drama about a Danish plumber who gets involved in an arranged marriage with a Chinese illegal. Good stuff (Netflix instant.)
So what have you folks watched recently?
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I just rewatched "Kinamand" - a cute drama about a Danish plumber who gets involved in an arranged marriage with a Chinese illegal. Good stuff (Netflix instant.)
So what have you folks watched recently?
April 15, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes.
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It is a pretty gut wrenching film, but it gives you what you want, Liam Neeson in his element AND a good movie.
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" - I am really surprised that this is getting any Oscar attention, even though it seems to be written for the Academy voters (as was "Hugo".) I thought the second half of the film was a bit more engaging than the first but overall it was a bore. I thought the September 11th references were a bit cheap. File this alongside "Hugo" and "Midnight in Paris" as three movies I'm rooting against re: the Oscars. 1.5/5
"Shame" – Good performances, really boring flick, in spite of the gratuitous nasty bits. 2/5
Jeez, I really sound like the two old curmudgeons from "The Muppet Show" but I think I'm starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for the films that got Oscar love.
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I liked it, but I didn't expect much in the way of original plot or anything like that. Anything written by Luc Besson has to be viewed with certain expectations. Plus Zoe Saldana is farking unbelievable hot.
Didn't expect much and ended up being wonderfully surprised at how good this movie was. It just kind of sucked me in and took me on a nice ride full of laughter, tears, amazement, etc.
I'd give it 8/10.
Dave
"Albert Nobbs" – The story was OK and interesting enough. The gimmick behind the characters was what really kept my attention. 3/5
"Margin Call" – It really didn't bring anything new to the table, but it had enough tension to keep me interested. I thought it was pretty good. 3.5/5
"Warrior" – At first I was totally expecting there to be a Rocky IV style montage here. The lines they wrote for the ringside announcers were douche-chilling (and cheesily delivered) but aside from that I really enjoyed it. I liked the way they handled the very end of the film. 4.5/5
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