Last movie you watched......

Yep. Totally agree.

 

You mean the way they do with Forrest Gump beating Pulp Fiction?

 

Excellent comparision. I suspect that he'll get his Oscar some day, a la Scorcese with "The Departed." But he should have two right now.

 

He has a writing Oscar for Pulp Fiction. He'll get his directing Oscar at some point, probably for a movie that isn't as good as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction or Inglourious Basterds.

 

Picked up "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" this weekend after reading about it on this thread. Loved it. The subtitles annoyed me for the first few minutes, but then I was completely caught up by the story. I can't wait to see the next film in the trilogy: too bad the nearest theater screening it is about 200 miles away.

 

No, it doesn't. Then again, she wasn't enough of a draw to get me to watch Transformers 2.

 

The more I think about Inglorious Basterds, the more I love it. It's stuck with me like no other picture from 2009. I'm constantly thinking about the "three" that the Brit film critic held up in the bar, and every time my wife eats dessert I remember, "You must have it with the cream."
But The Hurt Locker was a masterpiece and deserved its award.
Speaking of deserving winners from last year's Oscars, if you get the chance see "The Secret In Their Eyes." Fantastic film from Argentina that is part murder mystery, part love story, 100 percent surprising.

 

No way Hurt Locker should be compared with Gump.
You didn't need 10 or 15 years to know that Gump was crap compared to Pulp Fiction.
I knew it on Oscar night.

 

Watched 'She's Out of His League' last night. It was scary how biographical that movie was, except that I don't end up with a very hot woman at the end.

Was decent, but the script was kinda crappy. I can think of several things I would have done different that I think would have made it better.

 

Shit. We do that, now.

That wasn't a great year.

Liked Quiz Show, but understood it wasn't Best Picture-worthy. Four
Weddings and A Funeral was field-filler. Understand that Gump, Fiction
and Shawshank all have their diehard adherents, but Shawshank is very
much a "guy" picture. I've always hated Gump, and I haven't changed
my mind one inch in 15+ years. Suspect Pulp Fiction will be the best
movie QT ever turns out, and agree that if he does win, it will be with
something that doesn't hold a candle to PF. But like a few distinguished
directors, will not be surprised if he never wins BP.

 

Watched "2012" last night. I wanted to see it since the trailer showed Cusack and his family's initial escape. I grew up near that little airport and golf course. You could almost see my dad's house.
Anyway, I wasn't as engrossed into the move as I was for "Independence Day." A lot of the movie was too dark -- I mean nighttime or the dust clouds -- to know what was going on. I must have blinked when the Chinese family and the guru guy were introduced. I was lost as to how they got involved with the whole ark thing.
Not that good of a movie, but I probably need to watch it again.

 

Elegy with Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz. Lots of Cruz nudity if you like that sort of thing!