Last movie you watched......

Agree on the first count, but not so much on the second. I saw "Moneyball" at a screening before it was relased and I didn't like it. Frankly, I was shocked at all the love. I just rewatched it and while I liked it better, I still didn't love it. The second time I tried to pretend it wasn't a true story, because I wondered if that was what was bothering me. Maybe it helped.

 

Saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Okay, not horrible; simplistic action. Saw it in an "XD" theater for $3 premium. Supposedly bigger screen, better sound, bigger recliner like seats. Loved the seats and sightlines. Did not really notice screen size or sound system. Not sure premium is worth it. What do you guys think?

 

Holmes II.

Quite entertaining, and lengths ahead of the original.

 

I enjoyed The Decedents quite a bit.

 

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Yeah, I watched both I and II last week and I swear, Hangover II has got to be the laziest sequel of all time. It's like they took the script of the first one, grabbed a red pen and spent 15 minutes changing slight details before shooting.

"Hmm, OK, how about instead of Vegas, we put them in Thailand?"
"OK, I got it, how about instead of having Alan drug them with roofies, we have him drug them with marshmallows?"
"I think instead of having the three guys spend the whole movie looking for Doug, let's bring in a random Asian kid so that the audience will remember we're in Thailand and have them look for him?"
"Oh, wait, we can't use the roof gag again. What other things go up that someone can get stuck on? I got it! An elevator!"
"How about we change it from them finding a baby to them finding a monkey?"
"Hey, everyone loved when Alan married a whore in the last movie. Let's have him sleep with one here. No! Wait! That's give this hooker a penis and have him/her fuck Alan! Brilliant!"
"Don't forget that we have to get Phil back into the hospital for some reason. Check!"
"Oh, and let's lock Chow up for a while and have him reappear randomly again. Like, instead of having him jump out screaming 'You want to fuck on me?', have him say 'You want to kill on me?'. The audience will love it!"

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Sorry, those are just the ones I can think of off the cuff in six seconds. There are plenty more.

Just a lazy, lazy, lazy movie.

 

I agree and I liked the first one a lot. Stephen Fry was a welcome addition.

 

I agree with every word of this post.

 

Guy Ritchie is an acquired taste, and know that many can't stand his style, but it fits these stars and this subject admirably.

And I'm not the first one to observe this . . . but the House/Wilson relationship is so much like Holmes/Watson, it's not even funny. There were a couple of early scenes in the movie that I wish I could see Laurie and Leonard play, the parallels were so strong.

 

I really, really liked Ritchie's first two movies, hated Rock n Rolla and never saw the Madonna one or the Ray Liotta one. I heard the same thing about House. I like Hugh Laurie but don't couldn't get into that show.

 

I watched the first 2/3 of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo before the projector crapped out. I liked what I saw up until then. I hate the lousy theater I saw it in that tried to give us just our money back.

A few of complained enough that they gave us a refund plus a pass to a free movie.

I was actually flabbergasted by the patrons who tried to shout me down when I complained to say "It's not their fault, they just work here."

I wasn't even being rude. I just told the manager that it was the third time I've seen a movie there where there was a problem (the previous two times were sound problems and I didn't complain, nor did I get my money back).

They were behind me telling me I should go to another theater. I was really shocked that anyone would pay $8.25 to see a movie, watch it crap out as it was building to the climax and then shout down anyone who dared complain to management about it (and let me stress that I was not being rude).

 

"The Help."

I liked it more than I expected to, considering some of the harsh criticism that came its way. Seems like 9/11 and Civil Rights are two subjects that artists, be they novelists or film makers, have difficulty impressing critics with. Some of the women were stereotypes, for sure, and it had the "X-Men: First Class" problem of too many characters. And it was "Remember the Titans"-ish cliched about race relations. But Viola Davis will probably get a well-deserved Oscar nod, and Jessica Chastain had a hell of a year between this role and "Tree of Life" (haven't seen "Take Shelter," but supposedly it's phenomenal).

MILD, MILD SPOILER AFTER THIS.




The whole 2 1/2 hours were worth it just for Davis's catharsis in the final scene. Holy shit.

 

Jessica Chastain was also in 'The Debt.'