Last movie you watched......

Yeah, but it's fascinating in all the ways it's awful.

 

Last sunday i have watched silent hill movie. It is fantastic horror movie. I like it and want to see it again.

 

"Wreck-It Ralph"
I'm a child of the 80s, lived in the arcade. Brought back some good memories of simpler times. Too bad ther's not a better arcade in the mall here or a stand-alone. Ah, podunk living, I hate thee.

 

They hold the arcade in their hands now.

 

I've been on a movie kick, so I watched "The Prestige" on Tuesday evening and "Black Swan" last night. Two of my favorite directors and two of my favorite movies.

That the actual script of "The Prestige" is set up like a magic trick is just incredible. The Nolans are very creative.

Aronofsky's style is so unique. And Portman completely owned that role. A well-deserved Academy Award.

 

Chronicle
Only 90 minutes long, which immediately lowered my expectations. It was good. I Liked the story.
The film style - that Blair Witch Project style - which really wears on me, was Ok. It seems that style is really becoming the in thing with movies and it I'm not that keen on it.

I thought I read somewhere there was a sequel in the works.

 

Yeah, I can do without the shaky camera (Blair Witch, Cloverfield) phenom, but I thought Chronicle was still a very good movie, probably one of the better ones I've seen this year.

 

I'm happy when anyone makes a movie that comes in at less than two hours now.
But 'Chronicle' still felt long. There just wasn't enough there.
Cool idea, even though the shake-cam-found-footage conceit is played out.

 

Flight - Man, what a disappointment. Predictable, slow and often times boring. There is very little character development outside of Denzel's pilot. I'm still trying to figure out what the fuck Walter Sobchak from the Big Lebowski was doing there. The best thing is the first three or so minutes. Remember the girl who played Catalina on My Name Is Earl? She'll be up for a Mr. Skin award.

 

I have mixed feeling.. Any movie under 90 minutes is a HUGE red flag for me. But any movie 2 hours or logner is a struggle to watch - except on weekends.

 

Two hours of good, compelling movie are not a problem for me.
Experience tells me I'm very unlikely to get two hours of good, compelling. And it angers me when I get 90 minutes of good, compelling movie packaged with 30 minutes, 60 minutes or more of lesser movie.

To channel my former self as an editor: I'm not saying it's impossible to write a good, tight 30-inch game story or city council story. I'm saying I am very skeptical that's what you are turning in to me.

 

I don't really love movies that are only 80-90 minutes long. Kind of defeats the purpose of a movie as opposed to just watching two episodes of "Walking Dead" or "Game of Thrones."

Anyway ...

"Prometheus."

It was OK. Not exactly my kind of movie. I appreciate that it tries to ask some of the Big Questions, but I think smaller sci fi movies like "Another Earth," "Melancholia," and "Never Let Me Go" do a better job at that nowadays without the need for bells and whistles.

I will say that the opening scene by the waterfall was pretty breathtaking, from a cinematography standpoint.