^I enjoyed that as well. Probably the best thing Katie Holmes ever did.
And… it was shot entirely on the Canon XLh1, making it one of the first movies ever to be shot entirely on prosumer digital video. 
The Last Stand is horrible.
I expected bad, and got horrible.
There was one bright spot though. About a 15 minute fight with a lot of comedic moments.
Well I just watched the Lorax. Wasn’t expecting the modern day piss poor excuse for music and art that proliferated this film. Outside of the barf worthy moments, it was a fun ride with a utopian moral about the sanctity of life and a dire yet trite warning about greed. So terribly derivitive but enough payoffs here & there to make my review contradictory and confused.
Zelig
Woody Allen is simply the greatest ever.
Seriously- SO many great films in one career. He’s had some lowlights, sure, but greatly outweighed by such prolific excellence. He is like the Bob Dylan of filmmakers. Might have to give Manhattan and Midnight in Paris another spin this weekend.
Finally saw Django the other day. Loved it. I may be speaking from a place of good movie afterglow, but it could be Tarantino’s best film yet, for the fact that it is just plain solid and entertaining. I found it exceptional in it’s non-exceptionality, meaning, I wasn’t blown away by powerful moments or a profound message, I was just entertained by a quality film for 2 and 3/4 hours. It was classic Tarantino, but I felt a bit more restrained (maybe until the last 30 minutes or so) and not in a bad way. Maybe it was also that, instead of critiquing throughout, I just went along for the ride. Good story. Fantastic acting. Very eclectic, soundtrack! Also, he is a master of violence in film. I generally don’t like things that are very violent, but, for some reason, in Tarantino movies I revel in it!
P.S. I like how he uses these sort of washed up 70s-80s TV actors (Travolta, Carradine, Don Johnson, Tom Wopat) and revitalizes their careers.
Opted for Silver Linings over Argo this afternoon and I concur with the dooj. Remarkable performance by Cooper and I would love to see him win best actor for it, but I think people will automatically go for Day Lewis for Lincoln because it’s the ‘thing to do’ (although his performance was also outstanding).
DeNiro was also great, as usual, in a supporting role, and I really thought Lawrence was also outstanding as well as hot. As a side note, Marie and I thought the actress playing his mother was Sally Struthers and didn’t find out differently until the credits rolled. Really fun movie. On par or better than ‘As Good As It Gets’.
Pretty awesome documentary (by Dave Grohl), about a studio I never knew was so awesome, and a Neve board that has heard some of the most iconic music ever.
The Paul McCartney & Nirvana ending was amazing. The Josh Homme, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl collaboration is some of the finest music I have heard created in a while.
Once this comes out, go see it!
I really enjoyed it as well. Just like Will says, the end is intense even though you know the outcome.
Been watching this with my kids a lot lately. It’s actually a pretty funny movie.
Rope.
Pure awesomeness. Amazing example of limited storytelling. The most amazing part is the scene cuts, or almost lack thereof. Pretty tricky movements by Hitchcock, with only 3 or 4 that I could count as being obvious cuts.
And Joan Chandler is a dame!
Just saw the Silver Linings Playbook with the wife. She didn’t really like it, but I did. Basically. I was disappointed that it morphed from a wildly interesting study of mental illness, into a trite 80s love story centered around a dance contest.
But otherwise I really really liked it.
Wife would have preferred the Die Hard film I think, which is just so typical of us. When we chose which film to see, I axed the Die Hard film cuz I just don’t care to sit thru hours of gun violence; it’s boring and the testosterone smells like BO.
I was disappointed that it morphed from a wildly interesting study of mental illness, into a trite 80s love story centered around a dance contest.
Doesn’t even he best “romantic comedy” types end up this way? Many have an interesting concept…for the first hour. But then they’re all required to fall into the same love story cliches that every romantic movie ends with. Even comedies like Knocked Up and Wedding Crashers ended up this way. It drives me crazy and I tend to just avoid them altogether.
I axed the Die Hard film cuz I just don’t care to sit thru hours of gun violence
But it’s Bruce Willis doing Bruce Willis things!
I loved that movie! I saw it many years ago, but I was quite enamored by it. It’s basically a filmed one act play. Very minimal. All about the story. It definitely stands out as one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Jimmy Stewart was fantastic.
Exactly
Can’t wait for this one to come out!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CknpHpmIJtI[/youtube]
I’ve been lucky enough to see 2 great movies the past couple of weeks. Seven Paychopaths and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Both movies are fantastic and I would highly recommend seeing both.
Seven Psychopaths is funny but in a subtle pulp fiction dialogue type of way. If its not your type of humor it probably isn’t worth seeing. Personally it is the type of humor I enjoy the most so it was great IMO.
Perks of a Wallflower is just a really great story and the characters are very indepth. It has a psychological aspect of it as well. Not that it matters but for those interested in mental illness. This is just overall a great movie. Watched it twice in the same day.
^I actually read Perks of Being a Wallflower recently and I very much enjoyed it, so I look forward to seeing the movie. Glad to know it wasn’t a dud.
^ you should really enjoy it if you liked the book. Patrick is the biggest difference from the book to the movie. You actually get to see the character come alive. You should like it 
Surprisingly hysterical.
^I agree. That red X IS pretty funny.
I see Bad Teacher.