movies you've seen recently

[goldenryan]

as most of you here well know i'm a movie nut. i even think there should be was a section here for movie post but anyway which movies have you watched for the first time recently and liked?

[Nostalgiabuff]

I just watched Forgetting Sara Marshall the other night. Loved it. even my wife liked it. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.

[BlackKnight]

Well I have scene a Few Latley....

DarkKnight }

IMO the best Batman Movie ever. It was so like the Comics,.. very well done & well thought out,.. Ledger's Joker will be something to Remember .

Wanted. }

This Movie flipp'in ROCKS !
It was soo cool,.. & threw you a twist at the end,.. that you kinda scene comming .. but it was still cool. & BTW you get to see Angie's Arse in the flick !!!!

Mummy tomb of the Dragon Emperor }

I liked the Movie,.. but it was Definately the weakest of the 3. They shouldn't have done it imo.. I think the Chemistrey Between Fraser & the New chick was just Horrible,.. & ruined the movie for me. I do Like all the Added CGI,.. but it didn't save the Movie.

Step Brothers }

The Funniest Ferrel Movie EVER.... & I dislike Ferrel Movies,.. with the Exception of Talladaga Nights. If you wanna Just laugh,.. & Love the Penis & Fart Jokes,.. this Movie IS FOR YOU !


Death Race }

This is a Good Movie imo. Not great,.. but good & Possibly the Best Statham Movie ever.... besides THE ONE ,.. but he was co-staring. It has the Typical "Good Guy gets in trouble " Movie theme,.. but the race scenes are very neat & something like Mad Max,.. or the Road Warrior.. + There is this Mucho Hot Mexican Chick in the Flick,.. Not sure her name ,.. I dunno if I ever scene her before,.. but She's great. This Movie is Most definately for you "Tough Guys who like tough Movies" theme.

Get Smart .. }

Lots of laughs about stupid stuff,.. fun for the Family imo .

Tropic Thunder }

WHAT ,.. YOU haven't scene this yet ? .. One NAME... DOWNEY JR. Rules


Kung-FU Panda }

With all the hype behind this one,.. I seriously disliked it when I saw it. With more & more of these CGI Movies comming out,.. it seems everyone wants to throw together a group of A List actors,.. & put them in a Movie .. The Animation in the Movie is Great,.. However the Story line leaves alot to be desired,.. & the ending is a waste of time,.. inwhich makes the lead up to the Movie a complete waste of time.

[goldenryan]

i agree dark knight is the best batman movie ever followed by batman begins and then maybe the 1989 batman movie.And ledger was amazing, he made the joker seem very real and in most of scenes i can't even tell it's him under under the makeup.
i have yet to see tropic thunder (not a stiller fan) but i heard it was a good movie so i might give it a chance.

[thunderbolt]

It! starring Roddy McDowall as a assistant museum curator with a dead mommy problem and a living golem prob, too.

[toys2cool]

Just saw Fred Clause,it was actually pretty good.Vince is always a trip

and yeah Step brothers was hilarious

[Bizarro Amy]

Out of the Past with Robert Mitchum. Hell of a great movie. I can't believe I'd never seen it before.

[kryptosmaster]

Just saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Was actually pretty good. Of course the eye candy didn't hurt.
I can see how they ended up together. Lotta chemistry there.
Also saw Hellboy. I was actually surprised that I liked it because I really thought it was going to be stupid.
Also recently watched the original Mighty Joe Young.
That was pretty good, too.
I started watching Underworld:Evolution but I got tired and fell asleep so I'll have to watch it again later.
Rich

[Brown Bear]

GRAN TORINO was frikkin awesome!! My new favorite Clint movie.

watched ROCKY BALBOA for the third time. Cool.

[4NDR01D]

finally watched 28 Weeks Laterall the way through. started off really slow, and I'm the type of guy who turns most movies off if I'm not hooked in the first 1/2 hour, but picks up considerably. The helicopter slicing up zombies scene is CLASSIC!!! and an obvious nod to peter Jacksons braindead.

[joshvox]

Out of the Past with Robert Mitchum. Hell of a great movie. I can't believe I'd never seen it before.

Now there is a really great film.

Just watched the remake of 3:10 to Yuma with Bale and Crowe, pretty darn good flick with excellent acting.

[Adam West]

Although not technically a film....I highly recommend Showtime's The Tudors.

I still have the last episode to watch from Season 2 and I expect it is going to be the best episode of the entire series.

I realize there is a lot of fiction but it does bring to life a lot of the issues that were going on back during the rule of Henry VIII and watching these constant chess matches taking place between the various heads of Europe, the church, and various people who are looking to do anything to rise to power.

[goldenryan]

saw memento a few days ago, what a great film.

[Hector]

Kung-FU Panda }

With all the hype behind this one,.. I seriously disliked it when I saw it. With more & more of these CGI Movies comming out,.. it seems everyone wants to throw together a group of A List actors,.. & put them in a Movie .. The Animation in the Movie is Great,.. However the Story line leaves a lot to be desired,.. & the ending is a waste of time,.. inwhich makes the lead up to the Movie a complete waste of time.

I couldn't disagree with you more.

I LOVED Kung Fu Panda...aside from the fantastic animation, I thought the story was right out of a Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest movies, very traditional Chinese. The scene where Tai Lung (beautifully voiced by Ian McShane of Deadwood fame) escapes from his prison, was one for the ages...what a great sequence (the bridge fight scene was another favorite).

The Furious Five, Tigress, Crane, Viper, Mantis, Monkey...all paid homage to the different Kung Fu styles with the appropriate animals...it was genius.

Also the casting of both Randall Duk Kim as Master Oogway, and James Hong as Mr Ping (although I couldn't quite get why he was Panda's father, after all, he was a goose, lol) were awesome voice castings, right on the money.

But aside from McShane, Kim, and Hong...I don't think the other voices were that special...so I agree with you on that respect (Jack Black was a tad annoying as Panda).

Another thing you might agree with me...is that I couldn't really accept the fact that Panda learned Kung Fu so quickly...and consequently matched blows with Tai Ling...that one was a stretch.

But overall, one of the best animated movies I've ever seen...perhaps I'm biased because I'm such a huge fan of old classic Chinese martial arts movies...but I think this film paid great homage to those very films.

P.S. On a side note...I loved that hand-drawn animation sequence at the beginning of the film...it was made to resemble Chinese shadow puppetry...fantastic...it could've even worked as a whole film itself, lol.

[Hector]

BTW...this is from Wikipedia:

Kung Fu Panda was also well-received in China. It made nearly 110 million Chinese Yuan by July 2, 2008, becoming the first animated film to make more than 100 million Yuan in Chinese box offices The Chinese director Lu Chuan commented, "From a production standpoint, the movie is nearly perfect. Its American creators showed a very sincere attitude about Chinese culture." With the film's success at the Chinese box office, some people within China have questioned the quality of China's domestic animations. The fact that such a successful film based on Chinese culture was created by the American movie industry has led to some Chinese introspection.