Winstonm Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I liked Sherlock Holmes, it was cleverly written and well cast. I must be a weirdo since I don't have the slightest interest in seeing Avatar. Not alone in your weirdness. I am not a fan of fantasy anyway - and seeing the goofy-looking cartoon-like creature in the Avatar trailer did not change my basic outlook. Of course, I still claim that The Shawshank Redemption should have won the best picture oscar over Forest Gump, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I liked Sherlock Holmes, it was cleverly written and well cast. I must be a weirdo since I don't have the slightest interest in seeing Avatar. Not alone in your weirdness. I am not a fan of fantasy anyway - and seeing the goofy-looking cartoon-like creature in the Avatar trailer did not change my basic outlook. Of course, I still claim that The Shawshank Redemption should have won the best picture oscar over Forest Gump, too. I can agree that the action left me dizzy in the new Holmes...I am in the middle of watching all of the old Holmes movies from the 1940's. I do enjoy them. I also just rented Shawshank again....and again I am befuddled by all the praise I see here in this forum about this movie...it is ok but great...no....... We never are quite sure if Robbins really did the Murder but we do know he was found guilty and that he wanted to kill the guy. We do know he was a crook in jail. We do know he stole money once he escaped,money that was not his. We do know he committed a crime by escaping. We know going to jail basically means you will be raped and raped. We do know that Morgan F. was a killer.....a real killer. jBut geez they were so cute and cuddly......so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Going to see Sherlock Holmes and Avatar next week. The movie that I am really looking forward to is called "Youth In Revolt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 how easily can you find tickets for Avatar? in Romania (in my town) you have to reserve tickets about one week prior if you want to make sure you have a seat. here something like this is completely unheard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Anyone else watched 2012? I really didn't like it much, maybe because I also read the 2012-book by Brian d'Amato, which has a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I saw 2012 and hated it. There was just not enough buildings destroyed/people slaughtered on screen to justify 2 and a half hours. And the characters were all exceptionally stupid, which is not usually a good aspect. Ugh and don't get me started on outdriving/outrunning (!!!!!) the earth cracks. Somehow, however, I loved The Day After Tomorrow. It struck me as a funny movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Ditto, Day after tomorrow was nice :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Anyone else watched 2012? I really didn't like it much, maybe because I also read the 2012-book by Brian d'Amato, which has a story. I liked it just because I like action movies, but it was as bad as any crappy Hollywood moneymaker. It was definitely a case of you've seen one you've seen them all. And yes the science behind it was absurd but that doesn't bother me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Seems that when Nostradamus, the Maya, St-Malachi etc. were talking about the end of the world and 2012, they were likely referring to this movie. Words are insufficient to describe it's lack of appeal on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have no interest in going to 2012, nor watching it on DVD - which is our usual vehicle. It just looks like a train-wreck of a movie. Also, I have a nagging issue with a very atheist Hollywood trying to exploit a religious theme (even if its Mayan) to make a buck. It just feels wrong to me on some level. Really want to see Avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Saw District 9 last night. Was rather disappointed. The special effects are good, but the plot is pretty awful. That's kinda what I'm expecting from Avatar. (Saw the South Park spoof of Avatar here.) District 9 is a movie to watch only once...well I'll be watching it twice since a kid gave it to me for Xmas, but after I watch it again, it'll likely end up in his room. As for Avatar..I do hope to see that one soon, based on the reco's here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Anyone else watched 2012? I really didn't like it much, maybe because I also read the 2012-book by Brian d'Amato, which has a story. Agree -- the 2012 script was simply awful. One would think that ~6 billion dead would put a dampener on things, but no, it was all 100 watt smiles, small talk and business as usual. Asking for suspension of disbelief is one thing, using it as an excuse for lazy script writing is another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I don't want to go to the theatre itself, but intend to buy dvd of Holmes and Avatar, especially Avatar. We got Inglorious Bastards over Xmas (must complete the Tarantino collection) but haven't watched yet. 2012's marketing campaign was the most annoying one I've ever seen - marketing it as though it was "news". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I don't want to go to the theatre itself, but intend to buy dvd of Holmes and Avatar, especially Avatar. We got Inglorious Bastards over Xmas (must complete the Tarantino collection) but haven't watched yet. Inglorious Bastards was a really great movie. I'm willing to let someone disagree with me on Sherlock Holmes but not on that one. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Saw District 9 last night. Was rather disappointed. The special effects are good, but the plot is pretty awful. That's kinda what I'm expecting from Avatar. (Saw the South Park spoof of Avatar here.) I have seen both and Avatar was much superior and somehow managed not to be cloyingly mawkish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I don't want to go to the theatre itself, but intend to buy dvd of Holmes and Avatar, especially Avatar. We got Inglorious Bastards over Xmas (must complete the Tarantino collection) but haven't watched yet. 2012's marketing campaign was the most annoying one I've ever seen - marketing it as though it was "news". The BluRay transfer of "Inglorious..." is outstanding -- now, if only they would release Pulp Fiction out here in BR as well (drool)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 We just took a fairly rare trip to a movie house and saw "Up in the air". I liked it. Actually I liked it a lot. Nothing gets blown up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Nothing gets blown up. That can't be right. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Inglourious Basterds looks appalling to me. Dehumanizing Germans is good but dehumanizing Jews is bad? Uh, no. Two wrongs don't make a right and making some sort of sociopathic gleeful cartoonish slaughter/torture of mid-20th century Germans 'fun' is really sick imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Inglourious Basterds looks appalling to me. Dehumanizing Germans is good but dehumanizing Jews is bad? Uh, no. I think if you saw the film you wouldn't say it dehumanizes Germans. Certain Germans are seen buffoonish (Hitler, for instance) but it doesn't dehumanize anyone. It does revel in some violence though (not a surprise if you've seen any films by, or even just heard of, the director in question). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Rented the Cove tonight. I prefer my sociopathic gleeful cartoonish slaughter to target non-humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Inglourious Basterds looks appalling to me. Dehumanizing Germans is good but dehumanizing Jews is bad? Uh, no. I think if you saw the film you wouldn't say it dehumanizes Germans. Certain Germans are seen buffoonish (Hitler, for instance) but it doesn't dehumanize anyone. It does revel in some violence though (not a surprise if you've seen any films by, or even just heard of, the director in question). I saw the revolting Kill Bill Part I. It was enough. I don't understand the attraction, and I have no plans to correct this failing in the future. Same guy directing, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Tarantino is certainly into violence. I don't think he needs a reason to include it in a movie - more like it is the reason for the movie, as far as he's concerned. I've seen both parts of Kill Bill. In spite of some well known names in the cast (Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, probably others I've forgotten) it wasn't much of a movie. Thin plot, and that much violence is not entertaining. Not if it doesn't have a reason. There was plenty of violence in Taken, or A History of Violence, or some of Charles Bronson's stuff (Mr. Majestyk, the Deathwish series) but at least in those movies there was a reason for it. Ack! There's a third Kill Bill in the works! :unsure: :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I didn't love or hate Kill Bill, but for Tarantino at his best, it's one of the "Big 3" - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, or True Romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I didn't see any of the three Lobo mentions. Possibly I should gve him (Tarentino, not Lobo) another try. I found Kill Bill to be so immensely dumb that it has always seemed unlikely I would like anything by the same director. I liked, for example, The Unforgiven. And Taxi Driver. More recently we saw Public Enemies which I liked although it certainly is not in a league with Unforgiven or Taxi Driver. I liked Bridge over the River Kwai a lot. These movies had violence but they also had substance. I think I have seen one or two of the Charles Bronson movies and one or maybe one and a half of the Die Hard movies, it's not to my taste but I agree that there is something there. But they will survive without me. It's not only violence that brings this reaction. Some movies get weighed down with special effects and forget that there is supposed to be a story or some character development or some dialogue or something beyond large scale scenes of destruction. It's not particularly a moral point with me, I just get bored. On this basis I am not planning on seeing Avatar, but perhaps that's subject to reconsideration if enough people tell me that they liked it. All that being said, I liked True Lies. I can't explain that, although there seemed to be a sense of irony in the whole thing. I heard an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis. She said she was known in the trade as a really good screamer. And I think Arnold always has a good sense of the absurd, and not just when making movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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