kenberg Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 kenberg, what did you think of Prometheus? Haven't. Not yet. Been working somewhat hard (by my standards), and we are visiting friends tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Saw Moonrise Kingdom. Really enjoyed it. Unlike some Anderson's other films, the quirkiness doesn't get in the way of a really great story. Agree, this is my second favorite movie of the year so far, Pina is still the best one I have seen this year. Pina Bausch was a much-loved German choreographer whose work was unlike anybody else's, incorporating earth, water, stones and city streets into music and movement. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120118/REVIEWS/120119991 Both movies have that sense of wonder, discovery and take you to a place that seems not quite real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Not recent, but I watched A Face in the Crowd for the first time last night. What a great flick. Andy Griffith stars as Lonesome Rhodes, the original Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Dredd 3D was pretty awesome if you don't mind a little blood here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 End of Watch was very good, a big surprise as I did not expect much. Adult content. The Master got rave reviews, I found it basically unwatchable, sure bet to make it onto my list of worst movies of the year. Seeing Argo on saturday. btw just finished Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy....what a long and boring read, terrible.Next up is Tom Wolfe's new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 btw just finished Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy....what a long and boring read, terrible.Constance just finished it also. She too advised me not to read it. I won't. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I ditto that End Of Watch was excellent. Argo is pretty good too. I thought Looper was only ok. My favorite of the last little while was The Perks Of Being a Wallflower. Dredd 3d wasn't horrible, but felt a bit like a hollywoodization of The Raid: Redemption. Sleepwalk With Me had its good moments, but also dragged at time. It actually reminded me a lot of the hit and miss qualities of This American Life on NPR (Ira Glass helped make the movie). Pitch Perfect was better than average for its genre. I think my top 3 of the year, so far, are Moonrise Kingdom, End of Watch, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm looking forward to seeing Cloud Atlas and am going to try and see The Master, Arbitrage, and Seven Psychopaths in the next couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Argo is pretty good too. Pitch Perfect was better than average for its genre. I think my top 3 of the year, so far, are Moonrise Kingdom, End of Watch, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm looking forward to seeing Cloud Atlas and am going to try and see The Master, Arbitrage, and Seven Psychopaths in the next couple of weeks. Both of my daughters were techies in their HS drama department. One of their best friends was in Pitch Perfect: Brian Silver. Brian also caddied at the San Diego NABC. Liked Argo - it was compelling even though it was a little concocted. Need to get out and see The Master, but its kind of dark for my wife. Cloud Atlas also looks like a movie I'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Perks had its good parts but I found the movie very pretentious. I never believed tha kid was 14 years old, in fact all the kids looked and acted much older. The movie felt liked it should be called "Rich, white, high school kids have problems too" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 This looks promising smashing. From Peter Travers in Rolling Stone November 8, 2012: If you can forget the putrid follow-up to Casino Royale that was Quantum of Solace, then Skyfall continues James Bond's backstory with staggering style and assurance. This is Bond like you've never seen him, almost Freudian in his vulnerability. And a dynamite Daniel Craig, never better in the role, nails Bond's ferocity and feeling. Mortality lurks in the shadows as Craig digs deep into Bond's past. Citizen Kane had his Rosebud. Bond has his Skyfall. What is it? I'll never tell. Don't expect hints in Adele's beauty of a title song. Even Javier Bardem's dangerously thrilling baddie, Silva, has real-world issues. Ben Whishaw is wily fun as a young Q with his own take on gadgets. And Judi Dench, magisterial and magnificent as M, Bond's boss, lets go with the emotional heat she withheld in the Pierce Brosnan films. Bond cries. You might, too. This time it really is personal. Sam Mendes (American Beauty), the first Oscar winner to direct a 007, teams with cinematographer Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men) to create images so gorgeous you'll want to lick the screen. The stunts are aces (check that train shootout in Istanbul that renders 007 unfit for duty), the mission intriguing (find a hard drive containing a list of NATO agents infiltrating global terrorist groups), the acting beyond the call of 007 duty (props to Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Albert Finney as characters too juicy to reveal). But what makes Skyfall top off as Bond at his best is the way Mendes and screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan use England itself – past, present and uncertain future – to remind us where Bond has been and where he's going. You'll want to be there. Skyfall is smashing, just smashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I saw a great Danish film (Jagten = The Hunt). A moving story on a man (kindergarten teacher) wrongly accused of paedophilia. It really was one of the most intense films I've seen recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Quite excited about this sequel:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/ Although I probably would have preferred to keep the open end of the first sequel open. '-Baby, you are gonna miss that plane! -I know..' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Quite excited about this sequel:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/ Although I probably would have preferred to keep the open end of the first sequel open. '-Baby, you are gonna miss that plane! -I know..' Loved the first two parts and am really looking forward to the third one. On a different note, two of my recent favourites: Life of Pi (catch it in 3D-IMAX if you can)Django Unchained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I was disappointed by "A Good Day to Die Hard". In one sense a typical "Die Hard" movie, but it somehow didn't really fill the bill. OTOH, it did set up a way to continue the franchise without Bruce Willis, who seems to me to be getting a little old for the role of John McClain, with the "John McClain, Jr." character as the leading role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I was disappointed by "A Good Day to Die Hard". In one sense a typical "Die Hard" movie, but it somehow didn't really fill the bill. OTOH, it did set up a way to continue the franchise without Bruce Willis, who seems to me to be getting a little old for the role of John McClain, with the "John McClain, Jr." character as the leading role. I love Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies...this one was mediocre.... Too little Bruce... so far this year is off to a poor start at the movies, worst start in memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I love Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies...this one was mediocre.... Too little Bruce... Agree. so far this year is off to a poor start at the movies, worst start in memory. Not so sure this is true. Start of year is always poor. I liked Warm Bodies a lot. I've heard Mama was pretty good. And Hansel and Gretel was not horrible (for a January opening film in that genre - which is quite the caveat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Don't watch Oblivion. A fitting title for a forgettable film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 Don't watch Oblivion. A fitting title for a forgettable film. agree -------- best movie of the year so far is MUD a coming of age movie about the nature of love and youth Movie Info Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a ... More http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mud_2012/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Before Midnight might just be the best film I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Before Midnight might just be the best film I have ever seen. This movie wont make my town until next week. I just finished rewatching the first two movies in the series. btw fast and furious 6 is a terrific summer action movie...fun and funny with great car chases. Some scenes are so far out you will laugh and clap .....great summer movie...see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Already did. And I agree. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I strongly suspect no one else on bbf would enjoy it at all, but This is the End is amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I strongly suspect no one else on bbf would enjoy it at all, but This is the End is amazing Saw it..it was ok but far from amazing... Bling ring 3.5 stars out of 4.....ya it sounds like a stupid movie about teens with vacant eyes but it is well made and I recommend it. Before Midnight 3 stars out of 4.....I guess I was hoping for something more than a movie long argument between this couple. Up this weekend is the brad pitt zombie movie and the Sandra bullock cop movie and season 7(2012) of Dexter. ------------- With the year half over my fav movie of the year so far is fast and furious 6....action...funny and lots of fun. What is your favorite movie of 2013 so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I strongly suspect no one else on bbf would enjoy it at all, but This is the End is amazing In my entire life, I have only walked out on one movie (The film version of Strangers with Candy)This is the End was almost that bad... For what its worth, I really like SUperbad and stoner comedy, however, this was awful on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 In my entire life, I have only walked out on one movie (The film version of Strangers with Candy)This is the End was almost that bad... For what its worth, I really like SUperbad and stoner comedy, however, this was awful on so many levels. A bit like that disaster movie about being stuck in an elevator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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