Yeah, I like him. I liked the Savages a lot. Really funny sweet movie (although I admittedly have a bit of a dark sense of humor). The ending was a tad saccarine--but overall I really liked it. I haven't seen Before The Devil Knows You're Dead--it's been on my list for a long time.

 

I liked Doubt too, and I think the movie was a lot more ambiguous (as to the guilt of Father Flynn) because PSH is so good.

 

That's good because that's how the actual play is supposed to be. Poor attempts at the play find poor actors unable to pull that off.

Variety confirmed the list of movie trailers to be shown during the Superbowl

Yay.,

Yay.,

 

dont act like you arent going to tell the room to shut up when you hear Spock start up

dont act like you arent going to tell the room to shut up when you hear Spock start up

I will not allow you to lecture me.

Variety confirmed the list of movie trailers to be shown during the Superbowl

Whole bunch of garbage, imo.

I will not allow you to lecture me.

 

lol

Whole bunch of garbage, imo.

 

Up, Monsters v Alens, and Star Trek I'm interested in seeing done well. The rest i agree is Hollywood still completely out of original ideas.

Protagonist vs. Antagonist - III!

-The time that the antagonists fought back!

I just got back from Frost/Nixon. IMO, there's your Best Picture. And I'm still of the opinion that Mickey Rourke deserves Best Actor, but I now wouldn't be that upset if Frank Langella won. A fantastic movie.

Have been out of the country for almost a year (Philippines and Thailand).

 

So I'm trying to catch up really fast, lol.

 

Will watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona, In Bruges, The Duchess, Son of Rambow and Burn After Reading in the next 24 hours.

 

By the way, I really like/d Pineapple Express...not sure where I would rank that overall, I wasn't as impressed with The 40 Year Old Virgin as some, nor did I think Superbad was anything close to Juno, but that's just me. I actually enjoyed Knocked Up, but then I really like Paul Rudd and will definitely enjoy Role Models when I get around to seeing it. Also looking forward to Forgetting Sarah Marshall...not to be confused with the movie about the college football team/plane crash, which wasn't a bad little sports movie at all for the sentimental types (The Rookie with D. Quaid would be another one).

 

Here in Thailand, we're forced to watch movies like Transporter 3 and Death Race, lol...the last decent movie I saw wasn't even English. Still waiting for Marley & Me (I had a LAB, please don't jump on that movie!!!), Valkryie, Doubt, Milk, Benjamin Button, Slumdog, Rachel Getting Married, Gran Torino, Revolutionary Road, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler.

 

Still on the "to view" list and would like to hear whether worth viewing:

 

W.

Defiance

Zack & Miri Make a Porno (I like Eliz. Banks, sue me!)

Boy A

Religulous

American Teen

Planet B-Boy

The Counterfeiters (not to be confused with The Grifters)

Man on Wire

Dear Zachary (Taylor)

Let the Right One In

The Wackness

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days

Happy-Go-Lucky

Taxi to the Darkside

Shine a Light

JCVD

Surfwise

The Visitor

 

By the way, what was the name of that documentary about the rebuilding of New Orleans and life after Hurricane Katrina? Wanted to see that. Hopefully I won't have to sit through watching John Edwards pontificating in front of Habitat houses, or Brad Pitt in the 9th Ward. :-)

 

 

I am in the middle of Burn After Reading as we speak. The wife and I should finish it tonight.

In Bruges and Burn After Reading pretty funny films

In Bruges=3.0/4

Vicky Cristina Barcelona=3.25/4

Burn After Reading=2.75/4

Edited January 14, 200917 yr by caulfield12

The very last scene of Burn After Reading made the movie for me. I'd give a 3/4.

Edited January 14, 200917 yr by StrangeSox

The very last scene of Burn After Reading made the movie for me. I'd give a 3/4.

Same....J.K. Simmons character made the movie.

That new Star Trek just looks awful. Ben Stiller/Starsky and Hutch BAD.

Defiance...was okay. 2.5/5

True story, but I've read some people said that it was a false take on what really happened, and some others have said what happened was justified.

I guess I'm tired of the Pitt/Clooney "cutesy/clever" movies.

 

The Coen Brothers are sometimes too smart for their own good (although still not in league of M. Night Shymalan)...they're writing for Hollywood and other writers, not "flyover country." Frances McDormand was the heart of that movie. I almost wanted it to go back to Michael Collins, with Clooney and Swinton reminding me of a much better movie.

 

I gave Vicky Cristina Barcelona an exta 1/4th star for Scarlett Johannsen and Penelope Cruz making out, lol. Actually, the actress Rebecca Hall (she was also in The Prestige) was my favorite...Patricia Clarkson is always good, too. I was annoyed by two things....the over narration (intrusion of the voice) and J. Bardem constantly reminding Penelope Cruz to speak in English. He must have said that about 10 times! Once was enough...maybe because I was watching an on-line version with Chinese subtitles and my Spanish is getting a bit rusty.

 

Never been a big C. Farrell fan. Brendan Gleeson is really underrated, and I thought Ralph Fiennes totally stole the movie with his comedic lines and delivery (much more fun than the overbearing The Constant Gardener, which was actually a much better book).

 

In Bruges was definitely a "dark" comedy, with some serious themes...but it kept my interest, and the scenery was so different. The French actress (blonde hair) was cute, too...she's a keeper, I think. The next Julie Delpy, perhaps.

 

 

 

I guess I'm tired of the Pitt/Clooney "cutesy/clever" movies.

 

The Coen Brothers are sometimes too smart for their own good (although still not in league of M. Night Shymalan)...they're writing for Hollywood and other writers, not "flyover country." Frances McDormand was the heart of that movie. I almost wanted it to go back to Michael Collins, with Clooney and Swinton reminding me of a much better movie.

 

I gave Vicky Cristina Barcelona an exta 1/4th star for Scarlett Johannsen and Penelope Cruz making out, lol. Actually, the actress Rebecca Hall (she was also in The Prestige) was my favorite...Patricia Clarkson is always good, too. I was annoyed by two things....the over narration (intrusion of the voice) and J. Bardem constantly reminding Penelope Cruz to speak in English. He must have said that about 10 times! Once was enough...maybe because I was watching an on-line version with Chinese subtitles and my Spanish is getting a bit rusty.

 

Never been a big C. Farrell fan. Brendan Gleeson is really underrated, and I thought Ralph Fiennes totally stole the movie with his comedic lines and delivery (much more fun than the overbearing The Constant Gardener, which was actually a much better book).

 

In Bruges was definitely a "dark" comedy, with some serious themes...but it kept my interest, and the scenery was so different. The French actress (blonde hair) was cute, too...she's a keeper, I think. The next Julie Delpy, perhaps.

 

Michael Clayton, for the first bold part.

 

For the second one, I completely agree.

I guess I'm tired of the Pitt/Clooney "cutesy/clever" movies.

 

The Coen Brothers are sometimes too smart for their own good (although still not in league of M. Night Shymalan)...they're writing for Hollywood and other writers, not "flyover country." Frances McDormand was the heart of that movie. I almost wanted it to go back to Michael Collins, with Clooney and Swinton reminding me of a much better movie.

 

I gave Vicky Cristina Barcelona an exta 1/4th star for Scarlett Johannsen and Penelope Cruz making out, lol. Actually, the actress Rebecca Hall (she was also in The Prestige) was my favorite...Patricia Clarkson is always good, too. I was annoyed by two things....the over narration (intrusion of the voice) and J. Bardem constantly reminding Penelope Cruz to speak in English. He must have said that about 10 times! Once was enough...maybe because I was watching an on-line version with Chinese subtitles and my Spanish is getting a bit rusty.

 

Never been a big C. Farrell fan. Brendan Gleeson is really underrated, and I thought Ralph Fiennes totally stole the movie with his comedic lines and delivery (much more fun than the overbearing The Constant Gardener, which was actually a much better book).

 

In Bruges was definitely a "dark" comedy, with some serious themes...but it kept my interest, and the scenery was so different. The French actress (blonde hair) was cute, too...she's a keeper, I think. The next Julie Delpy, perhaps.

Farrell hit a big pot hole(into drugs/alcohol, sex tapes, disputes with paparazzi, and movies that flopped) a few years ago. He's turned it around big time, rehab, charity work with special olympics...and he's actually made a couple decent movies since.

Farrell hit a big pot hole (sex tapes)

What a tape it was!

 

 

I mean...

 

 

He did?!

What I found interesting was all the "racist" humor and jokes between Farrell, Fiennes and the midget (who's been in quite a few movies I've seen, a couple of very good ones, in fact).

 

Especially the Fiennes one about bringing an Uzi to South Central to do a drive by and kill 10...but Farrell had a line I was shocked by, about a "black retarded woman on a teeter-totter" that I had to play again to make sure I heard right. Then all the banter back and forth about a race war between the world and midgets/dwarves!

 

The irony is that many of Colin Farrell's girlfriends have been black, maybe that's why he felt more comfortable with the humor.

 

Yes, Michael Collins was Liam Neeson, decent movie from the past.

 

Has anyone seen JCVD (Jean Claude Van Damme)??? Looks really hilarious.

What about "When the Levee Broke" about Hurricane Katrina or Taxi to the Darkside?

What I found interesting was all the "racist" humor and jokes between Farrell, Fiennes and the midget (who's been in quite a few movies I've seen, a couple of very good ones, in fact).

 

Especially the Fiennes one about bringing an Uzi to South Central to do a drive by and kill 10...but Farrell had a line I was shocked by, about a "black retarded woman on a teeter-totter" that I had to play again to make sure I heard right. Then all the banter back and forth about a race war between the world and midgets/dwarves!

 

The irony is that many of Colin Farrell's girlfriends have been black, maybe that's why he felt more comfortable with the humor.

 

Yes, Michael Collins was Liam Neeson, decent movie from the past.

 

Has anyone seen JCVD (Jean Claude Van Damme)??? Looks really hilarious.

What about "When the Levee Broke" about Hurricane Katrina or Taxi to the Darkside?

Chlo: Okay. So, you've insulted my home town. You were doing really well, Raymond. Why don't you tell me some Belgium jokes while you're at it?

Ray: Don't know any Belgium jokes, and if I did I think I'd have the good sense not to... hang on. Is Belgium with all those child abuse murders lately? I do know a Belgium joke. What's Belgium famous for? Chocolates and child abuse, and they only invented the chocolates to get to the kids.

[Ray sees Chloe's shocked expression]

Ray: What?

Chlo: One of the girls they murdered was a friend of mine.

Ray: [after a long pause, feeling bad] I'm sorry, Chloe.

Chlo: One of the girls they murdered wasn't a friend of mine. I just wanted to make you feel bad. And it worked! Quite well.

In Bruges was definitely one of my favorite movies of the year. The exchange between Fiennes and Gleeson sitting at the table in the little cafe talking about Fiennes' kids was priceless.

In Bruges was definitely one of my favorite movies of the year. The exchange between Fiennes and Gleeson sitting at the table in the little cafe talking about Fiennes' kids was priceless.

Yuri: I also have some dim-dims. You use this word, dim-dims? The bullets that make the head explode?

Harry: Dum-dums. Yeah.

Yuri: Would you like some of these dim-dims?

Harry: I know I shouldn't... but I will.

[takes whole case of dum-dums]

 

Dialogue is f***in hilarious basically the whole movie...