The last movie you saw

Post by **ScooterG** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:18 am

The DaVinci Code 7/10..... Meh...it was ok....

Post by **Maiden** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:33 am

Vulgar- If a guy dressed as a clown getting gang raped is your thing, you will like it. overall pretty disturbing flick
6.5/10

Post by **Nightshade** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:43 pm

sliver wrote:
Nightshade wrote:
sliver wrote:When you've seen it a few times (haha) there can be no doubt that it is not a serious movie.
Sorry, you're wrong. I'm basing my opinion on comments straight from Travolta.
well in any case, it works as a tongue-in-cheek B movie.

True dat, it just pisses me off that they took the ONE thing that Hubbard did right and smashed it.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:46 pm

Howl's Moving Castle.

Loved it, great animation and I loved the steam power concept - lead to some rather ingeneous inventions that owned Steamboy.

Also, I think I enjoyed it more than Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflys (the only other films I've seen by him).

10/10

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:09 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:Howl's Moving Castle.

Loved it, great animation and I loved the steam power concept - lead to some rather ingeneous inventions that owned Steamboy.

Also, I think I enjoyed it more than Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflys (the only other films I've seen by him).

10/10

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Howl's Moving Castle - 7/10.

although i thought it was excellent, checking my Movie Hound book, i rated Spirited an 8. both very good. i've yet to see Grave, but plan on doing so.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:55 pm

The DaVinci Code - 7/10

Pretty much what I expected, followed the book pretty closely. Good entertainment, but nothing special.

Post by **plained** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:11 pm

that newest batman one

that guy reminds me of duncun mc'clould ey.

that movie probbly made a great trailer

Post by **Jackal** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:29 pm

I actually watched Batman Begins again this weekend too and found it to be far better than the first time I watched it. The writing in it is really quite clever. Inparticular the part after where Bruce Wayne is going to shoot Joe Chill (the part with Rachel in the car and the slapping) and the part immediately after with Falcone. When you really pay attention you see how it's these two consecutive moments that truly forge the Batman personae.
Maybe I'm reading in to it too much.

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:54 pm

Yo, I'm takin' a film appreciation class this semester. Gonna drop some mad reviews with my new critical assessment skillz. W3rd.

Actually, it looks to be an interesting class and I hope to gain some real knowledge about the technical aspects of movies as well as a new appreciation for their creation. Or some shit.

Post by **plained** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:57 pm

well yea i seen that

eh

it watched like a dc comic

na what actually kind of irk'ed me was the incomprejencible fight scenes

the movie wile not all bad, prolly made a nice trailer

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:59 pm

LOL PLAINED THINKS THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IRKED.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:35 pm

Nightshade wrote:Yo, I'm takin' a film appreciation class this semester. Gonna drop some mad reviews with my new critical assessment skillz. W3rd.

Actually, it looks to be an interesting class and I hope to gain some real knowledge about the technical aspects of movies as well as a new appreciation for their creation. Or some shit.

I took one of those classes before. The funnest part is crushing the avant-garde wannabe Ebert's who think they know everything about films because they've seen A Clockwork Orange 25 times.
God I miss that class.

Post by **sliver** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:44 pm

Nightshade wrote:Yo, I'm takin' a film appreciation class this semester. Gonna drop some mad reviews with my new critical assessment skillz. W3rd.

Actually, it looks to be an interesting class and I hope to gain some real knowledge about the technical aspects of movies as well as a new appreciation for their creation. Or some shit.

Just curious: do they teach it in a way that specifically differentiates it from a run-of-the-mill "intro to film studies class"? How warranted is the "appreciation" cognomen?

Post by **sliver** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:47 pm

oh and

28 Days Later - 8/10

Good job by Cillian Murphy; in fact, good job by just about everyone involved. They took the film in a good direction, so it wasn't just 90 minutes of zombie fighting as I had feared. I vastly prefer this to the Romero formula. That said, the psychosis of the soldiers was a bit over the top. Maybe after a year or two they'd be absolutely crazy for women, but being in the army they would (it seems to me) be accustomed to going for a month without intimate female company.

The big explosion near the beginning, set off by the two survivors Cillian first meets, also looked really bad. Not fake, but bad. Maybe it was just my DVD. Not a big deal either way.

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:31 pm

sliver wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Yo, I'm takin' a film appreciation class this semester. Gonna drop some mad reviews with my new critical assessment skillz. W3rd.

Actually, it looks to be an interesting class and I hope to gain some real knowledge about the technical aspects of movies as well as a new appreciation for their creation. Or some shit.
Just curious: do they teach it in a way that specifically differentiates it from a run-of-the-mill "intro to film studies class"? How warranted is the "appreciation" cognomen?

Well, I can't say how the class would stand apart from any other as it's the first of it's kind I've attended. I'd say 'appreciation' is a just title as the teacher has said we'll be learning all the necessary film production jargon and technical aspects of what makes a movie a movie. From there we're to learn to examine how well these things are done. We're going to review Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Fight Club, Traffic, Minority Report, The Color Purple, and a couple others.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:36 pm

Weird, almost the exact same list of movies we watched except replace Minority Report with Blade Runner and add 2001 A Space Odysee and The Great Train Robbery.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:41 pm

A took a class like that as well. It was pretty fun but I already forgot all that we talked about. I do remember watching a bunch of old black and white films and I got a new appreciation for them, I remember comparing them to what we get today and how most of it is utter shit in comparison.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:04 pm

Da Vinci Code

Meh. Poor selection of scenes to include and not to include.

I enjoyed "National Treasure" more.

5/10 I guess.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:08 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:Howl's Moving Castle.

Loved it, great animation and I loved the steam power concept - lead to some rather ingeneous inventions that owned Steamboy.

Also, I think I enjoyed it more than Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflys (the only other films I've seen by him).

10/10

WTF are you on crack

I was forced to see that shit by some anime loving friend of mine, and thank god, I wasn't the only one to break into laughter when that stupid scarecrow turned into a prince and jumped away.

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:07 am

Tristan + Isolde
chick flick
8/10

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:11 pm

xmen: last stand

Unbelievable good. I thought the other two were average. This was class - good effects, lots of action, some nice acting, no gay love stuff and a good few unexpected moments.

8/10... though as comic

film conversions go i'd give it 8.5/9

Post by **Jackal** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:16 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:xmen: last stand

Unbelievable good. I thought the other two were average. This was class - good effects, lots of action, some nice acting, no gay love stuff and a good few unexpected moments.

8/10, though as comic film conversions go, i'd give it 8.5/9

I got to see the last 40 minutes of it about a month ago and I wasn't too happy with what I saw, though they were apparently changing quite a bit for the release.
What I found most upsetting was the blatant disregard for cannon.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:22 pm

I was a casual fan of the animated series and never read the comics, a hardcore xmen fan might have different opinion to me

which one was cannon?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:40 pm

SplishSplash wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:Howl's Moving Castle.

Loved it, great animation and I loved the steam power concept - lead to some rather ingeneous inventions that owned Steamboy.

Also, I think I enjoyed it more than Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflys (the only other films I've seen by him).

10/10
WTF are you on crack

I was forced to see that shit by some anime loving friend of mine, and thank god, I wasn't the only one to break into laughter when that stupid scarecrow turned into a prince and jumped away.

i loved it

Post by **sliver** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:19 pm

Jackal wrote:I got to see the last 40 minutes of it about a month ago and I wasn't too happy with what I saw, though they were apparently changing quite a bit for the release.
What I found most upsetting was the blatant disregard for cannon.

Canon?

edit: anyway, I just saw X3 and while it didn't blow me away, it was pretty good. I'm still mulling it over.