Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

This is one of those movies that I don't actively dislike, but was bored nearly the entire time I watched it. Which means that yes, for me, it's a bad movie; I just can't say why.
It wasn't even because I knew what was gonna happen (England isn't catholic after all) but somehow, I just really didn't care about anything that happened. And I even thought Cate Blanchett acted well, but that didn't help save the movie for me.

I thought Cate Blanchett acted well, and I thought that it was a passable continuation, but I liked the first Elizabeth much better.

I tried to tell myself throughout that Elizabeth I became a less likeable person with age, and that they were just portraying that. It was more or less historically accurate, give or take a few details. But like you, it also struck me as a very meh movie.

Last movie I watched was Transformers. It was surprisingly good seeing as I was expecting something just for the kids. I held off watching it for a few months for just that reason, but some friends convinced me to get it and I'm glad I did now.

Balls of Fury - There was a lot of apparent comedy in it, i.e. nutshots, blatant deaths and the like. The best parts of the movie were the subtle humor they threw in that didn't really stand out.

I thought the Panda was the best out of Balls of Fury...

I'm easy to impress....

Herbie: Fully Loaded

Okay, up front, right from the start: I didn't hate Lindsey Lohan in this movie. Hell, her performance wasn't exactly Oscar worthy, but it's not like she had much to work with, and she got the job done. Except for all the times in the beginning of the movie she screamed. Then I wanted to stab her in the guts with a rusty pitchfork, but that's how I always react to high pitched girly screams, so no surprise there.

Now, about the actual movie. A fitting one phrase summary would be "Harmless, nonsensical, completely predictable and moderate fun". Really, I actually didn't mind watching this movie. As long as you don't think too much and allow yourself to laugh at the stupid jokes (or just the stupidity), it's actually quite enjoyable. It may have helped that I was slightly intoxicated.

Also, while I've heard of the other Herbie movies, I've never watched any of them and don't know wether this movie is some kind of insult to the "Great Herbie Legacy" or not. If it is, or if it even exists...who cares.

I always thought Herbie should get in a street fight with Speed Buggy...or Bumblebee at least.



Finished watching Death at a funeral. I enjoyed it a lot.

Bable - It was quite...different, and moved along a bit slowly at times, but if you don't mind either of those two, then you should definitley watch it.

Also, I was positively surprised to see big Hollywood actors like Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett acting in a movie like this. I don't know if this movie had a bigger budget than you'd expect, or if Brad and Cate just agreed to a lower fee than they'd usually charge.

Tooth & Nail from the 8 movies to die for series. Most of them are pretty decent. Set around 2015, dystopian setting. The human race has to restart. Apocalypse here is caused lack of crude oil.

Kind of interesting at gas being $4 a gallon in New York at least.

I caught the X-Files movie on TV yesterday from pretty much the beginning and watched it for the first time.

It was, uh, well

It was all right I guess.

10000 bc

i liked how cave jesus totally killed that goa'uld with a spear (spoilers whoops)

The Quest starring and directed by Jean Claude Van Dam. Admittedly, I bought it today for $11.99 even though it belongs in the $5 Wal-Mart bin. True classics are worth every penny in my book.

I watched Big Trouble in Little China and Suicide Kings yesterday.

Big Trouble shall be bought

The Orphanage by Guillermo Del Toro. This man really knows how to make a movie.

I've been watching a lot of Bakshi flicks lately.

Holy shit, this guy makes good movies.

Poserrrrr. Seen Fritz the Cat or Cool World yet?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time :eek

That movie is probably better if you grew up watching it :(

A rare Fritz the Cat reference. My sister finally burned me my own copy the other day.

I saw Heavy Traffic and Fire and Ice, and I rented LotR ages ago.

Youtube's got Coonskin in 10 parts, but I really wanna see American Pop.

Heavy Traffic is a lot better.

didn't he do a animated video for something tom waits did once

edit: n/m it was someone called john lamb, but hey still pretty cool rotoscopey stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCNDZY4vXPs

maybe not safe for work? i forget it might have tits in it

It's pretty good.

Flight of the Phoenix.

I saw Charlize Theron in "Monster" the other day, and I was surprised at how good she was. Christina Ricci, on the other hand, annoyed the piss out of me for some reason.

w/e, it's funny. :( the meaning of life & the life of brian are funnier though, YOU SHOULD CHECK 'EM OUT! :eek

The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn. I was pretty impressed with Vince Vaughn, I actually bought him as a detective.

You're sister's cool. Can I get her number?

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

I just watched this for the first time. It is distilled 80's Awesome and I demand a sequel be made. Hell, I want every movie to use it as a template. :eek

Zoolander and Apocalypse Now

Bruce Campbelll vs. Army of Darnkeness

enjoyed it alot, was my first time seeing it

I cringed so bad when the guy got his nipples ripped off! I'm 22 and I was like 16 when I saw that and still remember how disturbing nipple ripping is.

Falling Down. Decent film which really brought into sharp focus just how far "Edmond" missed the mark.

Michael Clayton. I think my expectations for it kept it from being a great movie for me, but it was still very good. Somehow, it just felt to me like Steven Soderbergh was involved and damn if I wasn't right. Syndey Pollack did well, as did Tom Wilkinson and Clooney.

I watched Jumper, and it wasn't that bad. the scenery was pretty. :o

this movie has one of the best lines i've ever heard (not only is the line great, but the delivery from clooney is just amazing):



anyway, the last movie i watched is american pie

The Signal. Where this signal is broadcast across t.v. radio phones. If you hear it or watch it you become delusional and go into kill mode. So not everyone has the crazy.

"Do...you..Have the Crazy!?!?!"

21 - I read about half the book which it was based on last year and enjoyed it. The film wasn't so great. Too long and not very interesting.

kung-fu Panda and Get Smart at the drive-in. Both movies were surprisingly really good. I love the summer for drive-in theaters, double the movies for the same price.

Lust, Caution by Ang Lee. Kind of long and drawn out. I really liked the amateur revolutionary bit in the beginning.

Watched two movies yesterday: Be Kind, Rewind and Surviving the Game.

Be Kind, Rewind had its moments but was overall a little bit of a letdown. Jack Black is funny, but it seems like he's always more or less the same character. Mos Def was surprisingly good, though.

I'd been wanting to see Surviving the Game ever since I heard it was being made- I love the short story. They took a few liberties and there were more than a few plotholes and production goofs, but what the hell. Gary Busey is legitimately scary and I don't even think he was acting.

I loved Be Kind, Rewind. Jack Black is okay but Mos is good times.

Also, Gary Busey needs to run for mayor.

Here's just a small illustration. I give you, Gary Busey in Surviving the Game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nVb0JaKJY

I saw Wall-e today!

It was incredibly cute and I hearted it. I felt sort of weird that I was the only one in the theater who got the Macintosh startup sound joke.

I remember watching this movie in an English class and just thinking "What the hell?"

Also, just finished watching Tales from the Hood. Still awesome.

"Ah yes, the SHIT"

Zombie Rednecks. I don't think I've ever seen a worse movie in my life.

I love that movie! Fern Mertz rules! "I don't even have to put a bag over her head"

Futurama: Beast with a Billion Backs
AWESOME! big score was a little off, but this one "Nailed It!" go Bender go

Hickman, there is worse. I urge you to find Zombie 90: Extreme Pestilence.

In other news, I just watched Sunshine. It was MUCH better than I had expected.

I actually liked Bender's big score a lot more than I did Billion Backs. Backs seemed like a lot of unnecessary character throw ins.

If there is a worse movie, I'm staying away from it. I honestly felt ill halfway through and stopped watching it.

Hancock. It was great, but I felt they could've done more with it.

Forrest Gump
Dementia 13
House
Toy Story
Monsters Inc.
Get Smart
The Incredible Hulk
Armageddon
Hancock

Now tell us how those films made you think and feel?

Assuming that you have thoughts and feelings.

Forrest Gump- I watched it with the commentary because I've seen it so many time before I got the DVD, IDK how that made me feel (although I love commentary!)

Dementia 13- it's Francis Ford Coppolas 1st movie, to sum up the plot...its confusing and old

House- made me feel stupid enough to waste money for renting & watching it...there was only one good part the end.

Toy Story & Monsters Inc.- watched them on DVD with commentary for the 1st time (it was very insightful)

Get Smart- Very clever and witty adaption of the old TV show, altough I enjoyed the original Get Smart movie called "The Nude Bomb" with Don Adams a bit more...for some reason I didn't laugh at the new one.

The Incredible Hulk- in every way better than the 2003 "Hulk" movie, very enjoyable although a bit to CGI looking in parts.

Armageddon- seen the movie many times on TV and got lucky finding a Criterion Collection 2-Disc DVD for only $8.00 used! Great movie and made even better thanks to the Criterion Collection with all of the special feature and beatiful film transfer.

Hancock- much better than Will Smith's last movie "I Am Legend", felt rather confused with the sub-plot about the other guys wife making him weak or something.

Outpost - Zombie ghost Nazis? Fuck yeah!

This film was brilliant. Great acting, decent story and some of the most sinister bad-guys I've seen in a long time. Recommended!

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal gug.

The first half of Johnny Dangerously. I've never heard of it before but it's hilarious. Kind of reminded me of Hudson Hawk, which I need to finish watching too.

Amazon Women on the Moon. It was on HBO, and I hadn't seen it in a while. I forgot how effin' hilarious that movie is. I love and own The Kentucky Fried Movie but I really think AWotM is the better of the two "Samuel L. Bronkowitz" channel flipping movies. It'd be cool to see the Frat Pack tackled a movie in that vein.

We rented "The Mist". I was way disappointed. I'd loved the short story, but I thought the film version had a lot of plot holes, bad acting and general poor thinking on the part of the players. The very blatant jump scenes were pretty predictable. I know it's supposed to be dark and sad, and the short story is, but we laughed through the film.

I rented "Donnie Brasco" for tonight, too...I've never seen it. Also some renamed Hong Kong horror film I couldn't quite identify- will have to watch it and see.

Saw "Casino" all the way through the other night and thought it was incredible.

Watched Demolition Man on cable. Hahahaha, President Schwarzenegger!!! Wait, what? He's a governor? They could actually amend the Constitution to let naturalized citizens run? Wow... this movie could turn out to be fuckin' prophetic. I remembered how corny it was, but I forgot how fun it was. Quality action movie that sewed it's tongue inside it's cheek.

I also saw The Dark Knight. I already sung it's praises in another thread. The showing was great. My brother gave me an 11am screening pass (I don't know how he got them, he said he "knows people"), so the theater was practically empty... seriously like 20 people. Extremely happy about that, because I'm pretty sure it's gonna be shoulder to shoulder at most theaters this weekend. Brave the heat and crowds and go see it.

[quote=pac-man;569470]Watched Demolition Man on cable. Hahahaha, President Schwarzenegger!!!


Batman & Robin was on TNT last night while I was going to sleep last night. All I'm going to say about that is the Batman movie I see tonight is going to be so much better than the one I watched last night.

Both fantastic movies that you definitely need to finish.

I just watched Road House 2 and Jake Busey is my god, I love his douchey douchebaginess.
I have House party on in the background, and I think the hi top fade hairstyle is destined for a comeback any day now.

Road House 2? WTF

He already cleaned up the town? >:

Hahaha, I've seen Road House 2 but still haven't seen the 1st one. RH2 was out of control.

Just finished Catch-22. It was really good, weird seeing everyone so young still in it.

Jacob's Ladder

what a fucking cheesefest

I've heard really good things about it. not good?

Don't bother asking him.

It was an ok movie, just cheesey as hell

Especially after they bring the ARMY'S USING SECRET DRUGS ON THE SOLDIERS thing into it. Spoilers.

Just got back from step brothers. Went to it for John C Reilly. Him and Will F really play off each other well. There was a lot of good laughs though.

The Dark Knight: Fucking awesome!! There aren't enough hours in the day to describe Heath's amazing performance as the Joker, and Christian Bale OWNS as Batman, regardless of what anyone thinks. The movie was a masterpiece through and through...Chris Nolan is a genius!

Bubba Ho-Tep: Cool movie...it's not a straight up horror OR a comedy...it's kind of a weird dark comedy that makes you really think about growing old. And battling mummies that suck souls from your ass. And whether Elvis really died. Anyway, it's a great Bruce Campbell cheese-fest. I recommend it.

Walk Hard: John C. Reilly rules as Dewey Cox in this excellent send-up of music biopics. It's also worth a look. It's damn hilarious, and there are many great jokes, the best of which catch you completely off-guard. There's great cameos, great tunes...(Let's Duet...a work of comic genius). Check it out; you'll laugh yourself stupid.

Army of Darkness: If you haven't seen this master work, I highly recommend that you do so. Bruce Campbell rules.

Watched Major Payne. Still hilarious after all these years.

Step Brothers :rolleyes

was it as lame as it seems? :(

The story for step brothers could have been done in a weekend, but the yells are great.

Dan in Real Life

Two thumbs up.

I watched that the other day too, it was okay.

Also I watched:

Interview - I like Bushemi but this was lacking something.

The Darjeeling Limited - Pretty good.

Drillbit Taylor - Harmless teen comedy. Not bad but I wouldn't watch it again.

American Psycho. Now if you'll excuse me, I uh, I need to return some videotapes.

2 hrs into There will be blood and I'm leaving work. Plan on finishing it tomorrow night. I know 70,000 other people have already said this but this movie is amazingly grand.

Edit: Finished, great ending too.

Dazed and Confused. There's no limit to the amount of times I can see this movie.

Coneheads. Funnier than I remember, and good lord, it's like a SNL reunion from all the casts that were funny.

Agreed. Coneheads is a classic.

In the Valley of Elah - Good thriller. Worth watching for Tommy Lee Jones performance.

Walk Hard - Though I'm sure there have been worse spoofs in the past few years, this could've done with being a bit less stupid.

There Will Be Blood - Very impressive film. I'm not surprised it got so many Oscar nominations.

Did you watch the extended version or the regular one. I like the movie but I think I could've gone with the regular version instead.

Uhh, just the regular one I think. What may have ruined it slightly for me was that I really like Walk the Line. When you watch a spoof of something that is dumb/crap it's funny because you can laugh at how dumb the real film was and how the spoof totally called them on it, but Walk Hard was stupid itself and the Walk the Line was good - so it didn't work for me. :/

I gotcha. My friend refused to see Walk Hard because she has a huge thing for Mr. Cash. I watched the extended version and it just seemed to go on and had a lot more ding dongs in it.

I watched the newer Futurama movie The Beast With a Billion Backs for the second time since I bought it, this time with the audio commentary. Commentaries usually suck balls, but he Futurama DVD commentaries are some of the funniest and most informative I've come across.

Toy Story 1 and 2.

The Warriors. Not looking forward to the remake.

I just saw Zodiac, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyleenhal.
IT WAS AWESOME! Probably the one good true story movie.

Margot at the Wedding - Not bad, but not as good as The Squid and the Whale.

The Eye - Meh. Generic horror re-make with a fairly crap story and cheap scares a plenty.

Brooklyn Rules - Didn't like this much. It was apparently written by the same guy that wrote The Sopranos, but in my opinion shows little of the quality of its predecessor. The characters are one dimensional at best and overall I couldn't help but think the film was trying too hard to be Goodfellas.

The Departed - This was my second viewing of this film and it was easily as good as the first time I watched it. Great thriller.

Donnie Darko. That rabbit scared the bejesus out of me. It looked like a Matt Groening character from hell (pun intended).

Harold and Kumar 2 - Really funny, especially the Howie Scream during the Ku Klux Kegger.

Finally saw Doomsday - Holy Crap.

Pineapple Express - It wasn't immensely funny but it wasn't supposed to be. It was a solid movie.

In Bruges - Good film. I always disliked Colin Farrell for some reason, but in this he plays his part really well. Recommended.

Lars and the Real Girl - Also a good film. Well worth watching.

Strangers With Candy. Most of the series' cast was retained and so were some of the jokes, which made for a hilarious time.

I really wanted to see this movie when it was in theaters but for some reason none of the three theaters in my area ever showed it. I'm assuming it's on dvd now so i'll have to go pick this one up.

goodfellas & the devils advocate

they were both pretty good, but the latter made me lol a whole bunch :eek

Finished watching the Brothers Solomon. I thought it was amazingly funny though I could see how a lot of people didn't find it funny. People should "let" it be funny to them.

I'm watching A Scanner Darkly right now. It's one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

i watched the aqua teen hungry force movie

it seemed really really unnecessary

The best part of that movie is probably the "I like your booty, but I'm not gay" loop. The rest of it is just really boring and I don't understand where all the regular humor the show has went.