Last Seen Contemporary Movie

[MichaelMyers]

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Great!

[The Mothman]

Just watched organ.
heres my review

[_____V_____]

Very, very likeable. Sam Rockwell is a revelation. Recommended.

* * * ½

[Ferox13]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch:

Watched this for the umpteen time - can't get those catchy songs outta my head. WOnderfull films - all movies about Eastern Bloc transsexual singers should be like this..

[ChronoGrl]

^^ LOVE "Wig in a Box!" What a great movie!


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The Campaign (2012)





Meh. It definitely had its moments. I think the fiance enjoyed it more than I did.


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Butter (2011)





This was really cute. Surprisingly had some pretty risque parts. Olivia Wilde was delightful as always (heh), Jennifer Garner was hilarious, and Rob Corddry was surprisingly charming. Love Ty Burrell too - Great cast, come to think of it. Good little movie.


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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)





Overall, I thought that this was a good movie. I hate to compare it to The Dark Knight, but it's hard not to - The Joker was such a charismatic and interesting villain (thanks to Heath Leger) and I actually did like Two Face... But Bane had a hard time living up to that... The fact of the matter is, while I was somewhat interested in his Origin story, he just didn't grip me as much as, say, The Joker did.


My distilled thoughts (folks have brought up some good points that I'll echo here) -

***HERE BE SPOILERS:***


The Good:

• Catwoman. Sorry, I have to absolutely disagree with the person who found her a waste of screen time. I thought that Anne Hathaway was mesmerizing, Cat Woman was fascinating, and I really liked the contrast of her Robin Hood vs. Bane's destructive anarchy. Though I have to agree, I don't think that there were many sparks between her and Bruce Wane, but I think that part of that could be the writing - While, yes, Bruce Wayne was clearly more human in this movie, I thought that Bale struggled with being pathetic but also being sexual - I found the sex scene to be sort of random and forced, as well as the Cat Woman kisses... I found Hathaway's feelings for Wayne more believable than his for her.
• Miranda (pre-"twist"). I thought that, of the three Batman movies, this one had the most believable, well-written, smart, and well-acted women. I thought that the previous femmes were weak and two-dimensional, and I'm tired of it. This movie had two incredibly strong female characters who were intelligent, believable, and likable. I really appreciated that.
• The "Human" Bruce. It was good to see a very human side to Batman, the side that is weak and has to rebuild himself. I thought that Bale was great (as usual) as Wayne (though his Batman voice still drives me insane).
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I just love him. I liked the character of Blake as well, though his character will also appear on my "Bad" list too. While Batman made a comment about him wanting to be an "everyman" hero, that's sort of hard to believe when he's essentially one of the "evil" billionares in the film. Part of his heroism is his wealth, so that, to me, makes it hard to believe that "anyone can be a hero." However, Blake, to me, was the try everyman hero, more so than Batman. No gadgets. No crazy costume. Just a man.

The stuff that irked me:

• The first 10 minutes of the film. I thought that opening with a massive airdrop that includes drawing blood from someone mid-air to be... A bit out of context. the film takes itself very very seriously and this scene was just really really out of place.
• Blake's knowledge of Batman. Someone else brought this up too - Why does Blake know so much about Batman? How is it that he figured out the Batman/Bruce Wayne connection and Gordon never did? I actually didn't take objection to the end of the movie, but what brought Blake there? I just found it sort of odd.
• The Miranda/Blake "Twist." I thought this was sort of silly and unnecessary. Not awful, but not really worth waiting three hours for. I get tired of the Good Guy Turned Bad trope, too, especially when it's tacked on like this.
• Bane's Speeches. I thought that Bane's incredibly well-spoken speeches were interesting but out of context and a contrast against this muscle. Of course, taking into account the "Twist" I suppose it can be justified, but I found it odd. I'm really conflicted as to how I feel about Bane. Definitely a bad ass, sure, but I appreciate the intellectual and charismatic villain over the Muscle. My $0.02.
• The Batman Voice. Ugh. Still irks me. Just. Awful.
• Run time. Good GOD was this movie long - Three hours is just TOO LONG for a superhero movie.

***/END SPOILERS***


All in all, I would say that it was a good movie. Doesn't make my Best Movie of the Year List, but it was enjoyable and I think a good end to the saga. Not amazing, but good. Also, I'm glad I didn't see it in the theater; would have been hard to sit through.


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The Baytown Outlaws (2012)





I thought this was just OK. There have been so many over-the-top quirky action movies out there and this one didn't really stand out. I liked our three anti-heroes, sure, and I actually liked how they bonded with their "mark," but it wasn't enough to make this one stand out. Not bad, just not amazing.


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Looper (2012)





Wow. One of the best modern scifi flicks that I've seen in a while and most certainly one of the best movies of the year. Really tight writing and acting, and a very solid, quality scifi story. Absolutely loved it. Highly recommended.

[roshiq]

Citadel (2012)



>>: C-

House at the End of the Street (2012)



>>: C+

The Possession (2012)



A pretty good, well executed demonic possession flick. Not so much scary I expected but they delivered a nice & simple story with a decent script, characterization & cast.

>>: A-

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Overall, I thought that this was a good movie. I hate to compare it to The Dark Knight, but it's hard not to - The Joker was such a charismatic and interesting villain (thanks to Heath Leger) and I actually did like Two Face... But Bane had a hard time living up to that... The fact of the matter is, while I was somewhat interested in his Origin story, he just didn't grip me as much as, say, The Joker did.

All in all, I would say that it was a good movie. Doesn't make my Best Movie of the Year List, but it was enjoyable and I think a good end to the saga. Not amazing, but good.

Ditto on this. Perhaps getting old or whatever, I thought the pace of the film was kinda annoying. There was a clear rush to tell & show so many things as if they were running out of time! And perhaps I didn't get one thing clearly about Bane & Miranda's back story...it seems to me Bane didn't grew old that much considering the time he helped Talia to escape from prison she was quite young!? Anyway, the movie was enjoyable for being a Nolan's Batman movie but not comes close to TDK or even as good as Batman Begins, IMO.

Found it pretty funny:D

[ChronoGrl]

HA! That was great - it actually reminded me of the BIGGEST THING THAT IRKED ME (I can't believe I forgot to mention it before):




***HERE BE MORE SPOILERS***


I can't believe that they f'ing deployed the entire f'ing police department into the sewers. I mean - SERIOUSLY?! SERIOUSLY?! That was just ridiculous.


***/END SPOILERS***

[fortunato]

Killer Joe (2011)

Wow. And I thought Bug was crazy. Killer Joe is totally batshit, super funny, super gross, and really good.

[_____V_____]

Pretty interesting with a few genuinely creepy moments, but I thought it lacked something. Just can't place my hand on it.

It's a decent watch though. Thanks to HDC-ian roshiq for the rec.

* * * ½