I recently rented and enjoyed "Now You See Me". It's not any sort of a masterpiece but I found it very entertaining and keeps you guessing about who is on who's side until the very end. I like movies like that.
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I just got around to watching the hobbit and I was blown away. I thought it was better than the lotr movies.
The only thing that bothered me was the ending because I really wanted to see how everything turned out.
Now I'm left wanting to read the books and rewatch lotr.
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Glad you liked it Itchymoku! Yes, I'm of the opinion the critics panned it because they felt the wind was blowing the other way this time. But the Hobbit is really a great story all on it's own, and Jackson treats us to extra material that are still found from the appendices and some from ancillary material but it's all from the author in some form or another. There's a lot of subtext and themes hinted at, especially Christian themes and freewill occasionally rewarding the faithful with miracles and deliverance. But casual audiences may not get it though Jackson and crew do their best to hint at everything not spelled out through production design, music and other movie elements.
It's really about a middle aged guy/Hobbit who steps out of his mundane privileged life to see more of the world. Even Frodo was supposed to be like 15 years older than how he was shown in the LOTR movies. I would just wait for the next movie in one month! (going to be awesome) , then pick up the Silmarillion and ancillary posthumous books whose notes and his creation of Middle Earth actually predates Hobbit and LOTR when Tolkien was a horse trainer/trench soldier in WWI.
looks interesting. I recently saw the new hunger games movie and it was alright. I'd give it a solid 80 out of 100. The first half was pretty much plot and talking while the last half and especially the last 1/4th was solely action. The ending was unsatisfying and it looks like I'll have to see the next movie as I was unaware there was going to be one since I didn't read the books. It's a nice escape and worth a watch.
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Watched "Jobs". A real disappointment. The movie did not cover his death at all, or the last many years at Apple. This is a gross oversight and a real disappointment.
I decided to keep my good memories on the subject with the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley. I figured no movie would really top that movie regarding the initial story of Jobs and Gates. There's something about Ashton Kutcher I really don't like although I did kind of like The Butterfly Effect.
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It's a great solid movie, well at least I thought so. Bill thought it was pretty accurate, I guess he thought the scene with bulldozer was funny lol. The prank the actor Noah Wyle did was hilarious because he impersonated Jobs at the mac world convention.
"Steve Jobs' only public response occurred at the 1999 Macworld Expo. After Pirates of Silicon Valley had aired, Jobs contacted Noah Wyle by phone. He told Wyle that while he "hated the movie" and "hated the script," he thought that "you were good" and that "you do look like me." [5] Jobs then told Wyle: "Listen, we do this thing every year called the Macworld convention. It's in New York, at the Javits Center. There will be about 10,000 people there. And I think it would be hilarious if you came out on stage dressed as me and did the first five minutes of my keynote address. " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley
you'd have to watch the movie first to really get it but here's a clip of it
here's a trailer of the movie
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Finally saw Gravity and it was indeed freakin awesome. If you haven't seen it, you must go while it's still in the theater. It was ride from start to finish and as close as you are going to get to feeling like you are out in space.
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I hate to interject but I hated this film. I got bored and kept looking at my phone. People made it out to be the movie of the century, but it's hard to say such imo bc the whole movie took place in literally one setting, a space station. 2001 space odyssey was better, or better yet Prometheus! Now that was a great work of cinematography! If I'm watching a movie set in space it better have aliens or I'm outtie!
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The thing that gets me is why I keep ruining movies with my mind. The more I think about this movie the more I realize how incredibly stupid it is. Don't get me wrong, if I was a kid I'd love this type of movie because I wouldn't see things that I do today. In this futuristic type of world why doesn't he control the robotic suit remotely? Doesn't this make more sense with where the military is going with the drones and unmanned vehicles? Also, Why isn't he wearing a helmet in most of these scenes? From a safety perspective I doubt this type of combat would even be advisable even with the technology. Oh well, im actually very interested in this film. i know the japanese book this is based on, and it's a pretty gruesome/nasty story. but it's tom cruise so some things are to be expected. also he's in sci fi movies lately (maybe because his religion is sci fi? ). Eyes wide shut, minority report, vanilla sky...it kind of makes me wonder how sane a person can be after acting out all these crazy movies. Shit, I'm already crazy and I've only been in home movies.
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It actually shouldn't even be controlled remotely either, the robot should be programmed to fight without the human's slow reaction time. But I guess the same problem may arise where the robot gets hacked or even decides to fight against it's owner.
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I was curious. Then found out the same director who directed "Tron: Legacy" had directed Elysium.
Kind of explains it if you thought the directing was a mess. And now not on my short list to want to see anytime soon.
Hope it's not just about "walking dead" survivors of the apocalypse vs. Caesar gone native in the redwoods...
Otherwise hoping it's good like the previous one.
I hear you Big Mike. I dunno, for me I felt it could have been better. Just seemed like a lot of meaningless pedestrian rookie/conforming seeming choices and it could have been so much more. It was the director's first real movie. A costly and anticipated one with goodwill from the 1982 movie which is still scary and impressive in an otherworldly way. I did think the production value was excellent and cgi-youthing was amazing. Wish Tron himself had more of a maskless role by the end..
well maybe the next sequel which was originally planned.
I have to agree American hustle was a pretty good flick. I saw this movie about a week ago at the cinema, I wasn't expecting it to be anything special but to my surprise I really enjoyed it.
Another movie I watched recently is Rush its about F1 during the 70's and how dangerous it was back then. If you liked the Senna documentary you will definitely like this movie. Rush - Trailer #1 - YouTube
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I started watching it because I thought it was a comedy and that was what I was in the mood for. But it's a much more serious movie, and yes has a few laughs but is really quite good.
I love Keanu Reeves, even his name sounds cool. Ironically many people said I used to look like Keanu before I started sporting a beard which I took as a compliment. There's no doubt he's a great actor and I might just go see Ronin when it comes out on dvd just because it looks cool and he's in it. I'm crossing my fingers
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I vaguely remembered they were making an animated cartoon series "Tron: Uprising". Turns out Disney has
made a season of 18 episodes in 2012. No new season announced. Story takes place before "Tron: Legacy".
Animation is a mix of 2D and 3D.
First episode free to watch on Disney's youtube channel:
Main character voiced by Elijah Wood ("Frodo" in "Lord of the Rings" (2000-2003))
Bruce Boxleitner( TRON (1982), Babylon 5, Tron: Legacy (2012) ) returns as TRON.
Lance Henrikson (as "Bishop" in Aliens (1987), Alien^3 (1991), "Millenium" (1998-2000) ) voices Clu's general.
Eastern promises is probably one of my top 5 favorite movies
And I'm really upset they didn't follow through with the sequel in 2013
"Speaking in August 2010, Cassel said that a sequel was discussed with Cronenberg whilst they were filming A Dangerous Method. Cassel suggested that the sequel will be filmed in Russia with Cassel and Mortensen reprising their roles.[38]
In April 2012, producer Paul Webster told Screen International that a sequel was in the works, which would reunite director Cronenberg, writer Knight and actor Mortensen. The film was said to be made by Websters new production company Shoebox Films in collaboration with Focus Features and was to begin production in early 2013.[39] That August, however, Cronenberg stated that Eastern Promises 2 was "dead": "We were supposed to start shooting 'Eastern Promises 2' in October... [But] It's done. If you don't like it talk to James Schamus at Focus. It was his decision."[40]"
I don't know why but I'm really into Russian mafia movies and shows. I find there's a certain mystique about Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Dallas buyers club was an okay movie... I'd give it a 8/10. It had good acting by Matthew McConaughey and jared leto in this drama. Not much to say about it other than it was worth watching. I'm sure some would have liked it more than I did but you know I'm picky and don't like dramas much. It's pretty much about a rodeo junkie who has a prostitute and drug addiction and contracts hiv and then comes to terms with his homophobia while teaming up with a transvestite to open up a business selling a new hiv medication that helps save millions of lives. The movie basically showcases the main character's struggle and coming to light.
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A few months after "X-Men: First Class", I kept thinking where did I see James McAvoy (good sci-fi actor) before? as he looked really familiar. Then I finally recalled he had played Leto II Atreides/the "God Emperor of Dune" in the Dune miniseries.
Clip near the end of "Children of Dune" ; Guess he was a mix of "Quicksilver"(what they called "wierding"), the maud'ib and mutated himself with dune wormlings in this one haha.
I watched this movie the other night, it's about a writter who falls in love with his computers super intelligent and life like operating system (voice played by Scarlett Johansson) I highly recommend it!
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Dang , I was stupid enough to read the recent new comments of the official trailer on youtube.
The idjits who like to spoil have done so again, practically revealing the big surprises at the end
spoiling what was seen at the critic pre-release showings.
If you are anticipating the new x-men movie which is rated very well now by critic reviews and could be
the best X-men movie ever, rewarding fans of the previous movies but also acknowledging the disappointments
of X-3, "The Last Stand", I'd suggest staying away from the spoilerish comments!
(I'm not saying avoiding watching the clip on youtube. I've rewatched the trailer clips a bunch of times like
anyone else. Just be careful of the comments below on the same page.)
I had seen it. It was an awesome movie. And the 'Cruzer' (Tom Cruise) interestingly played against action hero type in the beginning. Minor spoiler: by the time he gets good, it's believable and the character/movie deserves it which is different from being a "top-gun" from the beginning. The Normandy battle scenes were breathtaking however diluted from the typical audience had already been spoiled,by transformer-bay like CGI-fests. If the movie came out say more than 15 years ago, it would have been a sci-fi classic on par with "Aliens". And "Hudson" is in too, not unintentionally.
Interestingly, thematically, the movie can relate to trading and the "impossible" "steps" to trading consistently. endless thousands of trials where one can get "killed live", plus a dose of "willpower" to get to where Cruzer finally gets to. (fighting the 'invasion' of the fast HFT-bots-'mimics' hehe)
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"Need for Speed", I'd give it 7/10. Would have given higher but they made some major mistakes in the technical details for no reason (could have easily been more accurate, like saying the Shelby would do 230mph). But this kind of movie isn't about that, it was still fun and I like the main guy Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad).
I like that it is less CGI and more cars on the road. But I agree the mistakes were easily fixable if someone would have been paying attention to details.
Just saw this movie and it was CRAZY. It just goes far and beyond limitless into an almost comical philosophical trip mess. Each new sci fi movie of this nature seems to one up the last one. Almost seems like someone on lsd, hence the name Lucy, conjured up the idea and some how got the funds and cgi to accurately depict what happens when someone does reach 100% usage of their brain. The hilarious part of this whole experience was I saw it in a black theater which made it 10x more funny than it was supposed to be intended. The 2nd half of the movie goes far into the wtf territory. You'll have to see it to understand.
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I watched Captain America Winter Soldier. It was better than I expected, mainly because of Scarlett Johansson and her outfit. I also liked Sam Jackson.
Overall I wouldn't rank this as good when compared to the original Avengers, for example. Iron Man brings the comedy which was really missing from this film.
this is the official trailer for the movie. I never laughed so much in a movie for a long time but at the same time it is full of the requisite action/explosion and mayhem...It is a 2 thumbs up movie and the first of another franchise serial film that frankly I will see every one in future.
In fact only made it through the first 30 mins or so and couldn't take it anymore.
