What's the Last Movie You Watched?

[indeedproceed]

127 Hours, the story of Aaron Ralston's canyoneering accident, where he got pinned under a boulder, and had to amputate his arm.

Just a freaking powerhouse performance from James Franco. I think there are literally 6 people that actually say another line on screen. Just a great film from a great director (Danny Boyle). 8.5 out of 10, and I hate doing ratings.

[Bahku]

127 Hours, the story of Aaron Ralston's canyoneering accident, where he got pinned under a boulder, and had to amputate his arm.

Just a freaking powerhouse performance from James Franco. I think there are literally 6 people that actually say another line on screen. Just a great film from a great director (Danny Boyle). 8.5 out of 10, and I hate doing ratings.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but read the story a while ago ... very compelling story, and just an amazing display of courage and the strength of the human spirit and it's will to persevere. Can't wait to see the film now, thanks for the review, IP.

[Chief]

I just watched The Squid and the Whale. It's not a new movie, but I've meaning to watch it since forever, and I'm glad I did. It's a good movie, but it can be a little quirky at times. Jeff Daniels and Jesse Eisenberg really make this movie what it is.

I loved that movie. Both actors were incredible.

 the actors definitely came to play.

Noah Baumbach first film "Kicking and Screaming" is one of my favorite films of all time. Please don't get this confused with the Will Ferrell soccer movie.

[guava_wrench]

I watched The King's Speech last night.

Great movie. If you like good acting and witty drama, it is a good choice. Not for the action fans or those with short attention spans.

[indeedproceed]

I watched The King's Speech last night.

Great movie. If you like good acting and witty drama, it is a good choice. Not for the action fans or those with short attention spans.

From what I've read its more british than Neville Chamberlain drinking tea eating a pork and apple pasty, while listening to the beatles.

I've also read that it is an amazing film.

[Edgar]

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[indeedproceed]

Devil

The first movie by M Night Shyamalan that I have enjoyed since Unbreakable.

5 people get trapped in an elevator, mayhem ensues. The idea is that one of the people is the devil.

I didn't get the "devil conversation" that I love. You know the one, where the devil slowly reveals things about yourself that he/she has no way of knowing, until at the end, big reveal, its the devil.

This was more pull the rug out, with some elements of suspense and horror, and some heavy moments with a dark camera and ominous sounds, that were a little forced. Kind of like in a play when the lights go out and then one of the cast members is killed, but you don't see it.

But beyond that, I sincerely didn't see the ending coming (and in a M Night movie, you're guessing at what the big reveal is the whole time, so at some point you settle on a theory, yadda yadda). I really enjoyed it, very well acted and directed (although it should be noted that M Night only had the story, the screenplay and direction were others).

IMDB gives it a 6.5 out of 10, and i don't think that's a bad rating. I'd go as far as 7, 7.5 though. Worth watching.

[Kwhit10]

Saw The Fighter, and I must say it should be the movie of the year (2010). Was absolutely fantastic.  Bale was phenomenal.

[Rondo2287]

Saw Black Swan this past weekend, Crazy Crazy Movie

[Snakehead]

Saw "The Fighter" and it was great like everyone says, and yes Bale deserves an award, one of the best perfomances of his career in this one.

One knock I have to put against it though is the lackluster boxing scenes.  Up until late in the movie they were all super quick and heavily edited (which is okay) but later on they just aren't interesting.  In the fight where Ward is getting beaten on and not throwing punches until he wins with the big body shot he literally didn't throw a punch until that end part, I don't think at least.  It was way overdone to that extent, he had to have thrown more than those few punches in a whole [dang] fight, it would have been called off.  And the fight at the end was kind of lackluster too.

They seemed to be going for almost Raging Bull with how it was exagerrated and with a lot of punches being thrown, though it wasn't trying to be as brutal as that film was.  Really though it was just heavily edited and exaggerated and it was the weakest part of the movie, which is unfortunate since it is a boxing movie.

However it doesn't kill the movie or anything because while its a sports movie, it's really about the personal story.  Just with how that was all handled I would have liked some more realistic looking boxing.


Really great, I highly reccomend it to everyone.

[Snakehead]

Michael Mann also did an amazing job with Collateral which I highly reccomend if you haven't seen that.  I'm sure you will like it if you enjoy Heat that much.  The bank heist in Heat is one of the best scenes ever but I like Collateral more overall.

Ya I have seen Collateral. While it is also a very good movie, I still prefer Heat. But the atmosphere created in Collateral is sensational. The dark night in the LA streets, combined with the music, it's really something to behold. The feeling Mann creates in Collateral is astounding. Plus it was a great job by Tom Cruise.

I really agree with the atmosphere, well done by Mann who is excellent at uniting sound and visuals, and the Tom Cruise performance is just fantastic.  Foxx was good too but there was just a unique quality to Cruise's character where you can't tell who he is and what act he's putting on or if it is an act at all.  It's a really interesting and compelling performance and I can't think of a more interesting one that Cruise has done.  It's my favorite of his for sure.

[Kwhit10]

Michael Mann also did an amazing job with Collateral which I highly reccomend if you haven't seen that.  I'm sure you will like it if you enjoy Heat that much.  The bank heist in Heat is one of the best scenes ever but I like Collateral more overall.

Ya I have seen Collateral. While it is also a very good movie, I still prefer Heat. But the atmosphere created in Collateral is sensational. The dark night in the LA streets, combined with the music, it's really something to behold. The feeling Mann creates in Collateral is astounding. Plus it was a great job by Tom Cruise.

I really agree with the atmosphere, well done by Mann who is excellent at uniting sound and visuals, and the Tom Cruise performance is just fantastic.  Foxx was good too but there was just a unique quality to Cruise's character where you can't tell who he is and what act he's putting on or if it is an act at all.  It's a really interesting and compelling performance and I can't think of a more interesting one that Cruise has done.  It's my favorite of his for sure.

Collateral is a very underrated movie.  I must agree it was one of Cruises best performances (at least recently).  And the atmosphere is pretty much perfect in that movie.

[Redz]

Saw "The Fighter" and it was great like everyone says, and yes Bale deserves an award, one of the best perfomances of his career in this one.

One knock I have to put against it though is the lackluster boxing scenes.  Up until late in the movie they were all super quick and heavily edited (which is okay) but later on they just aren't interesting.  In the fight where Ward is getting beaten on and not throwing punches until he wins with the big body shot he literally didn't throw a punch until that end part, I don't think at least.  It was way overdone to that extent, he had to have thrown more than those few punches in a whole [dang] fight, it would have been called off.  And the fight at the end was kind of lackluster too.

They seemed to be going for almost Raging Bull with how it was exagerrated and with a lot of punches being thrown, though it wasn't trying to be as brutal as that film was.  Really though it was just heavily edited and exaggerated and it was the weakest part of the movie, which is unfortunate since it is a boxing movie.

However it doesn't kill the movie or anything because while its a sports movie, it's really about the personal story.  Just with how that was all handled I would have liked some more realistic looking boxing.


Really great, I highly reccomend it to everyone.

Saw The Fighter last night and agree with everyone you said.  The boxing were lacking.  Too many crowd shots, and not enough boxing.  I guess it's really hard to do a boxing movie without everything coming across as cliche.  Thankfully the story was fascinating and there were plenty of quality characters and a

[hardlyyardley]

The King's Speech was well done....incredible acting.....don't know if this was mentioned, but I was not about to edit 50+ pages

[Moranis]

How to Train Your Dragon.

Excellent movie.  Nice story and pretty funny