What's the last film you watched? And rate it!

[Cracker Funk]

I don't have enough praise for "Paranorman". From a technical perspective, the film is simply gorgeous. The stop-motion animation is the best I've ever seen, and the art design (or do you call it production design?) is just WOW! They did such a fantastic job creating an overall creepy mood that permeates every frame.

Our lead character is one for the ages, in my opinion. The movie has wit, satire, and if you're a fan of the horror genre, there are a few really nice homages.

This is also one of the rare 3D movies that actually looks great in 3D.

I feel like the story sputters, just a little bit, at the start of the third act. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed this film, and I give it an enthusiastic "A"!

[arrodiii]

Carnage - 7.5 / 10 - good film overall but reminded me of a shorter, and updated Exterminating Angel.

[richy]

Outlander.

It's pretty good. I recommend it, at least to people who love this sort of thing. I suppose it's something like a 6 or a 7 out of 10 for me. I liked Jim Caviezel and the rest of the cast.

I've had more than my fill of these Beowulf adaptations, I think. Why do these filmmakers feel the need to twist this heroic tale into a story of villians who aren't really villians because they're the victims of its would-be heroes who are rather too morally compromised by their past duplicities, cruelties, secrets, lies, acts of conquest and extirpation, and, no less, genocide to even be heroes? What heroes? It kinda casts a pall over the whole hero's tale thing. Hello. There's not really anyone to root for, for goodness sake. Everyone's too damn busy being conflicted by their own moral failings and crappy choices. How is this entertaining for a tale that's supposed to be about heroism?

I'm all for villians (and heroes) having emotional complexity and complicated motivations, but why does the now typical Beowulf adaptation have to be this odd sort of masochistic polemic anchored in or, I guess, wallowing in Western Liberal guilt? Oy. Has it been decided by some filmmakers cabal that Beowulf will be the standard-bearer for this stuff?

Why can't a heroic epic tale just be allowed to be a heroic epic tale?

Yes, Outlander has some of what I'm bit-- complaining about. But, mercifully, somehow, it didn't get too much in the way of my enjoying it overall. I'll leave it at that.

I like The 13th Warrior. I take it that most do not. But for my money, it's the best Beowulf adaptation that I've seen (I haven't seen them all), even if a pretty loose one.

[mask]

yesterday i watched

the house of flying daggers 8/10

[arrodiii]

A Better Life - 7/10 - a good story, had a couple decent performances

[fernando97echeverria]

Warrior - 9/10
The best film of 2011. Perfect acting, profoundly moving screenplay and completely sure of what it is: an emotional masterpiece.

[arrodiii]

Originally Posted by fernando97echeverria

Warrior - 9/10
The best film of 2011. Perfect acting, profoundly moving screenplay and completely sure of what it is: an emotional masterpiece.

Srsly???

[NickClapper]

I just did a James Marsh triple bill of Shadow Dancer, Man on Wire and Project Nim. I enjoyed them all, although his documentaries are extraordinary.

[fernando97echeverria]

Originally Posted by arrodiii

Srsly???

It's filmmaking at its best. Did you have issues with it?

[Lucky Hardwood]

"Fido" 8.8/10 It is one of the most unique and interesting takes on the zombie genre that I have ever seen. It stars Carrie-Ann Moss and Billy Connolly in the title roll. Set in the 40s after the zombie apocalypse, it is a strangely moving tale of the distinction between alive and dead. Well acted and shot. I would recommend it to anyone that is a fan of zombie flicks and is looking for something totally different.

[arrodiii]

Originally Posted by fernando97echeverria

It's filmmaking at its best.

We have differing views on the film.

While it was an average fight film, the story was formulaic, too predictable and the acting, minus Nolte, was not great.

Sure, Hardy did a good job, but considering that he is an MMA fighter, it wasn't too much of a stretch for him to play a brooding guy with a chip on his shoulder.

[mask]

misson impossible 4

5/10

[richy]

Solomon Kane. Not too bad. It's like Season of the Witch, only a good deal better. Maybe a 6 to a 7.

[JoshL]

Originally Posted by richy

Solomon Kane. Not too bad. It's like Season of the Witch, only a good deal better. Maybe a 6 to a 7.

Has that finally gotten a US release? I've been wanting to see it for ages...read a lot of Solomon Kane stories as a kid (and an excellent Marvel comics adaptation in the 80s. The newer ones aren't bad either).

[richy]

Yeah, I picked a copy of one of the newer comics, too, a little while back (Mmmm, Jan 2009, Oh, has it been that long? --Allie, Guevera, Stewart #4). And I've been wanting to see the movie since I a saw the trailer some months ago. The fim's looks is quite a bit like that comic I picked up, and that seems like a good thing.

Yeah, I watched it on Amazon Streaming...one of their watch it now before it hits theaters offers, so not cheaply. But, I wanted to see it, and a person could easily spend that much going to the theater, so...