General Movie Thread

[fish]

It's true they resemble one another, but I can't see Michael Cera carrying off Jesse Eisenberg's role in The Squid and the Whale.

Was that movie worth seeing?

I'd say yes.

2yes

I mean 5yes

Y35...?

[James W]

A movie I really liked from last year was Cyrus. There wasn't really much to it, but it was surprisingly entertaining. I think the fact that I nearly had the theater to myself boosted my opinion a little.

I was really pleasantly surprised by Cyrus too, which is not at all the movie it was sold as, or a movie you would expect to find Jonah Hill in.

The Squid and the Whale is one of my favourites, no lie.

[dave from knoxville]

A movie I really liked from last year was Cyrus. There wasn't really much to it, but it was surprisingly entertaining. I think the fact that I nearly had the theater to myself boosted my opinion a little.

I was really pleasantly surprised by Cyrus too, which is not at all the movie it was sold as, or a movie you would expect to find Jonah Hill in.

The Squid and the Whale is one of my favourites, no lie.

In my world, you wouldn't expect to find Jonah Hill in any movie.

[James W]

[Alex_from_the_woods]

A movie I really liked from last year was Cyrus. There wasn't really much to it, but it was surprisingly entertaining. I think the fact that I nearly had the theater to myself boosted my opinion a little.

I was really pleasantly surprised by Cyrus too, which is not at all the movie it was sold as, or a movie you would expect to find Jonah Hill in.

The Squid and the Whale is one of my favourites, no lie.

In my world, you wouldn't expect to find Jonah Hill in any movie.

Really, Dave? No Jonah Hill for you? Have you see Superbad? To me- one of the funniest movies, ever. I can watch it over and over. Both Michael Cera and Jonah Hill were great in it. Their playing off each other is the heart of the movie and hilarious.

[wood and iron]

Just watched Le Corbeau.

That's some good stuff; so nasty and psychologically brutal. Makes me wish American movies of the same time period didn't feel so antiseptic most of the time.

[Pidgeon]

A movie I really liked from last year was Cyrus. There wasn't really much to it, but it was surprisingly entertaining. I think the fact that I nearly had the theater to myself boosted my opinion a little.

I was really pleasantly surprised by Cyrus too, which is not at all the movie it was sold as, or a movie you would expect to find Jonah Hill in.

The Squid and the Whale is one of my favourites, no lie.

In my world, you wouldn't expect to find Jonah Hill in any movie.

I can admit he was miscast.

[dave from knoxville]

A movie I really liked from last year was Cyrus. There wasn't really much to it, but it was surprisingly entertaining. I think the fact that I nearly had the theater to myself boosted my opinion a little.

I was really pleasantly surprised by Cyrus too, which is not at all the movie it was sold as, or a movie you would expect to find Jonah Hill in.

The Squid and the Whale is one of my favourites, no lie.

In my world, you wouldn't expect to find Jonah Hill in any movie.

Really, Dave? No Jonah Hill for you? Have you see Superbad? To me- one of the funniest movies, ever. I can watch it over and over. Both Michael Cera and Jonah Hill were great in it. Their playing off each other is the heart of the movie and hilarious.

Seen it. Won't see it again.

[Sarah]

Just watched Le Corbeau.

That's some good stuff; so nasty and psychologically brutal. Makes me wish American movies of the same time period didn't feel so antiseptic most of the time.

Sounds perfect for today.  And since it was made in 1943, I'll probably even be able to follow the French easily.  A bonus.

[roubaix]

I think Clouzot made better movies than the new wavers

[Bryan]

Just watched Le Corbeau.

That's some good stuff; so nasty and psychologically brutal. Makes me wish American movies of the same time period didn't feel so antiseptic most of the time.

There's noir stuff from around that era that's pretty damn septic!

[buffcoat]

Just watched Le Corbeau.

That's some good stuff; so nasty and psychologically brutal. Makes me wish American movies of the same time period didn't feel so antiseptic most of the time.

There's noir stuff from around that era that's pretty damn septic!

Yes.  Crack a Humphrey Bogart catalog much?

[roubaix]

From the films w/o a DVD thread, Frank Perry's Last Summer is on TCM late tonight

http://ebiri.blogspot.com/2011/01/see-this-movie-last-summer-will-air-on.html

(the DVR description spoils the ending)

[wood and iron]

Just watched Le Corbeau.

That's some good stuff; so nasty and psychologically brutal. Makes me wish American movies of the same time period didn't feel so antiseptic most of the time.

There's noir stuff from around that era that's pretty damn septic!

Yes.  Crack a Humphrey Bogart catalog much?

Oh I have. I guess I just feel like there was more of a frankness where the American movies playfully danced the same topics.

[Sarah]

French movies of the time were realer.  American movies were more stylized, I think because the censors wouldn't allow bluntness.  I mean, all the abortion talk in Le Corbeau (which I watched this morning--good stuff) would never have flown over here.