General Movie Thread

[Smelodies]

Last night I watched Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion.

Wow, haven't thought about that movie in years.  Saw it in the theater as a kid.

[Zach mond]

BILLY'S OSCAR VLOG  this guy rules suber hard

[cutout]

I finally saw the 9/11 movie Loose Change and it's the most pretend-compelling thing I've seen in awhile.

[Sarah]

I liked the movie, but that damn kid was implausibly calm.

[Sarah]

Just watched Melancholia.  I liked the movie, but that damn kid was implausibly calm.

[Chris L]

Just watched Melancholia.  I liked the movie, but that damn kid was implausibly calm.

Maybe he was depressed.

[ted_]

13 Assassins was fantastic. Takashi Miike is a very talented man.

The movie starts out like a Kurosawa historical samurai epic and then by the end, it goes over the top but not in an out of control way. The last 5 minutes kind of drug on, but oh well.

Yeah, I thought it was great as well. I thought it balanced a lot of elements well, always (for the most) remaining a very entertaining film.

[Kormod]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is overrated junk. Don't see it.

[Chris L]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is overrated junk. Don't see it.

The dealbreaker was when I found out it was 2 hr, 50 min. I don't know what Fincher did with the material, but I have no desire to devote that much time to another reiteration of this mediocre story.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I saw the Swedish version. Not particularly interested in revisiting that in either book or American re-make form.

[ted_]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was solid. Any adaptation of a Le Carre novel will have to be somewhat boiled down, and I thought it was done within acceptable levels. Colin Firth was particularly great. I always enjoy Toby Jones as well.

Bummed there was no Conet Project on the soundtrack, though.

[Rick in Salt Lake]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is overrated junk. Don't see it.

The dealbreaker was when I found out it was 2 hr, 50 min. I don't know what Fincher did with the material, but I have no desire to devote that much time to another reiteration of this mediocre story.

I saw the Swedish version. Not particularly interested in revisiting that in either book or American re-make form.

Thank you both. I'm so glad I'm not the only person who didn't care for the original movie...

[buffcoat]

Anybody see the new Sherlock Holmes yet?

I found the original not loathsome.  I like to watch Robert Downey, Jr. overact.  There's some kind of meta-thing going on.  And somehow he and Jude Law have a real chemistry despite Guy Ritchie.

Therefore, if the second is just "more of the first," I'll go see it.  Or wait for it to show on an airplane, either way.

[Rick in Salt Lake]

Last night I watched Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion.

Wow, haven't thought about that movie in years.  Saw it in the theater as a kid.

Nor had I. Then a few weeks ago I was in a local theater and saw the trailer for "War Horse". I then thought to myself "if I wanna see a movie about a horse I'll re-watch 'Black Beauty' or 'The Black Stallion'."

[Rick in Salt Lake]

Just watched Melancholia.  I liked the movie, but that damn kid was implausibly calm.

I'm kinda curious about this. I've only seen two movies by Lars VonTrier: "Dancer in the Dark" (which I recall rather liking) and "Zentropa" (which I found too visually gimicky)...