Red Mosquito

Watched Bernie last night, loved it. Linklater has kinda become the voice for Texas stories of all kinds. And Jack Black just killed it. Awesome movie.

Heading out to see Silver Linings Playbook

Choke. Who knew the Marvel movie agent guy is a director and screenwriter, too! not a very good one though. kind of a mess.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:Heading out to see Silver Linings Playbook

And it was really good

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:Heading out to see Silver Linings Playbook

And it was really good

ill try to watch it today. Maybe.

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

Harry Lime wrote:Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

you'd have to be heavily biased to not be biased against nixon

Teen Wolf actually holds up pretty well.

Safety not guaranteed...yeah, it was ok. I mean, i got the feeling of the movie, but is not a great movie, just an ok one.

Orpheus wrote:Watched Bernie last night, loved it. Linklater has kinda become the voice for Texas stories of all kinds. And Jack Black just killed it. Awesome movie.

It's in my Netflix que; heard good things about it.
I watched something last week that's been sitting on my DVR for a while. Hachi: A Dog's Tale. It's an overly sentimental flick that has the feel of a Hallmark movie the week but oh my God does it pull you in during the second half. It's an Americanization of the Hachiko story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%c5%8d), the inspiration for Fry's dog in that Futurama episode. I admit; my eyes got misty.

Yesterday I watched:

The Adventures of Tin Tin

Winter's Bone


Enjoyed both for very different reasons.

Tin Tin was very Indy Jones-ish, and I probably would have loved to have seen this when I was 10-13. It definitely made me nostalgic for that period of my life. Pretty cool animation too. This movie probably would have been terrible if they decided to use real actors instead of the animation. It was a good choice, if that was ever even considered.

Winter's Bone had great acting, cinematography, and a good story. I could see why Jennifer Lawrence received acclaim for this flick. John Hawkes was equally excellent.

EJ wrote:Yesterday I watched:

The Adventures of Tin Tin

Winter's Bone


Enjoyed both for very different reasons.

Tin Tin was very Indy Jones-ish, and I probably would have loved to have seen this when I was 10-13. It definitely made me nostalgic for that period of my life. Pretty cool animation too. This movie probably would have been terrible if they decided to use real actors instead of the animation. It was a good choice, if that was ever even considered.

Winter's Bone had great acting, cinematography, and a good story. I could see why Jennifer Lawrence received acclaim for this flick. John Hawkes was equally excellent.

John Hawkes was amazing in that one and in Martha Marcy Marlene whatever...both performances were incredible.

dkfan9 wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

you'd have to be heavily biased to not be biased against nixon

I look at the man, not the politician. And it's not like he didn't do good things while in office. He was an American president. I feel that anyone who gets that position truly believes they're making decisions to better the country. But that doesn't mean they're without their flaws. And Nixon was definitely a flawed & haunted man. But he wasn't a Hitler, as Sam Rockwell's character would lead you to believe. He made a big mistake and he lived with it.

Harry Lime wrote:

dkfan9 wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

you'd have to be heavily biased to not be biased against nixon

I look at the man, not the politician. And it's not like he didn't do good things while in office. He was an American president. I feel that anyone who gets that position truly believes they're making decisions to better the country. But that doesn't mean they're without their flaws. And Nixon was definitely a flawed & haunted man. But he wasn't a Hitler, as Sam Rockwell's character would lead you to believe. He made a big mistake and he lived with it.

its pretty naive to feel that EVERY president is there making what he feels is better for the country. There are lots of cases that proves you wrong.

VinylGuy wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:

dkfan9 wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

you'd have to be heavily biased to not be biased against nixon

I look at the man, not the politician. And it's not like he didn't do good things while in office. He was an American president. I feel that anyone who gets that position truly believes they're making decisions to better the country. But that doesn't mean they're without their flaws. And Nixon was definitely a flawed & haunted man. But he wasn't a Hitler, as Sam Rockwell's character would lead you to believe. He made a big mistake and he lived with it.

its pretty naive to feel that EVERY president is there making what he feels is better for the country. There are lots of cases that proves you wrong.

Oh, so presidents have took office thinking, "I'm here to ruin this country." ?

Give me one example of a president who had those intentions.

Harry Lime wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:

dkfan9 wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:Frost/Nixon (2008)

Yup, Frank Langella was amazing. I was going to say the movie did a good job of being heavily biased against Nixon, which bothered me, but ultimately Peter Morgan (writer) did a wonderful job in humanizing the man.

you'd have to be heavily biased to not be biased against nixon

I look at the man, not the politician. And it's not like he didn't do good things while in office. He was an American president. I feel that anyone who gets that position truly believes they're making decisions to better the country. But that doesn't mean they're without their flaws. And Nixon was definitely a flawed & haunted man. But he wasn't a Hitler, as Sam Rockwell's character would lead you to believe. He made a big mistake and he lived with it.

its pretty naive to feel that EVERY president is there making what he feels is better for the country. There are lots of cases that proves you wrong.

Oh, so presidents have took office thinking, "I'm here to ruin this country." ?

Give me one example of a president who had those intentions.

im not sure thats the feeling but more towards "im going to let my friends do whatever they want and fuck the other ones!"
"m going to let corporations ruin this country"

George w Bush..it wasnt that hard.

The Cry Of The Owl. Caught it 10 min in but it kind of hooked me. Had one of those open endings. Was ok.

the Song of Lunch, i think thats what its called. very good. because its Alan Rickman talking for an hour.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Gave up on it half way through. Reminded me in tone of Safety Not Guaranteed.
I liked Frost/Nixon but didn't get as much out of Winter's Bone as some of you have.

Moneyball...this was consider to win an oscar? And Brad Pitt as a best actor?
Pretty average and dull.