Red Mosquito

Goddamn, 54? You have me on quantity, but there are a lot of movies that didn't interest me on there. I think I may have you on quality.

how was spotlight?

The Argonaut wrote:Goddamn, 54? You have me on quantity, but there are a lot of movies that didn't interest me on there. I think I may have you on quality.

Most of them weren't great. But I'm an optimist. And I looooove going to the movies.

Spotlight was okay. A little dry. Tom McCarthy has made better movies.

I really enjoyed it. I should have a top ten of 2015 list ready in a week or so, and Spotlight will definitely be on it.
It's both a return to form and a departure for director Tom McCarthy. It's a return to form in that this is a really good movie after the mess that was his last movie, The Cobbler. It's a departure in that it plays with new ideas, as opposed to his old standby "what does it mean to make your own family?"

i've only seen the station agent and win win...i enjoyed both, especially win win

The Visitor is probably his best.

I agree, The Visitor is his best. He was also a writer on Up, which makes a lot of sense.

totally forgot he is the guy from boston public

i'm not even sure i've heard of the visitor, but i love richard jenkins so i'm totes in

While I appreciate that he's trying new things, I wonder if it's for the best. The high-concept trappings of The Cobbler and the political impetus of Spotlight both clouded his usual humanist tendencies and compromised the final products, I felt. I think he's best working small and subtly exploring big ideas, not the other way around.

You definitely have a point. But his first three movies are pretty similar in a lot of ways. I can't imagine he'd be interested in doing that forever. And Spotlight is a smaller movie than it seems. Yes, it deals with a huge issue. But it does it by looking very closely at the tiny incremental steps painstakingly taken by this small group of people.

Top Secret!

Last two movies (both first time viewings)

No Country for Old Men (why did I wait so long to watch this?!)
Big Fish

no country is so good

Do you guys keep a spreadsheet of movies you've seen or something? I have no idea how many movies I saw this year.

I use rateyourmusic.com.

Guys, we have a 2015 movies thread. Don't be lazy

Out of morbid curiosity and a silly loyalty to the genre I saw the fantastic four movie last night. It wasn't good but it seemed overly maligned. A hard movie to like (the characters had no chemistry, the effects weren't great and dooms act 3 motivation came out of nowhere). More boring than bad

I'd be curious to see Trank's original cut. Not sure I'm gonna bother sitting through what was released.

I did walk away curious about. I wouldn't recommend it but I think you would enjoy the feel of the first half of it

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:totally forgot he is the guy from boston public

i'm not even sure i've heard of the visitor, but i love richard jenkins so i'm totes in

The Visitor was great, definitely check it out