Movies you've recently watched

[jimmy olsen]

I've been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender.

I'm amazed how good it is, as good as almost anything coming out of Japan.

[lustindarkness]

Deathrace, liked it, entertained me on a lazy Sunday afternoon/evening.

[Neil]

Debra Winger was superhot.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Uh Buddha it was made in 1987

well the fashion and computers are several years out of date.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched Dick Tracy (Beatty). Much better than my memory of it, but by no means perfect. Out-Burton's Tim Burton tho if you compare it to his Batman. geat look to it, which my HDTV only makes better looking. There are maybe 2 too many long montages to show weeks (or is it days or hours it's hard to tell) going by etc... otherwise very faithful to the spirit of the comic (much better than "The Spirit" movie btw)... The female characters have a lot of Moxie, which is required. whatever happened to Glenne Headley (Tess Trueheart, also the gal in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels... she married a friend of mine then I never heard of either of them again)

oh and BTW I think this may be the role which started Al Pacino on to the "voice" that he now uses all the time: Screaming. It's a great performance, but it may have ruined his acting career.

7.8675493652 brightly coloured suits on misshapen mutant criminals with odd sounding voices outta 10

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched "Calvaire". another movie warning about the perils of travelling alone through rural Europe where everyone you meet is either clinically insane, or just undiagnosed insane. A cheeseball Frenchie Lounge singer breaks down in the fog and ends up beaten, raped, tortured and forced to sing horrible chansons d'amour and given a bad haircut.

Creepy as hell. Great camera and mise en scene. a short sharp shock to the system and a warning to never wear a cape, unless you are a superhero.

8.5555 creepy inbred French all male families who like sex with farm animals outta 10

[CountDeMoney]

Man Bites Dog was on IFC last night.  Hadn't seen it in years.  Still hilarious.

[Neil]

oh and BTW I think this may be the role which started Al Pacino on to the "voice" that he now uses all the time: Screaming. It's a great performance, but it may have ruined his acting career.

Tony Montana did a fair bit of screaming too.  And while Pacino does get first crack at a certain type of role that requires screaming, he's been in plenty of movies where he spoke at a normal tone.  Insomnia, the Devil's Advocate, City Hall.  I can't remember if he was screaming in Gigli or not.

[FunkMonk]

Saw the The American Experience - Nixon documentary from 1990 again. 

[lustindarkness]

Hancock, pleaseantly surprised, I liked it. I can't believe I had managed not to spoil the "surprise" this long.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

oh and BTW I think this may be the role which started Al Pacino on to the "voice" that he now uses all the time: Screaming. It's a great performance, but it may have ruined his acting career.

Tony Montana did a fair bit of screaming too.  And while Pacino does get first crack at a certain type of role that requires screaming, he's been in plenty of movies where he spoke at a normal tone.  Insomnia, the Devil's Advocate, City Hall.  I can't remember if he was screaming in Gigli or not.

true, but if I can't grossly oversimplify, I'm on the wrong board. :p

Gigli would have been better with his screaming.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched the "Bromance" movie "I love you, Man." Frickin hilarious, annd no Man-crying from Segel. Good buddy flick for the modern age. Not deep or anything. light clever fluff.

It's actually something of a Nerd-mance as well as neither lead buddy really has the required social skills for new friend making.

7.86428 Dudes living in Man-Caves, rockin out to Rush outta 10

[Syt]

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is on tv, one of my all time favorite animated movies.

The task of getting Permit A38 is proverbial.

[The Brain]

The Pianist. I liked it, but I'm not sure it's a war movie.

[Cerr]

Mesrine: Killer Instinct.
Good French biopic/crime film. Interesting main character, though not very sympathetic.
Looking forward to seeing part two.