Movies you've recently watched

[Cerr]

Just watched Moon.  Man, where the hell did this movie come from?  About a guy working alone for 3 years on a Helium 3 mining station on the moon with only a robot for company, who is beginning to go crazy.  Great sci-fi.

Gonna watch it on thursday.

Great Film. 

Is it only coming out now in the cinema in Austria and Thailand or are you guys watching it on DVD or something else?

[Syt]

Just watched Moon.  Man, where the hell did this movie come from?  About a guy working alone for 3 years on a Helium 3 mining station on the moon with only a robot for company, who is beginning to go crazy.  Great sci-fi.

Gonna watch it on thursday.

Great Film. 

Is it only coming out now in the cinema in Austria and Thailand or are you guys watching it on DVD or something else?

Not out yet, it's shown as part of the Viennale film festival. I'll also go watch Antichrist by L.v. Trier. Paying 5.50 per ticket.

[The Brain]

Open Water.

Very nicely done about some divers who get left behind by the boat. A little gem.

[Syt]

Moon (thought today was Antichrist, thursday Moon, but I mixed it up)

Plus: Nice visuals (reminiscent of 2001), interesting premise (would work as a Blade Runner tie in, really), very good acting performances. Fitting small part by Matt Berry (Douglas Reynholm from IT Crowd).

Minus: Half way through the movie the mysteries are solved and the rest is a bit too formulaic in its resolution. The computer's behavior seemed a bit unlikely - needs to be reset/memory wiped more often?

Personally, I expected a "Jacob's Ladder" kind of ending, but that's neither plus nor minus. The rescue team countdown reminded me strongly of Outland (which I need to watch again some time).

Overall I'd give it 7.5 robot emoticons out of 10.

[Neil]

I also saw goldeneye, again, over the weekend, but that is hardly worth commenting on except to say the newest bond is no bond at all.

You have said something wise.  The proper Bond is smooth, cultured and masculine.  The current one is just another grim aggressor.

[CountDeMoney]

Open Water.

Very nicely done about some divers who get left behind by the boat. A little gem.

Oh yeah, fuck that shit.

[Ed Anger]

Watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

[Darth Wagtaros]

Watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Good man.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

finally got around to watching Wolverine. Didn't suck nearly as bad as I thought it would. the ending was an anti ending, but prequels often can't figure out how to end properly, so I wasn't expecting much. I'm glad there was less Gambit in it than the ads led me to believe. most contrived annoying X-man ever imho. The Blob was cool. Deadpool will be back obviously. Hopefully in a comedy.

6.55543 Xaviers wearing waaaaayyy too much foundation outta 10

[Josquius]

Moon- It is actually really good. It really feels like a modern version of those sci-fi films of the 70s before Star Wars ruined everything

[Ed Anger]

Watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Good man.

I got a rock.

[The Brain]

Inside Man

It was OK. The girlfriend was hot.

[Syt]

Antichrist (Lars von Trier)

A psychodrama with supposed shock effects that seem rather tacked on, as do the fantastical elements. Great performance by Willem Defoe and Catherine Gainsbourg, though. They're a couple whose son dies while they have sex. She falls into a deep desperate depression, while he, emotionally distanced, tries to therapy her.

As it turns out her world view can be summed up in two sentences:
- Nature is Satan's Cathedral
- Women are ruled by Nature
So she thinks women are evil and is afraid of that side of her, and she also hates herself for being a woman and her sexual urges and wants to be punished/punishes herself.

He, trying to deal rationally with this situation, fails and hillarity ensues, involving screwing a grindstone to his leg and being stabbed with a pair of scissors. Eventually he has to kill her and he comes to the (symbolic) revelation that he can't understand women (as evidenced by a vision of hundreds faceless women passing him).

Overall "meh".

6.5 penises squirting blood out of 10.

[CountDeMoney]

Lars von Trier hates women, film at 11.

[Syt]

I did win a Viennale filme festival bag, though, which can not be purchased and sells for 60+ EUR on ebay, so I came out ahead.