Movies you've recently watched

[garbon]

Funny Games...really?

[CountDeMoney]

Funny Games...really?

Yeah, a rather annoying film.  So very European.

[Habbaku]

Funny Games...really?

I wanted my hour and a half back after that.

[katmai]

I at both Seedy and Habbu for even sitting through it

[garbon]

Yeah, a rather annoying film.  So very European.

The pacing was great! Thankfully I only saw portions of it as I was walking in and out as my siblings watched it.

[Sheilbh]

The Austrian version's terrific.

Casablanca

[Syt]

The Austrian version's terrific.

I like Haneke's movies for the most part, but it goes without saying that they're not for everyone.

Have you watched his White Ribbon yet?

[Sheilbh]

Finally got around to watching "State Of Play"... the movie not the series. Well crafted silly political thriller. Been awhile since there's been a decent newspaper movie. Good acting all around. Solid script, though I figured out the twist early on, they played it just right in terms of story beats.

8.145 people putting careers way before friendship outta 10

watched the above sandwiched between most of Blade Runner & The Matrix (missed the first few minutes of each) which were playing on some HD channel sans commercials. New Years rung in just as Joey Pants started unplugging people, feeling up Trinity. Is it a sign of the year to come?

I recommend the series.  It's worth it just for Bill Nighy's performance

[Sheilbh]

Have you watched his White Ribbon yet?

No, though I really want to.  I'll watch it once I get a paycheque

Any good?

[Syt]

I very much liked it, even though it leaves more questions open than answered. It's a very quiet movie, though; I suggest watching it in silent environs. Somewhere in this thread there's a longer review by me.

EDIT: seems it was on the old forum.

[Neil]

I found District 9 boring. Even the mecha fight at the end seemed dull.

I really liked it.  It was the most entertaining moving of the summer.

That doesn't mean much.

Sure it does.  It means that out of all the movies released this summer, this one entertained me the most.

[Scipio]

This is Spinal Tap.  First time my wife has seen it.  Her review? "That's not really funny.  It's just making fun of idiots."

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, a rather annoying film.  So very European.

The pacing was great! Thankfully I only saw portions of it as I was walking in and out as my siblings watched it.

Pacing? Like when he finds the remote control and rewinds the movie? Blech. Barf. Ptooey.

[CountDeMoney]

This is Spinal Tap.  First time my wife has seen it.  Her review? "That's not really funny.  It's just making fun of idiots."

Nice to have married a Vulcan.

[Josquius]

Avatar- It cost a small fortune to see but....yeah.
At first I was very worried and skeptical for the 3D. I was sitting in a pretty bad place off to the right (this new cinema gives you seats rather than just letting you sit anywhere as is the norm...which is odd and lame) and when the first 'put on your glasses advert' appeared it looked god awful; all pinky like old style 3D.
But then when the trailers for 3D films started...Wow. This is cool.
My only big complaint on the 3D is it sucks to have to wear the glasses through the whole thing, its annoying to have them sitting there and you occasionally get glare from behind. Unfortunatly from what (little) I've read on the technology though it works by blocking off parts of your eyes or somesuch so it wouldn't work built into the screen.
The film itself...yeah good despite being too long.
A bit of a cliche emerged towards the end- girl hates guy, girl comes around to liking guy, girl starts hating guy more than she did at the beginning as she realises he was a jerk at the beginning but doesn't notice he has changed, guy redeems himself. Overall though cool.
What I found odd was my 12 year old cousin was able to sit through it all and enjoyed it too.