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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen
« on: January 18, 2012, 12:28:14 AM »
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil
I liked it. Nice reversal of horror movie cliches. The plot twist was unnecessary. Katrina Bowden showed incredible range as an actress in this movie. In 30 Rock, she pays a hot, naive secretary. Here, she plays a hot, mildy naive college student. It's nice to see her expand her horizons.
Tron Legacy
Having never seen the original Tron, I was surprised that I was able to keep up in this movie. I didn't know was that Tron was a character (I had always thought Tron was the computer world). That doesn't really matter because he was such a pointless character here and his sudden change of computer-heart came out of no where and with the worst line of the movie to boot ("I fight for the users!" /facepalm). I appreciated the movie for what it was. CG Jeff Bridges looked fine except when he spoke. A friend of mine considered Quorra in the real world a plot-twist. I didn't. I was more surprised that she made it out of the room and outside without Alan asking any questions.
True Grit (2010)
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I've never seen the original adaptation though I discovered that it's on Netflix so I saved it to my queue. Brilliant acting from Jeff Bridges (and the entire cast, really) but that's not surprise. Hailee Steinfeld, in particular, was exceptionally good. The horse trading scene stood out as especially excellent. I didn't know Matt Damon was in the movie until he showed up. The only fault I found with the movie was that the ending seemed rushed but that's usually how I feel about Coen Bros. movies.
The Assassin Next Door
Not bad, but nothing special. The ending is kind of a bummer. Olga Kurylenko was hot as usual.
Run Fatboy Run
I liked it even though it's one of those everything-works-out-for-the-best-in-the-end kind of movies. It worked out too perfectly even for a comedy though I'm glad the reunion was suggested instead of shown. I was wondering how they were going to explain how Dennis was going to run an entire marathon despite being a horribly out of shape smoker who only trained for 3 weeks since training for a marathon is like having a full-time job and it takes months to prepare for. The explanation made sense despite being a total cop-out.
Trade
Re-watched this movie a couple hours ago. I still like it. The events of the movie are a little too coincidental which shook my suspension of disbelief though it didn't take me completely out of the experience even the second time around. I suppose stranger things have happened. I became invested in the characters so I was a bit forgiving. This scene gets me every time. It's far more powerful in context so if you haven't seen the movie, I recommend doing so (it flat-out makes no sense otherwise). Trade isn't an exceptional movie by any means, but that scene has stuck with me for some 4 years and probably will for the rest of my life.
I liked it. Nice reversal of horror movie cliches. The plot twist was unnecessary. Katrina Bowden showed incredible range as an actress in this movie. In 30 Rock, she pays a hot, naive secretary. Here, she plays a hot, mildy naive college student. It's nice to see her expand her horizons.
Tron Legacy
Having never seen the original Tron, I was surprised that I was able to keep up in this movie. I didn't know was that Tron was a character (I had always thought Tron was the computer world). That doesn't really matter because he was such a pointless character here and his sudden change of computer-heart came out of no where and with the worst line of the movie to boot ("I fight for the users!" /facepalm). I appreciated the movie for what it was. CG Jeff Bridges looked fine except when he spoke. A friend of mine considered Quorra in the real world a plot-twist. I didn't. I was more surprised that she made it out of the room and outside without Alan asking any questions.
True Grit (2010)
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I've never seen the original adaptation though I discovered that it's on Netflix so I saved it to my queue. Brilliant acting from Jeff Bridges (and the entire cast, really) but that's not surprise. Hailee Steinfeld, in particular, was exceptionally good. The horse trading scene stood out as especially excellent. I didn't know Matt Damon was in the movie until he showed up. The only fault I found with the movie was that the ending seemed rushed but that's usually how I feel about Coen Bros. movies.
The Assassin Next Door
Not bad, but nothing special. The ending is kind of a bummer. Olga Kurylenko was hot as usual.
Run Fatboy Run
I liked it even though it's one of those everything-works-out-for-the-best-in-the-end kind of movies. It worked out too perfectly even for a comedy though I'm glad the reunion was suggested instead of shown. I was wondering how they were going to explain how Dennis was going to run an entire marathon despite being a horribly out of shape smoker who only trained for 3 weeks since training for a marathon is like having a full-time job and it takes months to prepare for. The explanation made sense despite being a total cop-out.
Trade
Re-watched this movie a couple hours ago. I still like it. The events of the movie are a little too coincidental which shook my suspension of disbelief though it didn't take me completely out of the experience even the second time around. I suppose stranger things have happened. I became invested in the characters so I was a bit forgiving. This scene gets me every time. It's far more powerful in context so if you haven't seen the movie, I recommend doing so (it flat-out makes no sense otherwise). Trade isn't an exceptional movie by any means, but that scene has stuck with me for some 4 years and probably will for the rest of my life.