Last Movie You Watched V. 1.0

[Honolulu_Blue]

While, not a movie I've seen, I didn't think this required its own thread. So...

They are fiming the (totally unnecessary) re-make of "Red Dawn" in Detroit. Between the tax credits available to filmmakers and the fact that Detroit already looks like a city that has been invaded by a hostile force, it's a good choice.

A large part of whatever they are filming is going on about a block from where I work. Over the last three days, there have been a number of sporadic explosions and sounds of small arms fire that can be heard (and sometimes felt) from my office. They also have made up one of the buildings across the way to look like the occupying force's (the Chinese) local police station.

I think I will head over and take a closer look during lunch.

[KWhit]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I think The Ring was the last truly scary movie that I've seen.

The Host wasn't really that scary. There were some cool parts though. I mentioned a post upthread that was fairly scary though - Quarantine. It was pretty freaky. It's on Netflix streaming as well.

Also, The Strangers was pretty good, I thought.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by KWhit

The Host wasn't really that scary. There were some cool parts though. I mentioned a post upthread that was fairly scary though - Quarantine. It was pretty freaky. It's on Netflix streaming as well.

Also, The Strangers was pretty good, I thought.

The trailer for "The Strangers" freaked me out. I'd like to see it at some point. Quarantine looked promising as well.

"The Host" was more a monster movie than a horror movie. I liked the beginning of the movie, while the family still together, because their interactions were great, but after they got separated (which happened pretty quickly), the movie lost a lof of its juice for me until the climax.

[Pyser]

sugar - 7/10

dominican kid struggles in the minor leagues in iowa. pretty awesome.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I think The Ring was the last truly scary movie that I've seen.

When I was in Japan I read a translation of the original The Ring novel. Man, let me tell you, the movies (Japanese and American ones) have NOTHING on the book. Creepiest thing I've ever read.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

While, not a movie I've seen, I didn't think this required its own thread. So...

They are fiming the (totally unnecessary) re-make of "Red Dawn" in Detroit. Between the tax credits available to filmmakers and the fact that Detroit already looks like a city that has been invaded by a hostile force, it's a good choice.

A large part of whatever they are filming is going on about a block from where I work. Over the last three days, there have been a number of sporadic explosions and sounds of small arms fire that can be heard (and sometimes felt) from my office. They also have made up one of the buildings across the way to look like the occupying force's (the Chinese) local police station.

I think I will head over and take a closer look during lunch.

This post made my night btw.

Love that they're making the Chinese the Baddies this time as well.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

While, not a movie I've seen, I didn't think this required its own thread. So...

They are fiming the (totally unnecessary) re-make of "Red Dawn" in Detroit. Between the tax credits available to filmmakers and the fact that Detroit already looks like a city that has been invaded by a hostile force, it's a good choice.

A large part of whatever they are filming is going on about a block from where I work. Over the last three days, there have been a number of sporadic explosions and sounds of small arms fire that can be heard (and sometimes felt) from my office. They also have made up one of the buildings across the way to look like the occupying force's (the Chinese) local police station.

I think I will head over and take a closer look during lunch.

That's pretty cool. I remember when Dark Knight filmed a few blocks from where I worked. Would walk down and see the Batmobile and other stuff. They had some cool stunts late at night.

Public Enemies was also filmed a block from my house.

[Groundhog]

I wasn't allowed to walk out the front of my building after finishing my shift one night because they were filming a helicopter scene looking down on the street for the first Matrix film, which I thought was pretty cool.

[Groundhog]

dola

And I tell you what, anyone who lives in Sydney and watches the chase at the end of that movie with Neo and Agent Smith will find it very amusing as the actors run past a familiar building, take a turn, and are suddenly 15 minutes down the road.

[Neuqua]

Everytime I drive down Lower Wacker I think about the new Batman films.

Oh, and I've seen the new Batmo-hummer.

[Chief Rum]

When I was attending Cal Poly Pomona, they shut down access to the distinctive administrative building on the campus (for those in SoCal, it's the big pointy-topped tower building you can see from the 57-10 interchange) for the film Gattaca.

Much of the movie was shot at the building, as its odd look was thought to look futuristic for the movie and was used as the "outside" of the housing complex Ethan Hawke and Jude Law stayed in.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

While, not a movie I've seen, I didn't think this required its own thread. So...

They are fiming the (totally unnecessary) re-make of "Red Dawn" in Detroit. Between the tax credits available to filmmakers and the fact that Detroit already looks like a city that has been invaded by a hostile force, it's a good choice.

A large part of whatever they are filming is going on about a block from where I work. Over the last three days, there have been a number of sporadic explosions and sounds of small arms fire that can be heard (and sometimes felt) from my office. They also have made up one of the buildings across the way to look like the occupying force's (the Chinese) local police station.

I think I will head over and take a closer look during lunch.

Turns out...it's not a movie. The Chinese have invaded Detroit!

Never mind the pesky why would they WANT Detroit matter. Wolverines!

[Chief Rum]

Paranormal Activity-- (9/10) Scared the piss out of me, of course. Definitely best to catch this in a theater with a packed house.

[DeToxRox]

Wrong Turn 3 (2/10)

Was bored, and gave it a whirl. Stayed bored the entire time. At least some of the deaths were humorous.

[KWhit]

Rachel Getting Married - 4/10

I only give this a 4 because Anne Hathaway was really good in it. But the movie itself was horrible. It was so freaking SLOW. I told Lisa that it was like the filmmaker made a movie while accidentally taping over someone's actual wedding video and kept hitting fast forward after every scene.

Seriously. There was one part where about 20 people got up and gave toasts - one after the other. And it showed all of them, before getting to Anne Hathaway's cliche "bad toast." And then at the reception, they showed maybe 10 minutes of nothing but people dancing. Holy christ, this movie needed an editor BADLY.

After thinking about it some more, I've changed my mind:

3/10

[sabotai]

Quarantine - 6/10

Decent single-POV (ala Cloverfield) zombie movie, except they're not zombies, there's another explanation....but they're pretty much zombies. Very aggressive zombies. Worth watching, but not owning.

[Dodgerchick]

Paranormal Activity - 5.5/10

It was ok. The scary parts were indeed scary but there weren't many of 'em. I did leave the movie theater pretty freaked out though. Antmeister wasn't shaken one bit so I thought it was just me, but it seems a lot of you were pretty scared too.

[JetsIn06]

The Damned United: 9/10

In the middle of watching this now, but I'm LOVING this movie so far. I haven't heard of it before today, but for anyone who remotely likes soccer, you'll likely love it.

The Damned United - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edit: Just finished. Amazing.

[DeToxRox]

Maniac (9/10)

I have seen this movie countless times but it has been a while since I last watched it, so last night I popped it in and just was amazed at how well it holds up. It's probably the most underrated slasher/splatter movie ever, and features a lot of amazing and relatively realistic looking death scenes for a movie from 1980.

If you have not seen it, track a copy down and get busy.

[Bad-example]

Death Sentence - 6.5/10

A pretty standard vigilante-type story in the Death Wish tradition. Kevin Bacon was fine as the executive that sees his son butchered in a gang initiation. John Goodman was pretty good in a minor role. A perfectly watchable movie if you don't expect too much (there are a few eye-rolling moments but not too bad). Currently airing on premium cable.

[judicial clerk]

While, not a movie I've seen, I didn't think this required its own thread. So...

They are fiming the (totally unnecessary) re-make of "Red Dawn" in Detroit. Between the tax credits available to filmmakers and the fact that Detroit already looks like a city that has been invaded by a hostile force, it's a good choice.

A large part of whatever they are filming is going on about a block from where I work. Over the last three days, there have been a number of sporadic explosions and sounds of small arms fire that can be heard (and sometimes felt) from my office. They also have made up one of the buildings across the way to look like the occupying force's (the Chinese) local police station

how can you be sure the sporadic explosions and small arms fire are from filming? Im just sayin

[Dodgerchick]

Zombieland - 6.5/10

It was entertaining and the cameo was great. But I wouldn't go out of my way to watch again.

Dead Snow - 8/10

Norwegian movie about Nazi Zombies. Very funny and definitely has the watch-ability factor.. I actually preferred it to Zombieland.

[MrDNA]

Drag Me to Hell 7/10

If you liked Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, you'll like this. Had some weak parts, but IMO the strong parts way outweighed them. The parking lot and graveyard scenes were worth the price of admission.

Black Sheep 8/10

Just for clarification, this is the killer zombie sheep "Black Sheep." As a piece of film making, it was dreck, but entertainment wise it was pure gold. You need to watch this with a group of people. Several "Ew" and laugh out loud moments.

[KWhit]

I just watched Drag Me To Hell also. I hated it.

If you're into bodily fluids being forced down someone else's throat, this movie was for you (as there were about 6 different scenes where that happened). It's not like it really grossed me out or anything, but man! How about a little variety?!

And the ending was horribly obvious and I could see it coming about 20 miles away.

Drag Me to Hell - 3/10

[KWhit]

The Exorcist 6/10

This used to be my favorite horror movie, and I've seen it a couple of times before. It definitely still has some great scenes and a lot of scares, but I found it incredibly slow in the beginning this time around. I didn't remember it being that way before. I swear the movie went for about an hour before anything really happened. I loved the rest off it, but it started very slowly.

[Dodgerchick]

Blazing Saddles - 8.5/10

I didn't know what to expect and at first I didn't know if I should laugh, or be offended. There was a scene in the movie that was so wrong but I kept rewinding a few times it was so ridiculous and I couldn't stop laughing.

I'm gonna watch it again to fully appreciate the ridiculousness of it. "Excuse me while I whip this out".. hahaha.

[thesloppy]

Where the white women at?

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Where the white women at?

Barely a week goes by that either me or one of my friends uses that line.

[ISiddiqui]

It's the greatest line ever .

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by Dodgerchick

Blazing Saddles - 8.5/10

I didn't know what to expect and at first I didn't know if I should laugh, or be offended. There was a scene in the movie that was so wrong but I kept rewinding a few times it was so ridiculous and I couldn't stop laughing.

I'm gonna watch it again to fully appreciate the ridiculousness of it. "Excuse me while I whip this out".. hahaha.

Don't worry, it was partly written by a black guy so there is no need to get offended.

[Lathum]

Finally got around to Netflixing Watchmen. My wife and I watched the first 40 minutes of it and were like WTF? Neither of us are sci-fi fans at all but like X-Men, etc.. We just didn't get it.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Barely a week goes by that either me or one of my friends uses that line.

Same here. It's a very useful phrase. Can be used in just about any situation.

[Dodgerchick]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Finally got around to Netflixing Watchmen. My wife and I watched the first 40 minutes of it and were like WTF? Neither of us are sci-fi fans at all but like X-Men, etc.. We just didn't get it.

You guys didn't miss anything, the movie was pretty bad.

[JetsIn06]

The Fourth Kind: 2/10At least somewhat interesting for the first half of the movie. They start getting into some Ancient Astronaut Theory stuff which I always find interesting. Plus, they go on and on about how it's a true story and the footage is real, so that part was pretty cool.

Then, it completely nose dives and turns into one of the absolute worst movies ever. Everything that kept you thinking it was real goes out the window. You get home and realize that none of this ever happened in real life. The main character wasn't a real person. It's complete and total bullshit.

Edit: If you know nothing about the movie, my review probably doesn't make sense.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Finally got around to Netflixing Watchmen. My wife and I watched the first 40 minutes of it and were like WTF? Neither of us are sci-fi fans at all but like X-Men, etc.. We just didn't get it.

You had to have read the graphic novel to get it. It's actually a great read.

The movie was pretty good taking all that into account.

[terpkristin]

The Hammer - 8/10
I had very low expectations for this movie, given that it was written by and starred Adam Corolla. It was surprisingly good. It had some great laugh-out-loud moments and though there was one massive plot hole, it was really entertaining. Gotta say, never thought I'd really enjoy a movie about boxing (well, Million Dollar Baby is an exception, too...).

/tk

[Dodgerchick]

The Mist - 7/10

Based on a book by Stephen King, story about a creature lurking in a mist who kills anyone it finds. A group of people get stuck in a grocery store and do everything they can to survive.

Has the usual "What the hell are they doing" scenes but there were some scenes that really grabbed me. So much that once the movie was over I felt like my brain needed some rinsing.

[Grammaticus]

High Tension - 10/10

This is a combination horror / thriller movie. Not just blood and gore, but lots of suspense with a cool twist. It is a French movie, but the version I watched is English language. Very well done. It got some criticism the story was largely copied from a Dean Koontz book. Not sure if it was a copy or not, the movie is great. If you like the genre, this is an awesome flick.

The premise is two girls that are college friends go to one of the girls homes during a school break. While at the home, a serial killer murders the girls family and takes the girl away in his van. The friend hides during the slaying and stowes away in the truck as she tries to free the abducted girl.

[Dodgerchick]

2012 - 8.5/10

Completely predictable and crazy ass action scenes, but still an awesome ride. Some people were crying, some people were jerking in their seat from the action, I noticed a person laughing at inappropriate times. Yeah, I was one of the people who shed a few tears. This is a movie to be enjoyed at the movie theater because of the incredible action sequences.

Edit - oh yeah, I had no idea Woody Harrelson was in it! Made it that much more enjoyable.

[stevew]

Surviving the Game

Cheese Grade 9/10
This movie meets my Criteria of "So cheesy it is good".
Ice T plays a homeless man recruited to be a "Survival Guide". Once he is out to the hunting camp, though, he realizes he is the hunted.

Actors in this flick are remarkably known. You have the guy from Blade Runner. Roc. The head doctor from scrubs. And best of all. F. Murray Abraham.

Anyways this has all the cliches you know you wanna see. Only negative is that there is no nudity.
Plus it is streaming on Netflix.

Real grade is like 4/10ish.

[JS19]

Men Who Stare At Goats. It was "meh". Wouldn't recommend it, but it's something to watch if you have nothing else to do. Not gonna lie, had a pretty crazy night out the night before, so I was beat and extremely tired while watching it, so maybe that had something to do with it. There was this one part though that I found real interesting and wonder if there's any truth to it. There is a scene and they are in Vietnam, a sniper just took a few guys out and reveals himself in the field. At first, nobody is shooting, then they start firing on him, but they are all missing high. In his narrative voice, Jeff Bridges says something along the lines of, "85% of soldiers will intentionally miss their targets because they are afraid of killing another human". The scene was exaggerated and meant to be funny, but that line really stuck with me.

EDIT: Just did a quick search, found this (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=536561) in case anyone was interested.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I'm 10 minutes into Crash. I haven't seen it in a long time. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this movie is about racism.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sparkle

I'm 10 minutes into Crash. I haven't seen it in a long time. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this movie is about racism.

Jesus. I liked Crash when I saw it in theatres, but now I think about liking it and I cringe.

Oof..Whoever told me (on this board, and in the flesh) that this movie sucked was right. Good call. It was a complete lack of judgement on my part.

It's cloying, heavy-handed, and seems like a couple writers got together and jerked each other off when they finished this, thinking it was amazing. The "Academy" fell for it, and I fell for it at the time. Then I actually developed standards for movies, rather than eating whatever bullshit Hollywood fed me. It was a real epiphany.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Jesus. I liked Crash when I saw it in theatres, but now I think about liking it and I cringe.

Oof..Whoever told me (on this board, and in the flesh) that this movie sucked was right. Good call. It was a complete lack of judgement on my part.

It's cloying, heavy-handed, and seems like a couple writers got together and jerked each other off when they finished this, thinking it was amazing. The "Academy" fell for it, and I fell for it at the time. Then I actually developed standards for movies, rather than eating whatever bullshit Hollywood fed me. It was a real epiphany.

When I finally saw this movie, I couldn't believe it had won best picture. However, the other nominees were: Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, Munch, and Capote.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I'm in the exact same boat. Remember liking it when I first saw it, but now...not so much. It's too bad because there are some really great individual scenes in that movie, but it's so over the top with the racism. We get it. Okay? WE GET IT.

It must be a Paul Haggis thing. I remember liking In The Valley of Elah, which he also wrote/directed...until the last scene. Then it was pure facepalm.

[stevew]

Crash was utter garbage. I think Imran was the one who led the "this movie sucks charge"

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dodgerchick

2012 - 8.5/10

Completely predictable and crazy ass action scenes, but still an awesome ride. Some people were crying, some people were jerking in their seat from the action, I noticed a person laughing at inappropriate times. Yeah, I was one of the people who shed a few tears. This is a movie to be enjoyed at the movie theater because of the incredible action sequences.

Edit - oh yeah, I had no idea Woody Harrelson was in it! Made it that much more enjoyable.

Pretty much in the same boat. I would give it an 8.

One of those visual spectacles sorta things. You do want to see this in the theater. Plotting, dialogue, odd "no way that could happen" moments aside, it's pretty much a thrill ride, and that's all it promised to be really.

If you can't turn your brain off, I guess you wouldn't want to see it. And it is overly long, which is quite the while to keep the adrenaline going.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by rowech

When I finally saw this movie, I couldn't believe it had won best picture. However, the other nominees were: Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, Munch, and Capote.

Good Night and Good Luck was really good.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

You had to have read the graphic novel to get it. It's actually a great read.

The movie was pretty good taking all that into account.

I read the graphic novel and yet I still didn't get "it." It was long and felt it. It was as good of an adaptation as you'll about see, but there are just far more entertaining comic book movies.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by rowech

When I finally saw this movie, I couldn't believe it had won best picture. However, the other nominees were: Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, Munch, and Capote.

I didn't care for Capote, but the other three movies were infinitely better than Crash.