Movie thread

[MetsFan]

Still recording some HBO movies since we have it free till May.

Prometheus: Nodded off a couple of times near the beginning. It was too much exposition and not enough action for me. I haven't seen any of the Alien movies so I don't know how it compares.

Oblivion: My wife and I were joking that it was a Wall-E remake. Like Prometheus, it didn't have enough action, but we enjoyed it.

Life of Pi: It's a better version of Cast Away. I kinda wish I'd seen the 3d version at the movie theater for some of those scenes.

Epic: The title is a lie, haha. The movie wasn't very epic, but it was entertaining enough for me to finish watching it.

Frozen: We saw this at the theater. I liked it, but I didn't think it was as good as people say it is. My son liked the snowman, but other than that, it didn't hold his interest for too long.

 

[NJmike PE]

Anyone seen the movie "super 8"?

 

[engineergurl]

Prometheus was a little... hmmm.

 

[MA_PE]

Anyone seen the movie "super 8"?

Isn't that the one about Bob Crane from Hogan's Heroes?

 

[Road Guy]

Family: sucked big time.

 

[knight1fox3]

Prometheus was a little... hmmm.

What the heck are you doing watching Prometheus at 5:50am? :huh: LOL

 

[snickerd3]

borrowed the new star trek movie from the library this weekend...eh...the first one was better. Khan reminded me of Pitch from the rise of the guardians movie.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

The Spectacular Now: Better than average teen romance/coming of age/reconciling family history movie. Not quite what I expected, and some things weren't addressed that I thought would have been, but that's kinda the way life is, so it was realistic.

The Getaway: I like car chase movies a lot. This one sucked. I am saying a LOT by saying that.

 

[Master slacker]

The Haunting of Helena.

Another "scary" movie from the MS household. Not bad, just another creeper movie with an interesting twist in the plot. The whole thing starts when a new divorced family moves into an apartment, finds an old wardrobe closet in the basement, and brings it to their new place. Turns out the "tooth fairy" comes from the closet and wreaks havoc on the family's life. It was a pretty good movie. Three stars say I.

 

[goodal]

I've seen "Super 8". It's not bad. Its a good alien vs us movie.

 

[Master slacker]

The Hole.

A couple of brothers discover a trap door in the basement of their new home. This door has six padlocks on it and is dubbed a big hole. This family is another divorced family. The brothers don't appear that close to each other. Turns out they live next to a girl the "same age" as the older brother. These three get scared / haunted by images and experiences after it is opened. No matter what they try, they can't keep the door closed... except they never tried to use the padlocks again (ugh). Anyway, the brothers grow closer together and their mom has no problem whatsoever with the hot chick going in the house with the eldest son while she goes to work all day or night. Easy, straight-forward movie that entertains for 90 minutes. Three stars.

Haley Bennett, the girl next door, 4.5 stars.

 

[NJmike PE]

I've seen "Super 8". It's not bad. Its a good alien vs us movie.

it was on late the other night. I just couldn't stay awake for it. It looked good when it first came out, but I never heard anything great about it.

 

[MA_PE]

I've seen "Super 8". It's not bad. Its a good alien vs us movie.

The Bob Crane movie I was thinking of was "Auto Focus" .

Ever seen the move "8mm" with Nicolas Cage? He's a private detective tracking down the source of a "snuff flick". Pretty good movie.

 

[NJmike PE]

Ever seen the move "8mm" with Nicolas Cage? He's a private detective tracking down the source of a "snuff flick". Pretty good movie.

Yeah, this movie was kinda creepy. To me, it was train wreckish. Just couldn't turn away.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

8mm was great, but I felt like I needed a shower after watching it.

Autofocus had good nudidity in it.

 

[NJmike PE]

8mm was great, but I felt like I needed a shower after watching it.

Yeah, it just didn't sit right with me.

 

[MetsFan]

Super 8 is pretty good. It felt like a throwback to those kids' 80's movies.

8mm was great, but I felt like I needed a shower after watching it.

Autofocus had good nudidity in it.

That's exactly how I felt after 8mm.

We watched The Great Gatsby over the weekend. I couldn't get into most of the soundtrack. Watching a period piece with Hip Hop just didn't seem right. Don't get me wrong, I love Hip Hop, but it just didn't mesh. The scene where they introduced Gatsby to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was perfect and was disappointed there wasn't more of that.

 

[Supe]

Finally saw "Rush". Great race scenes, the girlfriend was even into it, but it just lacked that wow factor I was looking for.

They're playing Gatsby left and right on HBO now. I caught only a bit of it, but the whole thing just felt... weird.

 

[Road Guy]

I'm waiting on purge to make it to HBO....

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I'm waiting on purge to make it to HBO....

You won't like it. The stupidity of the characters will drive you insane.