What have you watched recently?

[Johnny M]

IP Man 2 was awesome. Probably not as good as the first, but still awesome. Worth the price of the dvd just for the table fight with Yan and Sammo Hung.

[chubtoad01]

Just watched Resident Evil Afterlife..... meh

[Frank Castle]

Super by James Gunn starring Dwight, Kevin Bacon and Ellen Pagie. This was a crazy little indie movie. I enjoyed it but I don't think I'll ever watch it again.

[DackJaniels]

Just took my son to see Thor. We both really enjoyed it. I originally had worried that who ever did Thor would screw it up. I'm not sure if this story was supposed to be a strict parallel taken from the comic or if it was a story written solely for the movies borrowing pieces from the comics but it was fun movie whichever the case. A solid 3 out of 4 stars from me and my son.

[suburbanhood]

Butterfly Effect 2. A whole lot of meh. Erica Durance looked amazing though

[bigraj]

Went to see Thor on Friday night. LOVED it. Very cool FX and action. Loki was awesome. Saw it again today in 3D, but it wasn't as enjoyable. The 3D made the action somewhat difficult to follow. The only area it helped improve the movie was in the after-credit portion. May see it again before its run in theaters is over.

[Hush]

Saw Thor yesterday, I thought it was an enjoyable movie, I felt they downplayed Loki as the villian which I enjoyed because it seemed like in the end he really did want what was best for Asgard and Odin's love, but nothing would ever be good enough.

I saw it in 2-D, I refuse to watch any 3-D movies. My only compliant was that there were a lot of really dark scenes where it was really hard to tell what exactly was going on, like all of the scenes in the Bifrost for example.

Frank, I just watched Super the other day. It was not nearly as impressed as I would have liked. The gore and the over the top feel of the movie is what made it great, but I felt like the entire plot lead up to the ending was a complete and utter failure. The ending for me did not even make sense after what we saw Rainn Wilson's character accomplish.

[suburbanhood]

The Kings Speech- A really good movie. I don't think it deserved best movie though.

[DaneGrannon]

I just started watching the Avengers. I've enjoyed the three episodes that I've seen so far. I like how they are shown to be more equal in power. Black Panther's energy blasts were a big surprise.

[suburbanhood]

Fast 5- A fun action movie. Some of the scenes were a little to over the top for my taste, but still a fun movie

[Johnny M]

Black Death was pretty cool. There's a village that isn't being affected by the plague because of a supposed witch/necromancer doing Satanic stuff. Sean Bean and some other cross wielding knights go to investigate with a monk as a guide. I was pleasantly surprised. Magnolia just released it on blu-ray and dvd. Worth a look.

[Arthur Ratnik]

Saw Thor and thought it was really solid. Saw "Super" last night and WHOA, it puts Kick-Ass to shame. What a fantastic movie!

[suburbanhood]

Black Swam- I really loved this movie. Portman did a great job acting. I kept hearing that this movie was a companion piece to the Wrestler and now that I've seen both I understand. Highly recommend

[Johnny M]

The new Thor animated movie was pretty good. Its a past tale of him and Loki as young men in Asgard. Has all the important Thor elements IE. Warriors Three, Odin, Sif, Frost Giants.

[suburbanhood]

I know who killed me- I think this movie could have been good with some good actors. But sadly ithis was little more then torture porn

Don't you forget about me- a documentary about John Hughes and his movies. I really enjoyed this movie. Interviews with filmmakers and random kids about how his movies affected their lives. If you like John Hughes check it out.

[Joe Anthrax]

Saw Thor last night (yeah, I skipped opening weekend, so sue me) and liked it overall. Not my favorite Marvel movie so far, but it was really solid. Some complaints I had were when did Thor in his origin become such a jock douchebag, and what the Hell was up with the overuse of Dutch angles?!?

Joe -- For a while, it felt like Branagh was filming an epsiode of the 1960's Batman rather than Thor -- Anthrax

[DackJaniels]

Went to see Pirates of the Carribean 4 and I did not hate it.... I liked it maybe better than parts 2 & 3.. definately better than 3. The actor that played Black Beard, Ian McShane, also was on Dead Wood, made a bad ass pirate. Don't want to spoil anything but at the matinaee price it was good. I was reluctant to go see it at all because of the 3rd Pirates film which I loathed for some reason.

There were somethings to dislike about it.... most of which resides in the effort to ensure blood thirsty cut throat pirates keep things PG13 and relatively family friendly vice being a grittier R rated pirate masacre.

[DarkKnightJared]

After seeing the leaked trailer for the American remake, I decided to watch the Swedish version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It wasn't a bad adaptation of the book, but it wasn't perfect either.

A lot of the actors playing the roles didn't feel right at all--chief being the 82 year-old Henrik Vanger, the man who starts the whole investigation, looking not a day over 50.

I also found the way that they handled the violence aspect of the movie to be really weird and ass-backwards--you're telling me that the filmmakers are okay with showing several instances of brutal rape and sexual assault, and yet has to cut away when Lisabeth is punching a dude when she's being mugged?

And this may not be the fault of the filmmakers, but the version I got from On-Demand was dubbed, and...it definitely wasn't the best dubbing I've heard in a while.

Finally, it was just edited weirdly...I'd say at least a third of the scenes were just crudely cut to the next because they couldn't figure out how to end it right.

I don't want to sound like I'm completely bashing the movie--most of the cast does a pretty good job with their role, the scenes look great, pegging the tone pretty well, and they did a decent job adapting the huge beast of a novel into a concise 2 & 1/2 hour movie. But, after seeing it, I'm now even more eager to see how David Fincher will adapt the novel.

[suburbanhood]

Hangover 2- Pretty damn funny. Not as funny as the first but close.

Pee Wee's Playhouse Live on Broadway- Lots of fun. Wish I could have gone to see the show

[Johnny M]