What have you watched recently?

[Dezreavey]

[Nuggie99]

Saw Scott Pilgrim. Loved it.

[suburbanhood]

Expendables- What can I can say the greatest movie ever.

[Dezreavey]

The Two Towers - Extended Edition.

I forgot how good this movie is!! I am only halfway through at the moment, so I haven't even got to Helm's Deep yet!

I have decided that I love everything about the people and place of Rohan.

[Hair-Metal Hero]

Especially Eowyn, right? Yeah, The Rohirrim in the movies are great, loved the whole look and feel. Really dug the mournful violin motif that gets played for them too.

[Koete]

Zombieland - Not very deep, but fun enough. I think it suffers a bit from comparison to Shaun of The Dead. All of the cast members are great, especially Woody Harrelson. I've thought of Jesse Eisenberg as Michael Cera-lite, but, after seeing him in this, I think he's actually better than Michael Cera.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day - Awful film. I don't have the love for the original Boondock Saints that a lot of people have, but I thought it was okay. When the sequel was announced, I figured that writer-director Troy Duffy would have had enough time to realize what hadn't worked and make a better sequel. Yeah, I was probably expecting too much. I don't even think the people who love the original will like it much, as it's pretty much the first film again without the best parts. Instead of Willem Dafoe, there's Julie Benz (who I think is a good actress) with a terrible southern accent. Instead of Rocco, there's another sidekick who's pretty much Rocco-lite. Duffy tries to make it deeper, but those bits are miniscule next to the forced profanity, dick jokes, and gratuitous violence.

Brick - Great film that recasts a Dashiell Hammett-esque detective story in a high school setting. The unusual combination works because the detective dialogue is matched with normal scenes such as the characters being served orange juice by a mother. The more films I see Joseph Gordon-Levitt in, the higher he goes up on my list of favorite actors.

Bubba Ho-Tep - An elderly Elvis and black JFK (or are they?) fight against an ancient Egyptian mummy terrorizing their nursing home. If you can go with that premise and/or think Bruce Campbell as Elvis sounds awesome, you'll have fun.

Horror of Dracula - The first Hammer horror film I've seen (outside of Captain Kronos) after avoiding them due to my affection for the Universal films. After watching it, I look back on my avoidance as an irrational error. Hammer crafts its own Dracula mythos and the result is a great fifties horror flick. As opposed to Bela Lugosi's aristocratic Dracula of the Universal films, Christopher Lee's Dracula is a silent and savage creature of the night. Peter Cushing's Van Helsing is, in a word, badass, staking his friend after he is turned into a vampire and burning a cross on a female vampire's head. Comic book trivia: Michael Gough, Alfed of the four 80s-90s Batman films, has a prominent role.

Dark City - I wanted to love this film after everything I've heard about it, but I found it to be only good. While there are some cool ideas here, the film feels more plot driven than character driven. The visuals are great, but the amount of homage in it is to the point where it feels a bit too close to swipe. I don't think it's a terrible film like Boondock Saints II, but it didn't blow my mind either.

[kilg%re]

just finnishing Jet Li's Fearless. Pretty good but DVDfab didn't put the subtitles on when I converted it for my ipod touch. I can't understand a word, but hell, who cares the fights are top notch

[thomalo]

I watched some ST:DS9 season 7, I am slowing down since this is the last season and I taking my time since it's so good.

[Frank Castle]

Paper Man - Jeff Daniels is kind of crazy,a writer and trying to finish his book. Ryan Reynolds plays his imaginary friend who is a superhero. He is in full spandex/cape with bleach blonde hair the whole time. Overall, it was just a drama, not bad but not amazing where you need to rush out and buy this!!

Cementary Junction - Got this because it was written/directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It was a good 'coming of age' drama about some kids growing up in CJ. Both Gervais and Merchant are in the movies but neither has a large part.

[Johnny M]

[Frank Castle]

The Collector - This was a pretty messed up movie in the same vein as Saw.

[suburbanhood]

Watched Juno for the first time. It's a cute movie. Nothing great nothing terrible

[Johnny M]

Checked out Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finally. Very good film. Can't imagine why a remake is necessary...

[Vindicator]

Paper Man - some one mentioned it on this forum and said it had Ryan Reynolds in it, so thought i would check it out. Kind has the same feel a Juno or 500 day of summer, it's a indi/realistic type of film. Funny in places, and kinda depressing and weird in others. Overall its a good film and worth watching once. 3/5

[Frank Castle]

[Nuggie99]

Saw Hurt Locker. Good war movie.

[kilg%re]

[yodajones]

[Koete]

Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler - A four hour silent epic by Fritz Lang. On the surface, Dr. Mabuse is a prominent psychologist, but underneath that cover is a criminal mastermind. Its four hour length is a little intimidating for a silent film, but the plot, murders, car chases, and special effects keep things compelling throughout. Most compelling is probably Rudolf Klein-Rogge's performance as Dr. Mabuse, whose intensity is the highlight of the film.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse - The sequel to Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler, also directed by Fritz Lang. A few notches below the first film, it is still a very effective early thirties thriller.

The Wackness - An offbeat coming of age film about a teenage drug dealer's relationship with his psychiatrist and romance with his psychiatrist's step-daughter during the summer of 1994. Apart from a couple of forced cliche' moments, this is one of the better coming of age films I've seen. The story is enhanced above the norm by the film's humor and its capturing of New York in the 1990s. Ben Kingsley and Olivia Thirlby turn in great performances as the psychiatrist and his step-daughter, but most effective is Josh Peck as the teen drug dealer. Peck comes from a career of Nickelodeon teen comedies, but turns in a performance well above most of the actors that come from a Disney/Nickelodeon background. Highly recommended.

[Nuggie99]

Expenables. Car chase, check, explosions, check, fighting, check. Plenty of those, too. Thumbs up.