Seen any good movies recently?

[adamada]

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. I wasn't expecting much (you know, typical chick-flick), but was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the movie. Anyone else seen a good movie lately that you didn't expect much of, but ended up enjoying?

[Journey]

I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow last weekend. Wasn't expecting much, but it was suprisingly awesome. The sfx were awesome and the action scenes were top notch. The acting was kinda lame, but everything else made up for it.

Also, I saw Mystic River the other night. What A GREAT movie. Sean Penn is such a great actor in this. Hardd to believe he was Spicolli in Fast Times.

[Santurio]

Mystic River is a fantastic movie!!!!
Thought Eternal sunshine was a very good movie
and just watched Saved! the other day and was pleasantly surprised by the movie. Very funny and a smart take on a touchy subject, a ery good watch if you have the time.

[Ikohn4ever]

Shaun of the dead, great flick

[alpo845]

team america is amazing

[Admiral Ackbar]

Saved comes highly recommended.

[Arakias]

I (Heart) Huckabees is an interesting and unique "existential comedy". Some moments are so funny, some are just absurdly funny and overall this is great

[crickett003]

I finally watched Man On Fire. Excellent film. Besides Glory, I think it's Denzel's best. Very intense. Ending was a bit sad, though.

Highly recommended.

[cyberlian]

Theater-movie wise, I haven't saw anything of intrest since the summer, but I'll go see ocean's twelve when it comes out...

[Squirms]

I finally watched Man On Fire. Excellent film. Besides Glory, I think it's Denzel's best. Very intense. Ending was a bit sad, though.

Highly recommended.

I agree, I was quite surprised at how good this was. Denzel is just an awesome actor.

[Tromack]

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. I wasn't expecting much (you know, typical chick-flick), but was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the movie. Anyone else seen a good movie lately that you didn't expect much of, but ended up enjoying?

You thought it was going to be a chick flick? Have you never seen anything written by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich)? I don't know how you can go into the movie expecting a chick flick.

[Spiritseed]

I watched Day after tomorrow last night and loved it.

[doubledown]

I recently went through a few DVD's I had. Had Monday off for Columbus Day :)

Day After Tomorrow - Really liked it.....although lacked in story, made up for in special effects

The Punisher - It was fair....gave my brain a rest for 2 hours

Starsky & Hutch - Was fair also....kinda got bored of it after a while though.

That's it for my DVD watching over the past few days....more to come always

[SatchmoKhan]

I saw a sneak preview of Team America on Saturday and it was hilarious. Shaun of the Dead was very good as well.

[Santurio]

I am waiting on SAW, i hope this turns out to be good, I have been waiting awhile for it!!

[thatstoobad]

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. I wasn't expecting much (you know, typical chick-flick), but was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the movie. Anyone else seen a good movie lately that you didn't expect much of, but ended up enjoying?

You thought it was going to be a chick flick? Have you never seen anything written by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich)? I don't know how you can go into the movie expecting a chick flick.

watch "human nature" if you haven't seen it. it's also directed by michel gondry and written by charlie kaufman. it's pretty good, and pretty weird, even by the their standards.

the last movie i saw was "shaun of the dead", which was great. i want to see "hero" and "garden state", but i have been lazy. i should probably go tomorrow and see both of them. i'll definitely be seeing "team america" this weekend. i also have a ton of dvds here (a large portion of which are from that deep discount dvd 20% sale) that i need to watch. i'm on vacation from work next week, so maybe i'll finally watch most of them, or at least some of them. the last dvd i watched was "living in oblivion", which i hadn't seen in years. that movie rules.

[Duo_Maxwell]

I'd recommend Bourne Supremacy, Napoleon Dynamite, and Garden State

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I watched ESotSM two nights ago, Empire of the Sun and Mean Girls last weekend.

[Trakan]

Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs. Both fucking great movies.

[WarrenGekko]

Usual Suspects and Shawshank Redemption

[adamada]

Yeah, I didn't know it was written by Charlie Kaufman until after I'd seen it. I really didn't know much at all about it before I saw it.
I like that someone mentioned Shawshank Redemption, one of my favorite movies. Recently I've also seen Shaolin Soccor, which was pretty funny.
Hoping to see Garden State and Man on Fire soon as well.[/quote]

[hiccupleftovers]

I recently saw Hero, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Donnie Darko, and Boondock Saints. All of them were awesome especially Hero, donnie Darko, and Boondock Saints. If you haven't seen thse than I highly recommend you go and check them out.

[basketkase543]

I just saw Super Size Me and Fahrenheit 9/11 last week. Really enjoyed both of them especially now that i am taking a class on the history of documentary film. We're watching a crap-load of films a week and getting some great insight into the history of the genre.

[crazytalkx]

I saw Shaun of the Dead three days ago. Shaq-fuing hilarious.

[Mr. Anderson]

I rented Eternal Sunshine a few weeks back, and I loved it. I'll buy it soon. Other than that, I re-watched Kikujiro, and I saw Man on Fire, which was great.

[Wshakspear]

Hero
Sky Captain
Shaun of the Dead
Team America

all fucking brilliant.

add in the Incredibles, and this has been a good few months for movies

[HYDE]

Visitor Q.

So bizaar, so taboo, so laughable that I've told anyone I know who's of legal age to watch it. You will find no better Japanese cinema than this. Prudes, PC and weak stomached people need not apply!

Oh, and the GunGrave anime and Day After Tommorrow were good rents too.

[alongx]

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. I wasn't expecting much (you know, typical chick-flick), but was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the movie. Anyone else seen a good movie lately that you didn't expect much of, but ended up enjoying?

You mean to tell me that you watched a Charlie Kaufman movie expecting a chick-flick? Holy crap. Eternal Sunshine I loved, for a lot of the same reasons that I loved Being John Malkovich and Adaptation.

As for a movie I didn't expect anything out of but enjoyed, I'd say 'Saved!' was the last surprised I went through. Some friends dragged me when they came to visit on a weekend and I thought it would be horrible, but it ended up being rather awesome.

[alongx]

Yeah, I didn't know it was written by Charlie Kaufman until after I'd seen it. I really didn't know much at all about it before I saw it.
I like that someone mentioned Shawshank Redemption, one of my favorite movies. Recently I've also seen Shaolin Soccor, which was pretty funny.
Hoping to see Garden State and Man on Fire soon as well.

Garden State is quite good. There were a few things that bothered me, and Zach Braff's writing isn't exactly up to snuff yet, but it was pretty good nonetheless.

[zionoverfire]

Napoleon Dynamite, some movies have just that right amount of stupidity to make them great comidies.

[Tromack]

I just saw Garden State and loved it. For Zack Braff's writing/directing/starring debut I was very impressed.

[dcfox]

Just rented Happy Times. Great, great, great movie.

[basketkase543]

Yeah, I didn't know it was written by Charlie Kaufman until after I'd seen it. I really didn't know much at all about it before I saw it.
I like that someone mentioned Shawshank Redemption, one of my favorite movies. Recently I've also seen Shaolin Soccor, which was pretty funny.
Hoping to see Garden State and Man on Fire soon as well.

Garden State is quite good. There were a few things that bothered me, and Zach Braff's writing isn't exactly up to snuff yet, but it was pretty good nonetheless.

What kind of problems did you have with it. I thought it got a little weak towards the end of it but aside from that i was very impressed.

[Rodego]

I recently saw Saved and I thought it was a good movie

[guardian_owl]

Hmm, I guess I appear to be the only person who didn't really enjoy Eternal Sunshime of the spotless mind, sure it's surreal, but so what.

[kristianator]

i know this thread is about good movies, but i just gotta say...

do NOT watch the forgotten. i let the girlfriend pick the movie this time, and what i get is a cross between a lifetime original movie and a bad episode of the x-files. seriously, watch any previews of this movie, while telling yourself "this movie is about alien abduction." i was like "what the fuck?"

then forget you ever heard of the movie the forgotten.

[thestuff]

What did everyone see in garden state? I see a lot of people share some of the same movie tastes that i have. Eternal Sunshine my be my favorite movie ever. Charlie Kaufman is my favorite writer right now... well, maybe tied with Wes Anderson.

Personally, I very much disliked Garden State. I found it annoying how they expected me to take a cookie cutter character (Natalie Portman) as something life changing. It seemed that she was meant to be profound, but she was just a dork in the end. So, she has a bunch of hamsters. Big deal. Anyways, I am really interested in what you guys think about it...

[guardian_owl]

What did everyone see in garden state? I see a lot of people share some of the same movie tastes that i have. Eternal Sunshine my be my favorite movie ever. Charlie Kaufman is my favorite writer right now... well, maybe tied with Wes Anderson.

Personally, I very much disliked Garden State. I found it annoying how they expected me to take a cookie cutter character (Natalie Portman) as something life changing. It seemed that she was meant to be profound, but she was just a dork in the end. So, she has a bunch of hamsters. Big deal. Anyways, I am really interested in what you guys think about it...

Still haven't had a chance to see if, if I want to watch any of the indie films I have to drive at least an hour to a town which shows them or wait for DVD.

[beerguy961]

I just watched Requiem For A Dream (or is it Of, does it matter?) and man, I kinda want to kill myself. Excellent movie though, although I would have something uplifting for back up...

[Kaijufan]

I dont even remember the last time I was in a movie theater. It might of been for Spider Man 2, but Im not sure.
I did watch the first Indiana Jones movie last weekend though, its its really good.

[bignick]

Friday Night Lights. Pretty damn good.

[evilpenguin9000]

I saw Shaun of the Dead today...that is pretty damn funny. I also watched the Club Dread unrated DVD. which is pretty good, but doesn't compare to Broken Lizard's other movie, Super Troopers.

[basketkase543]

I also watched the Club Dread unrated DVD

For a second there, i thought you saia Judge Dread.

[kristianator]

I AM THE LAW

[Negative]

I watched Taxi, man I wish i'd wiped my ass w/ those 20 bucks instead (probably be more fun.) Thats what I get for letting the lil'wife do the movie picking. Avoid this thing like the plague.

[hiccupleftovers]

I guess I should add to my list Team America: Worl Police. Man that was a funny movie. The South Park guys are comic geniuses. Very funny.

[crickett003]

I actually watched RAISING HELEN. A very good flick. Funny and touching. :lol:

Kate Hudson did an excellent job.

[WAJedi]

Friday Night Lights was very good, saw that a few days ago. I also saw Team America last night and that was the funniest movie I've seen in a long time, probably since Dodgeball. Keep in mind that I dont bother seeing many comedies in the theater though. I also rented Frequency yesterday and that was pretty good as well.

[nevposey]

Friday Night Lights was very good, saw that a few days ago. I also saw Team America last night and that was the funniest movie I've seen in a long time, probably since Dodgeball. Keep in mind that I dont bother seeing many comedies in the theater though. I also rented Frequency yesterday and that was pretty good as well.

I saw Team America the other night and thought it was hilarious also. I plan on seeing Ray this weekend and definitely the Incredibles the next. Watched Dawn of the Dead in DVD last night with the new ending.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Mmmhmm, The Grudge.

/*puts on flame shield*

I need to finish ESOTSM as well.

[jlarlee]

Signed up for Blockbuster online and the first movie I got was midnight run with Deniro. Glad I was finally able to see this movie because it was quite good

[bignick]

Blood In Blood Out

[wakeandbake]

Saved comes highly recommended.

I totally agree some twisted funny stuff.



SAVED is prolly the worst movie ive ever seen. it shows how stupid people are for believing a book

[Snake2715]

ok well lets move on with the last post there.


Saved was decent wife picked it and I managed to stay through the whole thing.

Eternal sunshine was a great movie. Yet to see adaption.

Other movies I had watched somewhat recently were
The Day After Tomorrow--ok nice effects.
The Thing- No I had never seen it pretty good especially given the age
Dawn of the Dead- Ok movie
Man on Fire- Simply great movie a must see/buy
Last Samuri- Very good also

There are more but I will stop at that.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Saved comes highly recommended.

I totally agree some twisted funny stuff.



SAVED is prolly the worst movie ive ever seen. it shows how stupid people are for believing a book

I think you may have missed the point.

[Scorch]

I cannot wait to see Garden State. It's already (unfortunately) out of theatres here (it ran a whopping two weeks but has been hailed as one of the best movies this year). It comes out on DVD 12/28 though.

[craven_fiend]

I don't get shit in the theatres where I live. Unless its like a childs movie, then we get just about everyone. I did manage to watch Dawn of the Dead on dvd today. Quick question though, what was the original ending? Someone can PM me if they want to avoid spoiling the movie for others.

[neocisco]

Ladder 49-average
Friday Night Lights-good Billy Bob Thornton-very good (and I'm not really a fan of his)
Napoleon Dynamite-one of the funniest movies I have EVER seen-absolute must-buy
oh yeah, some little indy sci-fi flick called The Empire Strikes Back-have you heard of it?
Ghost in the Shell 2-way too existential IMP

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Bump.

I saw forgotten last week, and surprisingly after people told me it sucked, I was very pleasantly surprised. I really, really enjoyed it. The ending was a bit lame though.
Also, mystic river and fight club. Both excellent movies.

[magilacudy]

I really liked Napolean Dynamite and Team America.

[Snake2715]

You know...

I have a lot of respect fro Eastwood and all the actors in Mystic river. I wathced that movie and was not that impressed. The actingw as dead on but the ending I didnt like.

Maybe I was looking for the typical hollywood ending but man.

[thestuff]

You know...

I have a lot of respect fro Eastwood and all the actors in Mystic river. I wathced that movie and was not that impressed. The actingw as dead on but the ending I didnt like.

Maybe I was looking for the typical hollywood ending but man.

Agreed, almost. I thought the ending was typical and terrible. And, also, I do not like Sean Penn one tiny bit.

[Trakan]

I saw the movie Saw. It was okay.

[beerguy961]

You know...

I have a lot of respect fro Eastwood and all the actors in Mystic river. I wathced that movie and was not that impressed. The actingw as dead on but the ending I didnt like.

Maybe I was looking for the typical hollywood ending but man.

You should Jude the Obscure. Once you read that ending, nothing else seems cruel...

[Tromack]

I saw "I [heart] Huckabees" recently and enjoyed it. It is very weird, though.

[The Shiznit]

City of God, awesome movie in subtitles though.

[Santurio]

I watched "SAW" and I thought it was a fantastic idea but very poorly executed!!
It had such bad acting, I think Danny Glover needs to give it up as well Cary Ewles.

[alongx]

Team America was awesome, this cannot be stressed enough.

[nevposey]

I have not seen The Forgotten but I have seen Fight Club and Mystic river, both are awesome.

[tcrash247]

I really liked Saw. The ending was such a shock! I never saw it coming.