What movies have you seen recently?

[goh]

The Way Way Back

I didn't know what this was or why I wanted to see it,I just remembered I wanted to for some reason. To parapharse a Simpsons quote "When Poochie Owen isn't on screen,all the other characters should be asking "Where's Poochie Owen?"" Standard boring coming of age summer trip saved and upgraded to -hey it's alright- single handedly by Sam Rockwell. Jim Rash also very good. Steve Carrell has a serious role and Rob Corddry does pretty much nothing.

[Lieutenant Dan]

The Bling Ring

I didn't know what the story was actually about when I started watching; just that it was a true story about teens ripping off rich folks. I didn't know they had targeted celebrities.

Anyway, the bottom line is I watched it for Emma Watson, and she looked amazing and erases any doubts about the exceptional quality of her gams

My problem with the film was I didn't like any of the characters and I didn't like what they were doing. I DID like that they got caught (not a spoiler)...but a study of vapid people doing stupid **** doesn't wag my tail.

[goh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lieutenant Dan

The Bling Ring My problem with the film was I didn't like any of the characters and I didn't like what they were doing. I DID like that they got caught (not a spoiler)...but a study of vapid people doing stupid **** doesn't wag my tail.

Wasn't that the point? For them to be entirely unlikable and get what's coming to them? Kinda like Cloverfield. I haven't watched it so maybe I'm wrong there...



...that's all I really needed to see of it.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Wasn't that the point? For them to be entirely unlikable and get what's coming to them? Kinda like Cloverfield. I haven't watched it so maybe I'm wrong there... ...that's all I really needed to see of it.

Quoted in part because that gif can never appear too often.

Anyway, yeah, you're right that was probably the point (them being unlikeable and getting what they had coming). My point is that Sophia teetered too much and fell just on the side of glamorizing what they did a little too much, especially since they got off pretty light considering their sentences. Wonder if they really did wind up paying their restitutions as well.

Well....kudos to the actors then for making me dislike all of them.

[SPTO]

Yep the people in The Bling Ring are unlikeable pieces of crap which is the only reason i'm never gonna watch it.

I'll just stare at that gif for an hour and a half and say I watched the movie

[daflyboys]

The Lone Ranger.

I went in with no expectations and actually came away fairly entertained. I'm not sure why such harsh negative reviews. As long as it's not taken so seriously.

Although one running theme I'm sort of tired of in movies in general....

Spoiler

White man bad....Indian good. Always. Everywhere.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

The Croods. Really enjoyed it. Started a tad slow, but after about 20 minutes in...the story gets going. Dreamworks has really closed the gap on Pixar for me.

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by daflyboys

The Lone Ranger. I went in with no expectations and actually came away fairly entertained. I'm not sure why such harsh negative reviews. As long as it's not taken so seriously. Although one running theme I'm sort of tired of in movies in general.... Spoiler White man bad....Indian good. Always. Everywhere.

Regarding your spoiler, It's probably over-compensation from the '40s-'60s when it was the complete opposite 90% of the time.

I plan to watch this on Monday so we'll see how I take to it.


Anywho, it was Friday so you know what that means: GODZILLA!

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)

I don't really want to spoil this movie and in fact in my review I tried hard not to but this was a return to form for the Big G. This movie is very lean as there's no fat in the script.It has a ton of elements to it such as action, sci-fi, adventure dealing with an ancient prophecy and even James Bond/spy elements.

They returned to a more serious tone and actually spent a good deal of money seeing how this was Godzilla's 20th anniversary film. The monsters are all designed quite well and the fights are pretty damn good. This is probably the best of the '70s Godzilla movies and one that didn't bore me at all.

A solid **** stars