What's the last movie you've seen?

[shua]

The Grey. Again.

Truly awesome.

Coincidentally, it could be an allegory for the 2012 Republican primaries/caucuses with Liam Neeson playing Mitt Romney, and the wolves representing Democratic Party special interests with Alpha Wolf Barack Obama and Omega Wolf John King (Think back to Newt's response to John's debate opener a few weeks ago). One of the human characters is even a black guy whose fate resembles the whimpering exit of Herman Cain. And look at how closely the "final four" in the movie parallel Mitt, Rick, Newt and Ron Paul LOL


READY FOR THE ALPHA WOLF

You bring up a CNN Debate Host here, and it's John King!! 

[Politico]

The Grey. Again.

Truly awesome.

Coincidentally, it could be an allegory for the 2012 Republican primaries/caucuses with Liam Neeson playing Mitt Romney, and the wolves representing Democratic Party special interests with Alpha Wolf Barack Obama and Omega Wolf John King (Think back to Newt's response to John's debate opener a few weeks ago). One of the human characters is even a black guy whose fate resembles the whimpering exit of Herman Cain. And look at how closely the "final four" in the movie parallel Mitt, Rick, Newt and Ron Paul LOL


READY FOR THE ALPHA WOLF

You bring up a CNN Debate Host here, and it's John King!! 

Well, if you saw the way the troublemaker of the group (Gingrich) took care of the omega wolf (John King) after his surprise attack, you would get the joke I am making.

[Politico]

The Grey. Again.

Truly awesome.

Coincidentally, it could be an allegory for the 2012 Republican primaries/caucuses with Liam Neeson playing Mitt Romney, and the wolves representing Democratic Party special interests with Alpha Wolf Barack Obama and Omega Wolf John King (Think back to Newt's response to John's debate opener a few weeks ago). One of the human characters is even a black guy whose fate resembles the whimpering exit of Herman Cain. And look at how closely the "final four" in the movie parallel Mitt, Rick, Newt and Ron Paul LOL


READY FOR THE ALPHA WOLF

I think this is final proof that you must be a total fraud... It was truly appalling, incredibly lazy film making...

How so? I thought it was well done. I was expecting MUCH less. I was expecting a mindless popcorn flick, a mere escape from reality with a few good unintentional laughs, and actually got a bit of substance with a few emotional moments (e.g., the plane crash and the ending). The acting, music and cinematography were outstanding, especially for an action-adventure film. It is a better film than probably half of the films that garnered a 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It is one of the best January releases I have ever seen. It received nearly 80% on Rotten Tomatoes for a reason.

Me - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last week and The Artist tonight...

What did you think of these two? I quite liked them. Not sure how The Artist is going to be remembered in the future, though. Strikes me as a bit "gimmicky." I feel like The Descendants is a better film, but The Artist will probably win Best Picture.

[Politico]

Shut up.

What's your problem, Mr. Stuck in 1977?

[President Marokai]

Shut up.

What's your problem, Mr. Stuck in 1977?

The Singing Detective was in 1986. He wouldn't dare go further back in time than that.

[Secretary Polnut]

The Grey. Again.

Truly awesome.

Coincidentally, it could be an allegory for the 2012 Republican primaries/caucuses with Liam Neeson playing Mitt Romney, and the wolves representing Democratic Party special interests with Alpha Wolf Barack Obama and Omega Wolf John King (Think back to Newt's response to John's debate opener a few weeks ago). One of the human characters is even a black guy whose fate resembles the whimpering exit of Herman Cain. And look at how closely the "final four" in the movie parallel Mitt, Rick, Newt and Ron Paul LOL


READY FOR THE ALPHA WOLF

I think this is final proof that you must be a total fraud... It was truly appalling, incredibly lazy film making...

How so? I thought it was well done. I was expecting MUCH less. I was expecting a mindless popcorn flick, a mere escape from reality with a few good unintentional laughs, and actually got a bit of substance with a few emotional moments (e.g., the plane crash and the ending). The acting, music and cinematography were outstanding, especially for an action-adventure film. It is a better film than probably half of the films that garnered a 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It is one of the best January releases I have ever seen. It received nearly 80% on Rotten Tomatoes for a reason.

Me - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last week and The Artist tonight...

What did you think of these two? I quite liked them. Not sure how The Artist is going to be remembered in the future, though. Strikes me as a bit "gimmicky." I feel like The Descendants is a better film, but The Artist will probably win Best Picture.

TTSP - was very La Carre, very well done - a slow -burner. Just came out of the Artist, it was a really lovely and really well made.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

I saw most of The Grey and considering that I had basically no interest in it prior to seeing it, I was kind of blown away by it. It's a dark, interesting film with some minor problems. Why Politico has to turn it into another Romney masturbationathon, who knows? Well, okay, we know why... it's his whole schtick.

[pillage the village, trash the scene]

Watched Russian film Generation P yesterday. Weird, but describes the 90's in Russia well.

[Politico]

I saw most of The Grey and considering that I had basically no interest in it prior to seeing it, I was kind of blown away by it. It's a dark, interesting film

THANK YOU! I was beginning to think I was the only one on here. By the way, I hope you caught it on the big screen because I imagine it's much more powerful in the theater.

A highly underrated little gem that is going to be unwatched by many who would be surprised by how good it is. They marketed it to get in the January movie crowd, but it is easily one of the best January releases of modern times. I might even go so far as to say it would have got an Oscar nod for Best Picture had it been released in December. I thought I was going to get "LIAM NEESON KICKS WOLF ASS! LIAM NEESON IN THE MOVIE TAKEN MEETS SARAH PALIN'S ALASKA!" but it really is a rather dark, interesting film with some truly poignant moments. Not many films do as good of a job of portraying survival, and dealing with death. I almost got teary-eyed at one particular moment near the end (and anybody who has seen it knows which scene I am talking about; anybody who does not get somewhat emotional during that scene has obviously never lost a loved one before, or did not pay attention to the rest of the movie). There is also a moment of pure horror in the film: I had my hand stuck in the popcorn bowl, mouth wide open, from the beginning to the end of the plane crash. I do not think I have ever seen a scarier portrayal of a plane crash before with the possible exception of the very end of United 93. I reflected upon the movie for quite awhile afterward, too. You know a movie is powerful when it basically forces you to think about it afterward. Not a cinematic masterpiece by any means; simply a really good movie that kicks the sh**t out of your expectations.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I finally saw Midnight in Paris.  It's my favorite movie of 2011 hands down.


A good movie for Naso, but he probably wouldn't get why.

Agreed, it's a real gem. The lessons are really explicit, but I guess that's part of the beauty -- for some reason they didn't come off as cheesy as they should have.

[Ghyl Tarvoke]

Weekend.

Apparently some people like that movie. I would enjoy actually meeting one of them.

I have to say I was disappointed to see that you weren't referring to Jean Luc Godard film of the same name...

[Tender Branson]

The Girl Next Door

[Gustaf]

Boogie Nights

Not as good as I expected, especially from P.T. Anderson.     

[President Marokai]

La Mission.

It was alright, I guess. There were certainly parts of it that I really liked, but I always get so frustrated with movies that have their best story lost in all of the secondary characters and subplots. Out of an hour and fifty-five minutes, I really only liked about an hour of it, and was bored out of my mind with the rest.

[Vasall des Midas]

The Artist.

Give that dog an Oscar!

[Gustaf]

Re-watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest when it turned out my flatmate hadn't seen it. Still a brilliant movie.

Also, it will please Al to hear that I finished The Singing Detective. Really cool series - I loved it.

[Sibboleth]

Also, it will please Al to hear that I finished The Singing Detective. Really cool series - I loved it.

I be glad to hear thou didst like it, old butt.

[Gustaf]

Also, it will please Al to hear that I finished The Singing Detective. Really cool series - I loved it.

I be glad to hear thou didst like it, old butt.

Well, I was glad for the subtitles when they did the childhood bits.

His ranting in the ward were rather brilliant and there were a lot of splendid side characters. The guy who kept trying to talk to Reginald for example, did a great job of being very unpleasant without the reason for that being all that obvious.

[Yelnoc]

I was flipping through the movie channels last night and saw the endings of the new Star Trek movie, 300, and the start of Men of Honor.  I was flipping back and forth between the first two, and didn't like either.  300 offended me in particular as a (hobby) historian, and the slow-mo attempt at "coolness" was pathetic.  Star Trek was meh, but then I have never been a Trekkie.  Men of Honor looked really good, but then I fell asleep.

[Vote UKIP!]

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

It was okay. I actually liked the movie, but the 3D did nothing for the movie.

[President Marokai]

The Sensei. Awful. Netflix's gay & lesbian section leaves much to be desired.

[ChairmanSanchez]

Once Apon a Time in the West
Wasn't all that bad. Henry Fonda was great, and it was neat to see him as the bad guy (he usually played the good guy) in the film.

[© Tweed the Younger]

Baghead.  enjoyed it

[Sibboleth]

Well, I was glad for the subtitles when they did the childhood bits.

Did they translate them in the same way as the rest of it?

His ranting in the ward were rather brilliant and there were a lot of splendid side characters. The guy who kept trying to talk to Reginald for example, did a great job of being very unpleasant without the reason for that being all that obvious.

Mr Hall is hilarious and (regrettably) so true.

[Gustaf]

Well, I was glad for the subtitles when they did the childhood bits.

Did they translate them in the same way as the rest of it?

His ranting in the ward were rather brilliant and there were a lot of splendid side characters. The guy who kept trying to talk to Reginald for example, did a great job of being very unpleasant without the reason for that being all that obvious.

Mr Hall is hilarious and (regrettably) so true.

Yes, they did. Like many Nordic DVDs this one sadly lacked English subtitles, and they didn't bother with a Swedish adaptation in the written subtitles.

And Mr. Hall did feel like someone one has tried hard to forgot having met.