Topic: Latest Movie You Watched

[Robin-Graves]

I saw Punisher War Zone last night.
 Not bad if your into gratuitous violence.

[Skadi]

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The Cove

It wasn?t sad in a gratuitous yank your chain way.. But, it obviously was sad. It was just flat out well done, and one of the top documentaries I?d wanted to see this year. The content was what you?d expect, but? other broader issues were tied in that I hadn?t considered. Plus, the way the documentary was planned and executed was an extremely interesting sub story. And like a lot of documentaries there was an element of ?personal journey? that was also key.

Plus.. Thirst was really good too. And has won awards. And has a good director. It was extremely well done. And a very straight forward vampire movie without lots of dribble. I think that my expectations for it were just overly high, so, I wasn't knocked over by it.. but I definitely appreciated it.

[chekovsulu]

I watched Contact.  I've wanted to watch this film for a long time now, and it has disappointed me.  I don't know why.  I think it's Jodie Foster.

[xtopave]

For me it wasn't Jodie Foster. Imo it's just a BAD movie.

[Skadi]

I like Contact. Maybe because I saw it when it first came out. I like science. And I like the machine. And loved seeing all the other gear. Matthew McConaughey bugs the crud out of me , and I still liked it. I can the flaws in it though. So, I can understand and it's valid that some people wouldn't like it.

[chekovsulu]

I just feel I'm missing something because it got over 7 on IMDB

[dweez]

I enjoyed Contact a lot, for most of the same reasons Skadi mentioned.  One thing that did throw me though is 1) Matthew McConaughey being religious and 2) knowing his reputation in RL for being a bit of a dog, how he'd be attracted to Jodie Foster.

[Skadi]

I enjoyed Contact a lot, for most of the same reasons Skadi mentioned.  One thing that did throw me though is 1) Matthew McConaughey being religious and 2) knowing his reputation in RL for being a bit of a dog, how he'd be attracted to Jodie Foster.

^ That's what bugged me when I first saw the movie. The relationship seemed so awkward. But then when I was it again it made more sense. It added the dimension that emotions and relationships can mess with even a very logical mind. And.. that made sens on the level of the stuff with her dad also.

I just feel I'm missing something because it got over 7 on IMDB

I do that sometimes when I wait too long to see a movie. Or, sometimes I do the opposite, and like it better then expected.

[redlandslide]

I just feel I'm missing something because it got over 7 on IMDB

I wouldn't give too much credence to IMDB scores. I score on IMDB, so that's how unreliable that is. 

[Skadi]

I pay a little attention to Metacritic.

[chekovsulu]

I may watch Contact in a few years from now, it's not often I dislike science-fiction.  I sat through Andromeda, for gawds sayk!  By the way, don't watch Andromeda, it just gets silly.

[nouseforaname]

Watching 50 First Dates right now. I don't like this movie because it'd be a shitty reality.

[chekovsulu]

Is it like Groundhog Day?

[xtopave]

I may watch Contact in a few years from now, it's not often I dislike science-fiction.

I saw it in 1997 and I saw part of it the other on TV and I could confirm it's a bad movie. 

In Groundhog Day he always wakes up in the same day. In 50 First Dates the girl has a medical condition that causes memory loss when she goes to sleep. Every day when she wakes up she thinks she's living the day in which she had the accident.

[redlandslide]

I got the Rocky films box set for Christmas, and last night I finally got round to watching :-

Rocky II (1979)
Still liked this flick even after all these years. 7/10

This morning I was at a friends house and watched :-

Star Trek (2009)
I liked it. I'm not sure how much it tallies with the original series continuity wise, for example, Spock (future version) says time has been altered, so I don't know if the original series follows on from this or the movies are now in an alternate timeline from the series, but as a stand alone (forget the series) flick, it was excellent. I especially enjoyed Chris Pine's impersonation of the Shatner Kirk during the command simulation sequence.

8/10

I also borrowed Inglorious Basterds from my friend and will be watching that tonight or tomorrow.