I just watched God Bless America (2012). A truly inspirational film that hits home. It's basically what my mind goes through on a daily basis, just haven't cracked yet.



Reminded me of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

Regarding some films talked about in the past page...

Insidious is a pretty good horror film, but falls flat at the end. I felt like the movie lost its momentum when they revealed the child's demon in alternate dimension. Otherwise, the movie creeped me out pretty good.

I found Iron Lady depressing and pretty bad. I'm not denying Meryl Streep of her great performance, but I would recommend that those who haven't seen it should certainly skip it. Agree with Inchemwetrust, save your money.


As I mentioned in the other thread I saw Lost in Translation for the first time. I went in with low expectations, as I have a tough time relating to any type of relationship/romance movies. But this one struck a chord. I found myself relating to certain situations during the film, quite often.

With momentum from Lost in Translation I went on to try Adventureland. It was good but nothing special. Fun to see some funny and familiar faces in Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. Otherwise, just another offbeat relationship/romance film that follows a similar protocol of Juno, Garden State, etc.

True Grit was Great. Jeff Bridges nailed it. And as did the rest of the cast. I must say some of the best movies I have seen in the last 5 years have dealt with a western theme ( The Assassination of Jesse James, There Will be Blood, and now True Grit. )

The Ides of March In a nutshell, is the reason why politics is a disgrace. Film doesn't really show me anything new that I'm not already aware of, but does a good job of keeping the audience's attention by outlining the main "taboos" of politics.

and finally

Prometheus Was totally unaware this is a prequel to the Alien franchise. Pretty entertaining movie, but a lot of loose plot holes . Never mind that though, I think its worth the price of admittance ( Though, I am a sucker for Sci-Fi.) Any who, I have somehow avoided to ever seeing the original Alien series in full, but watching Prometheus has certainly motivated me to get that done.

Bosco, on 27 June 2012 - 6:21 PM, said:

I thought it was OK, visually stunning, but many questions to be answered for the sequel! Good average horror! Michael Fassbender was top drawer!

I enjoyed Prometheus quite a bit, especially since I read an artsy symbolic interpretation before going in. Don't know if this'll close any of the "plot holes" but it might help:
http://cavalorn.live...com/584135.html

I fucking loved Prometheus. I'm a huge Alien fanboy, so it's likely that I was going to enjoy on a very basic level even a bad addition to the Alien franchise (see, e.g., AvP: Requiem).

But Prometheus is a wonderfully dense film, and I am disappointed that I haven't been able to go out and see it again. The themes, subtexts and artistic references in the film were simply impressive, and the one drawback was that it was not easily accessible for low-level viewers.

I think that for most people, a few key elements of an enjoyable viewing experience weren't there. For instance, none of the characters were really likeable, and they didn't seem to behave in ways that people could relate to. You could argue that these were people put in extraordinary situations, to say the least, so that any "normal" behavior would be considered strange and alien (no pun intended). But somehow Ridley Scott was able to weave the original film Alien together with social intricacy that made the viewer feel immediately comfortable with a cast that one could absolutely relate to. Alien was a film whose tone went from warm and inviting to ice-cold with razor-sharp death chasing closely behind. There was no such shift in Prometheus--it was just... too alien, if you will.

There are also some fans of the Alien franchise that were likely disappointed with the lack of clearer tie-ins to the Alien franchise, namely having another familiar alien running around and killing people. Additionally, even though Prometheus answered some of the lingering questions from Alien (e.g., how did the ship get there in the first place, etc.), Prometheus also raised a whole set of new questions, which fans will have to wait longer to get some answers.

But with all that said I think conceptually and visually the film is both compelling and awe-inspiring. There are also obvious possibilities for sequels to the prequel, as it were, and I've heard that there may likely be some in the works. I really enjoyed the interplay and problematic relationship between the creator/created with the engineers/human and the human/androids combinations. There were decent bits of compelling ideas spouted from the characters at times (what if the reason you existed was solely because your creators could), and I rather enjoyed the ambiguity of it all.

Because: it is Ridley Scott who is one of my favorite directors and directed my fave movie of all time (blade runner), I got to see Ridley Scott talk about Promethues first-hand at WonderCon a few months ago, I got to see the very first Prometheus trailer before it hit the internet,I love the Aliens movies (except for the 4th one, in which I nearly went into premature labor it was so bad), my son loves Alien movies as much, if not more, than I ever did, the list goes on... All these factors played into being quite excited about the movie although I did make a conscious effort to avoid the hype, the majority of trailers, and those god awful cross-merchandising beer/Prometheus ads that were played on network television.

With everything said and done, I can't say right now that I loved Prometheus. I liked it, and I adore the way Ridley Scott creates these illustrious epic worlds where if nothing else, the cinematic eye candy and art direction makes viewing the film a worthwhile endeavor. As a viewer it is hard not to be charmed by the opulence of his directorial style and the way he can make even the most barren and imposing of landscapes look beautiful.

My main gripe is that even though I thought the acting was good and each actor was cast well, I didn't care too much for the characters. I didn't like them as much as I thought I should have. Or as much as I would have hoped. Even the lead heroine, as important and maternal as her role was, fell somewhat flat with me. It is a bit like comparing the original star wars cast with the cast of the prequels. There is something missing, a spark, a "there" that isn't there to make me care enough about what happens to the characters. I did however love David. He was the perfect android and my favorite character out of everyone in the cast.

Like what was pointed out by Pooter, the film is dense. I know there is a lot I overlooked when I saw this in the theater, a lot of subtleties as well as some of the more blatant symbolism and religious parallels that have been talked about in the blog and critic spheres. Maybe I wasn't meant to love this film on first view - but I knew from the moment the end credits rolled, the film will continue to unfold and be appreciated the more times I watch it.

Since my son is an Alien nut and a budding Ridley Scott fanboy, I'm banking on the multiple viewings that will ensue the moment Prometheus is released on bluray.

Amazing Spiderman....Hardly a reboot!

.....DKR....average at best!

Just saw the new Batman. I will admit that it dragged in some parts but overall it was paced all right - it wasn't like I was nodding off in the theater. As expected, it was visually stunning and the character dynamics were well played.

The Dark Knight was a stroke of cinematic genius and an all around fantastic film, so anything coming off the heels of that is a bit like performing after Elvis, you know? So with that in mind The Dark Knight Rises was as expected, actually better than expected. I quite enjoyed it and it finished off the trilogy nicely.

Dark Knight Rises

I finally saw Transformers 3 a few weeks ago. Easily the most impressive and expensive commercial I've ever seen.

Took the kids to see Brave the other day, its ok, not a pixar classic by any means. If anyones got young kids then beware of the massive bear! it caused a few frights in the cinema.

The Raven
Could be better, i liked it though since i'm a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe's work.

Total Recal. No question, the one with Arni is much better.

ThePumisher, on 29 August 2012 - 7:28 PM, said:

Obv.

There's a brand new bluray transfer which is supposed to be amazing, will be watching it soon

Saw Salt on TV last night. It was decent, but I saw almost all of the twists coming from miles away

Checked out Premium Rush. Enjoyed it thoroughly! Too bad the ending didn't keep up the pace of the film! Maybe Tom might get a kick out of it!

Dredd 3D. Better than the sly stallone thing. Bigger and bolder and rougher and tougher... Oh and the 3D is pretty good too.
Anyone else seen this? I'm trying to figure out what the dance tune was early on in the film, with a female vocal. When we initially hear the track through a door that's about to be blown in, it sounds a bit like Donna's I Feel Love, but isn't. Any ideas?
Incidentaly Skream's In for The Kill remix which is all over the trailers isn't in the film as far as I can tell.

Saw 'The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo' by David Fincher last night. What a wonderful film. These 158 minutes flew just by. Pretty intense and full of suspense. The ending is quite sad, though.
The soundtrack also was great capturing the mood of the movie quite well. I do hope the next part will come out soon.

Millenium trilogy is fantastic read, first book being Girl With the dragon tatoo