Seen Any Good Movies Lately?

[JohnathanStrange]

Well, I'm not saying I just saw a good movie, but I did just see a relatively good zombie movie Land of the Dead. Now, my girlfriend hated it and my best friend who went with us was outraged by the changes in "zombie mytholology" that had zombie's starting to have rudimentary thinking processes, but I enjoyed it as a low-budget, horror-action style movie with enough grossness and shooting to justify calling it a zombie movie.

Things I liked: the post-apocalyptic feeling of a society that narrowly avoided collapse and whose survivors are trying to hang on to their old ways - you'll note both zombies and humans are playing the same game there. The requisite tough chick (Asia Argento) who's cute but tough enough to kick zombie ass - I think this is a must. Dennis Hopper as the alpha male in a post-modern medieval society complete with castle tower (of sorts) was fairly convincing. The male protagonist I felt did a good job, but not outstanding: frankly I'm starting to forget who he was and what he looked like. John Leguizamo did alright with what he had to work with as the scheming foot-soldier who aspires to be one of the elite; but I think I remember him more because I recognized him already than because of his performance.

I was alone in my appreciation of the film as my girlfriend found it disgusting and my buddy thought it "went against all that science, movies, and books have taught us about zombies." Well, I think they're overreacting.

For some reason, I'm thinking of Half Life 2's zombies, and of pox eclipse games like Fallout. Hmmm, whatever happened to my Fallout cds?

Seen any good movies lately?

 

[Berny]

A Night At The Roxburry has been my favorite


a newest move i watched was the notebook with a couple people... it wasnt that bad for a chick flick and id suggest it if you have a a girlfriend or wanta get some...

 

[Henderson]

War of the worlds, very good, and scary

 

[Rando]

War of the worlds made zero sense to me. Nice special effects but, thats about all.

I gotta say that Batman Begins was insanely good. Sin City was pretty cool but, it just felt too long. I need to go see Wedding Crashers because I hear it is hilarious. Probably go do that on Monday. Anyways, yea, go see Batman and pay no attention to the gigantic plothole.

 

[Henderson]

Dude, War of the worlds made no sense?? wow...does your brain rattle in your skull?

 

[Rando]

This is just a few of the things I can think of off the top of my head. I'll post them in "spoiler vision", so there is something after this. Feel free to explain why:
1) Why would they bother to shoot people and then start eating people? Shooting them seemed to work pretty well and you don't plan an invasion for millions of years then forget gas.
2) Why didn't the EMP shut off that guy's camera? One could argue that if the camera was off, it would still be intact. However, absolutely nothing else works, such as people's parked cars. Which brings me to point 3.
3) Why couldn't Tom fix another car? He clearly knows what to fix to get them working again and it's not like the autoparts store is heavily guarded.
4) Why don't the lasers incinerate people's clothes? You could say that there are similar to microwaves however, these things are cutting cars in half but the sweater grandma knitted for you is extra strong right?
5) Why can't the "eye" see in the dark? This is probably the most advanced race in the universe but, their telescopes can't see in the dark so they put a flashlight on them... THERMAL VISION PEOPLE, COME ON! and finally,
6) HOW CAN YOU PLAN AN INVASION FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS WHEN THERE AIN'T **** HERE? The beginning narrative talks about how these aliens became jealous of the people on the Earth and decided to take it from us. In the movie, the universally accepted truth is that since they buried ships on the planet without any kind of reports of this, it must have been before man was around (they specifically said "millions of years" so I guess it depends on what you believe ). So why the hell didn't they just wipe out the dinosaurs? They seem like easier targets anyway.

These are just a couple of things they didn't explain of briefly explained while I was in the bathroom or something:

A) Tom pockets a piece of metal after the lightning strikes. They never talk about after that. Heck he never even pulls it out of his pocket again.
B) Why did he kill Tim Robbins? Right after that, the aliens find them anyway so fat lot a good that accomplished.
C) Right after the first attacks are occuring, Tom runs to the other side of the block and NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHATS GOING ON! He tells the guy, "Get in the van or you'll be killed!" and the dude just looks at him like Tom is crazy despite this 6 story tall machine turning people to ash.
D) What is with the red weed? No it isn't what they spit out after eating someone because it grows from them and is solid. It does immediately start deteriorating but, you never get told the purpose of it.

Anyways, like I said, those are just a few of the things that bothered me and that I could think of right off the top of my head. I said it was still enjoyable but, they seemed to have just skipped over some major details.

 

[JohnathanStrange]

I enjoyed Batman Begins although there were these two guys a few rows ahead of my who kept yawning loudly as if to say "Booooorrrrring." What I enjoyed was the more lean, more serious tone; which could be interpreted as boring. I liked it alot, none of the over-the-top characters played for comical appeal. Not a classic, but worth seeing again.

 

[slavetrader]

reservois dogs, natural born killers, motorcycle diaries (first read the book) are all great movies i recently saw.

from the comedy side my favorites are: fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Half baked and Undercover brother.

 

[Rando]

I mean to sound like a **** here but, this thread I assume to be about movies currently/recently in theatres. If you want to post your favorites, post them here.

 

[trixmaster]

I just saw Fantastic Four. It was pretty good, but you can tell they are making a sequel because it was more about introducing the characters and their powers than action, although it had it's fair share.

 

[Temujin]

I saw das boot today. even tough it's from 1981, it's still better then lots of movies today

 

[Nairagorn]

Das Boot was great. Did you see the new(er) remastered version? Not to be missed.

I just saw the new Star Wars. Lucas can't do dialog for crap, but this last one almost made up for the frist two. I kinda wish I'd seen it in a theatre.

 

[Temujin]

yeah It was the remastered one of 6 hours. I bought it as a birthday gift for my dad

 

[Ilex]

I kinda wish I'd seen it in a theatre.

There is already a dvd of it? :O

 

[bloodmerc]

I saw "The Island" the other day... good film. I think it's micheal bay's best yet.
I saw Fantastic 4, it was kind of corny but ok... definitly not the best marvel movie ("The Punisher" owns all).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was really wierd but also pretty funny.
Wedding Crashers rocked, it is the funniest movie I've seen in theaters since Team America.
I saw Batman Begins four fricken times... its still cool.

I live about a block away from a big movie theater so thats where I spend a lot of free time.

 

[Henderson]

This is just a few of the things I can think of off the top of my head. I'll post them in "spoiler vision", so there is something after this. Feel free to explain why:
1) Why would they bother to shoot people and then start eating people? Shooting them seemed to work pretty well and you don't plan an invasion for millions of years then forget gas.
2) Why didn't the EMP shut off that guy's camera? One could argue that if the camera was off, it would still be intact. However, absolutely nothing else works, such as people's parked cars. Which brings me to point 3.
3) Why couldn't Tom fix another car? He clearly knows what to fix to get them working again and it's not like the autoparts store is heavily guarded.
4) Why don't the lasers incinerate people's clothes? You could say that there are similar to microwaves however, these things are cutting cars in half but the sweater grandma knitted for you is extra strong right?
5) Why can't the "eye" see in the dark? This is probably the most advanced race in the universe but, their telescopes can't see in the dark so they put a flashlight on them... THERMAL VISION PEOPLE, COME ON! and finally,
6) HOW CAN YOU PLAN AN INVASION FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS WHEN THERE AIN'T **** HERE? The beginning narrative talks about how these aliens became jealous of the people on the Earth and decided to take it from us. In the movie, the universally accepted truth is that since they buried ships on the planet without any kind of reports of this, it must have been before man was around (they specifically said "millions of years" so I guess it depends on what you believe ). So why the hell didn't they just wipe out the dinosaurs? They seem like easier targets anyway.

These are just a couple of things they didn't explain of briefly explained while I was in the bathroom or something:

A) Tom pockets a piece of metal after the lightning strikes. They never talk about after that. Heck he never even pulls it out of his pocket again.
B) Why did he kill Tim Robbins? Right after that, the aliens find them anyway so fat lot a good that accomplished.
C) Right after the first attacks are occuring, Tom runs to the other side of the block and NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHATS GOING ON! He tells the guy, "Get in the van or you'll be killed!" and the dude just looks at him like Tom is crazy despite this 6 story tall machine turning people to ash.
D) What is with the red weed? No it isn't what they spit out after eating someone because it grows from them and is solid. It does immediately start deteriorating but, you never get told the purpose of it.

Anyways, like I said, those are just a few of the things that bothered me and that I could think of right off the top of my head. I said it was still enjoyable but, they seemed to have just skipped over some major details.

Thats why it's called a sci-fi

 

[Rando]

Thats why it's called a sci-fi

All right, I say one movie is non-sensical garbage and it immediately means that I'm idiot because all sci-fi movies have no comprehendible story lines. I apologize quite facetiously about how I have proceeded to make you dumber due to the reading my post. You may continue about your business as usual.

 

[Temujin]

This is just a few of the things I can think of off the top of my head. I'll post them in "spoiler vision", so there is something after this. Feel free to explain why:
1) Why would they bother to shoot people and then start eating people? Shooting them seemed to work pretty well and you don't plan an invasion for millions of years then forget gas.
2) Why didn't the EMP shut off that guy's camera? One could argue that if the camera was off, it would still be intact. However, absolutely nothing else works, such as people's parked cars. Which brings me to point 3.
3) Why couldn't Tom fix another car? He clearly knows what to fix to get them working again and it's not like the autoparts store is heavily guarded.
4) Why don't the lasers incinerate people's clothes? You could say that there are similar to microwaves however, these things are cutting cars in half but the sweater grandma knitted for you is extra strong right?
5) Why can't the "eye" see in the dark? This is probably the most advanced race in the universe but, their telescopes can't see in the dark so they put a flashlight on them... THERMAL VISION PEOPLE, COME ON! and finally,
6) HOW CAN YOU PLAN AN INVASION FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS WHEN THERE AIN'T **** HERE? The beginning narrative talks about how these aliens became jealous of the people on the Earth and decided to take it from us. In the movie, the universally accepted truth is that since they buried ships on the planet without any kind of reports of this, it must have been before man was around (they specifically said "millions of years" so I guess it depends on what you believe ). So why the hell didn't they just wipe out the dinosaurs? They seem like easier targets anyway.

These are just a couple of things they didn't explain of briefly explained while I was in the bathroom or something:

A) Tom pockets a piece of metal after the lightning strikes. They never talk about after that. Heck he never even pulls it out of his pocket again.
B) Why did he kill Tim Robbins? Right after that, the aliens find them anyway so fat lot a good that accomplished.
C) Right after the first attacks are occuring, Tom runs to the other side of the block and NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHATS GOING ON! He tells the guy, "Get in the van or you'll be killed!" and the dude just looks at him like Tom is crazy despite this 6 story tall machine turning people to ash.
D) What is with the red weed? No it isn't what they spit out after eating someone because it grows from them and is solid. It does immediately start deteriorating but, you never get told the purpose of it.

Anyways, like I said, those are just a few of the things that bothered me and that I could think of right off the top of my head. I said it was still enjoyable but, they seemed to have just skipped over some major details.

Thats why it's called a sci-fi

no it's a hollywood problem, they are getting too used to making movies for 12 year olds that don't care about annything but explosions and tough talk. so they don't care annymore about technicalities like plot, or making sense.

 

[Henderson]

3) Why couldn't Tom fix another car? He clearly knows what to fix to get them working again and it's not like the autoparts store is heavily guarded.

WOuld you waste 1 minute fixing a car, and a Tripod Coming after you, or would you Steal another car and Go away as fast as possible.

 

[Rando]

No fool. I was mostly talking about when the van he stole was stolen from him. Then they are just chilling in the town sulking for god knows how long. After that they just decide to walk. Why the hell wouldn't he fix another car then? I guess since it would "waste 1 minute" of his time, it would just be better to walk.