What movies did you see today?

[joejlitz]

Inglourious Basterds 7.5/10

...you get classic Tarantino dialogue- and that's exactly what he excels in; completely over indulgent at times yet deceptively intricate at others...However you will get razor sharp dialogue, great characters, many memorable scenes, a hilarious Brad Pitt, and a wild finale that only Mr. Tarantino could envision

That's awesome. That's why I love QT. The dialogue he writes can be extremely memorable. I hadn't see the movie, but I was a little surprised to see the only QT big-name actor returning is Pitt. He likes to reuse his actors over and over. Unless I missed something.

[Metroid]

Inglourious Basterds 7.5/10

...you get classic Tarantino dialogue- and that's exactly what he excels in; completely over indulgent at times yet deceptively intricate at others...However you will get razor sharp dialogue, great characters, many memorable scenes, a hilarious Brad Pitt, and a wild finale that only Mr. Tarantino could envision

That's awesome. That's why I love QT. The dialogue he writes can be extremely memorable. I hadn't see the movie, but I was a little surprised to see the only QT big-name actor returning is Pitt. He likes to reuse his actors over and over. Unless I missed something.

He also likes to find that obscure actor or actress and revive their career somewhat, Pam Greir in Jackie Brown and John Travolta are two examples. Not sure if he's done that with anyone in this film or not.

[logan]

Inglourious Basterds 7.5/10

...you get classic Tarantino dialogue- and that's exactly what he excels in; completely over indulgent at times yet deceptively intricate at others...However you will get razor sharp dialogue, great characters, many memorable scenes, a hilarious Brad Pitt, and a wild finale that only Mr. Tarantino could envision

That's awesome. That's why I love QT. The dialogue he writes can be extremely memorable. I hadn't see the movie, but I was a little surprised to see the only QT big-name actor returning is Pitt. He likes to reuse his actors over and over. Unless I missed something.

He also likes to find that obscure actor or actress and revive their career somewhat, Pam Greir in Jackie Brown and John Travolta are two examples. Not sure if he's done that with anyone in this film or not.

probably not revived anyone's in this film as it's a pretty young and unknown cast but he is going to make christoph waltz a huge star much like he did with sam jackson. pulp made jackson a household name and much like jackson waltz seems to be made to recite tarntaino's dialog.his acting was amazing and he should at the very least get nominated for an oscar.the guy acted in four separate languages brilliantly and could have had a movie all his own.

I'd give the movie a 9-9.5 honestly. i think it's tarantino's best work as writer/director since pulp fiction.it had a very pulp fiction feel to it with the chapters dealing with the different characters during different parts of the story and all ending up in the same place.the cast was brilliantly acted by all (well maybe except for eli roth or mike myers but that's debatable) and the movie never felt like it dragged at any time.the movie falls right behind reservoir dogs and pulp for me.

plus HUGO STIGLITZ.

[jake_twothousandfive]

Watchmen - 7/10

Very solid movie. Visually it was stunning and the fight sequences were impressive. I haven't read the graphic novel so I can't comment on it's relation to that, but I was impressed.

[Manja]

Inglourious Basterds 7.5/10

...you get classic Tarantino dialogue- and that's exactly what he excels in; completely over indulgent at times yet deceptively intricate at others...However you will get razor sharp dialogue, great characters, many memorable scenes, a hilarious Brad Pitt, and a wild finale that only Mr. Tarantino could envision

That's awesome. That's why I love QT. The dialogue he writes can be extremely memorable. I hadn't see the movie, but I was a little surprised to see the only QT big-name actor returning is Pitt. He likes to reuse his actors over and over. Unless I missed something.

He also likes to find that obscure actor or actress and revive their career somewhat, Pam Greir in Jackie Brown and John Travolta are two examples. Not sure if he's done that with anyone in this film or not.

Mike Myers?

[Metroid]

Watched some movies while I was on IR the last few days....

Watchmen: I Really enjoyed it, visually stunning, excellent fight sequences, some incredible cinematogrophy, and great dialog. I tot have never read the story, so I can't speak to how loyal it is to the book, but it seemed like a fresh idea for a film and put a new spin on "superheroes."

Gran Torino: I like it as well. Some of the acting, other than Clint, was subpar at times but it was mostly enjoyable. The racist overtones got to be a bit much but really didn't seem all that out of place. The ending was a bit harsh. Oh and the Gran Torino is still a butt ugly car.

The Godfather/The Godfather II: I had a couple free non new release rentals so I picked these up, I hadn't seen either in years, To be honest I'm not sure why I don't own them. They're still excellent films, timeless really. They both are on the long side, especially part II, and sometimes they drag on a little, but overall they are still solid films and better than most of the crap that Hollywood is spewing out these days. It's always fun to see huge name actors so young, Al Pachino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro. For two movies made in the early 70's they really have held up well.

[joejlitz]

I saw Watchmen as well, and while it's not nearly as good as Iron Man or Sin City as far as "comic books to theater" movies go, it was still pretty good. The only thing I was disappointed in was that the original story line wasn't followed. The movie started out about Rorshack thinking there was a vigilante out there killing all retired super heroes. But then the movie turned in a different direction - for good reason of course and still very original, and also probably true to the storyline in the graphic novel (which I did not read). I'm just saying that it would have been pretty cool to see a whole movie about a vigilante killing retired super heroes.

[Metroid]

I saw Watchmen as well, and while it's not nearly as good as Iron Man or Sin City as far as "comic books to theater" movies go, it was still pretty good. The only thing I was disappointed in was that the original story line wasn't followed. The movie started out about Rorshack thinking there was a vigilante out there killing all retired super heroes. But then the movie turned in a different direction - for good reason of course and still very original, and also probably true to the storyline in the graphic novel (which I did not read). I'm just saying that it would have been pretty cool to see a whole movie about a vigilante killing retired super heroes.

I suppose they were just trying to make one film, they easily could have made a series.

[Dan Lambskin]

Watched some movies while I was on IR the last few days....

The Godfather/The Godfather II: I had a couple free non new release rentals so I picked these up, I hadn't seen either in years, To be honest I'm not sure why I don't own them. They're still excellent films, timeless really. They both are on the long side, especially part II, and sometimes they drag on a little, but overall they are still solid films and better than most of the crap that Hollywood is spewing out these days. It's always fun to see huge name actors so young, Al Pachino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro. For two movies made in the early 70's they really have held up well.

yeah i havent watched either of those in a few years...i love the end sequence of Godfather...

I saw Watchmen as well, and while it's not nearly as good as Iron Man or Sin City as far as "comic books to theater" movies go, it was still pretty good. The only thing I was disappointed in was that the original story line wasn't followed. The movie started out about Rorshack thinking there was a vigilante out there killing all retired super heroes. But then the movie turned in a different direction - for good reason of course and still very original, and also probably true to the storyline in the graphic novel (which I did not read). I'm just saying that it would have been pretty cool to see a whole movie about a vigilante killing retired super heroes.

IMO that would have been lame, it would have felt like any other superhero story...it was fairly true to the graphic novel, main difference was the means to the ending, but i think it actually worked quite nicely

[joejlitz]

Watched some movies while I was on IR the last few days....

The Godfather/The Godfather II: I had a couple free non new release rentals so I picked these up, I hadn't seen either in years, To be honest I'm not sure why I don't own them. They're still excellent films, timeless really. They both are on the long side, especially part II, and sometimes they drag on a little, but overall they are still solid films and better than most of the crap that Hollywood is spewing out these days. It's always fun to see huge name actors so young, Al Pachino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro. For two movies made in the early 70's they really have held up well.

yeah i havent watched either of those in a few years...i love the end sequence of Godfather...

I saw Watchmen as well, and while it's not nearly as good as Iron Man or Sin City as far as "comic books to theater" movies go, it was still pretty good. The only thing I was disappointed in was that the original story line wasn't followed. The movie started out about Rorshack thinking there was a vigilante out there killing all retired super heroes. But then the movie turned in a different direction - for good reason of course and still very original, and also probably true to the storyline in the graphic novel (which I did not read). I'm just saying that it would have been pretty cool to see a whole movie about a vigilante killing retired super heroes.

IMO that would have been lame, it would have felt like any other superhero story...it was fairly true to the graphic novel, main difference was the means to the ending, but i think it actually worked quite nicely

Well piss in my cheerios, why don'tcha.