Thread: Last movie you saw - and rate it

1. Guardians
2. Avengers
3. Civil War
4. Iron Man
5. Winter Soldier

Originally Posted by dogfish

the revenant - 9/10

sooo good. . .

love this movie.

Originally Posted by AGap

love this movie.

I feel like I should have watched it already...I just never seem to have time.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

It's always interesting to see how career paths play out. I love A River Runs Through It. Obviously Anthony Hopkins was a legend already and Brad Pitt became one. The main character, not so much. Watched a Criminal Minds episode where he shows up as the antagonist. He was also in one of the Hellraiser sequels.

I think you are confusing Legends of the Fall with a river runs through it. but yeah, you must really love a River Runs through it.

Originally Posted by Freyaka

I feel like I should have watched it already...I just never seem to have time.

it's one of those movies I can enjoy just about anytime.

Originally Posted by AGap

it's one of those movies I can enjoy just about anytime.

Have you ever been sexually assaulted by a bear?

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Have you ever been sexually assaulted by a bear?

Is it considered assault if it's voluntary?

Originally Posted by Northman

Hmmm,

Mine would probably be:

1. The Avengers
2. Winter Soldier
3. Iron Man II/Iron Man
4. Thor
5. Civil War

Im surprised how little love Iron Man II generally gets. Not that there isnt some other really good movies but most people i talk didnt like that one which i found strange. The third one was terrible to me but the first 2 were great in my opinion.

Yeah I think you are the only person I know that admits to liking Iron Man 2. I thought it was ok, but Marvel sequels outside of the Captain America trilogy fell pretty flat to me. I can't even tell you what Thor: The Dark World was about.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Have you ever been sexually assaulted by a dog?

Yes. Yes he has.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Yeah I think you are the only person I know that admits to liking Iron Man 2. I thought it was ok, but Marvel sequels outside of the Captain America trilogy fell pretty flat to me. I can't even tell you what Thor: The Dark World was about.

My all-time favorite super hero movie is Iron Man.

Originally Posted by spikerman

My all-time favorite super hero movie is Iron Man.

Yeah the first one was fantastic. Probably one of Marvel's best. 2 and 3 had diminishing returns in my opinion. Robert Downey Jr was perfect casting though.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Yeah the first one was fantastic. Probably one of Marvel's best. 2 and 3 had diminishing returns in my opinion. Robert Downey Jr was perfect casting though.

Spot on!

Going to Alamo Drafthouse to see Arrival in a few mins.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Going to Alamo Drafthouse to see Arrival in a few mins.

f*@! yea. . . i don't get down there nearly enough, but i love the alamo like a child. . . that place is super boss. . .

and it was already on my mind, because i saw a dude wearing an alamo shirt at the grocery store today. . .

Arrival - 9/10

Outstanding concept and realization of that concept, great directing, and reasonable acting. It felt like a 3-4 hours movie that they tried to squeeze into 2 hours because Hollywood. It was based on a sci-fi novella (that I haven't read). While the 3-4 hour version would give up some dramatic intensity, it would allow for greater development of some of 'concept' part of the movie, which was to me its greatest strength.

Direction was another strength. From the ominous score, to the thoughtful composition of imagery both inside and outside, and with the precise layering of how the story is told, Villenueve makes cinematic art.

Acting, which is not a focus, was fine, but I felt it was generally overdramatic and overacted, perhaps because this is required by the film's brevity. It's a normal length film, but it tries to squeeze in both a movie-like conflict-laden plot and a compelling idea that requires more exposition than the movie offered.

In sum, an ambitious project mostly realized, gorgeous, sensitive, and worth a watch. It will appeal more to the Contact fan than the Independence Day fan.

Deadpool - 9/10

I'm probably the last person to watch this, but maybe you're curious about what I think about it. Well, it was fun. Super fun. Well written script--I can't recall a movie of such charming wit--and fun to watch movie conventions being upended. As far as a superhero movie or action film, there wasn't much to say good or bad. The movie really stands on how cleverly it upends convention.