Critically Evaluate the last movie you saw.

[mjmacky]

Moneyball

I like sports. I like watching sports. I like discussing sports (one sport more than any other). Because of that, this movie was not as good for me as it may have been for other people. I just think Brad Pitt has done his best work already. A long time ago.

Maybe it's just because I don't even understand everything about baseball...

EDIT: Forgot to rate it. 10/10 Amazing movie, bruh!

One of these statements is not like the other, one of these statements is...

[Snee]

Iron Sky

American two-man lunar expedition, one part stereotypical-sounding black man, stumbles upon nazi moon base. From there on we're launched into a fantastic plot involving a presidential election, a nazi invasion from the moon, and space-battles.

It is brilliant.

It's satirical in that it mocks several things american, and that the president is more than a little bit similar to Sarah Palin.

It also borrows influences from several directions and manages to both reference Charlie Chaplin's the Dictator, and sport certain scenery and plot elements that bring Dr Strangelove to mind.

It's an odd movie in that the plot and much of the acting is more or less B-Movie, whereas much of the effects would work in a pretty decent decent hollywood production. As a comedy it sometimes seems a bit simple, but it transcends what should make it bad, and ends up being one of the better movies I've seen this year.

I highly recommend it, only don't take it too seriously.

[manker]

Iron Sky

American two-man lunar expedition, one part stereotypical-sounding black man, stumbles upon nazi moon base. From there on we're launched into a fantastic plot involving a presidential election, a nazi invasion from the moon, and space-battles.

It is brilliant.

It's satirical in that it mocks several things american, and that the president is more than a little bit similar to Sarah Palin.

It also borrows influences from several directions and manages to both reference Charlie Chaplin's the Dictator, and sport certain scenery and plot elements that bring Dr Strangelove to mind.

It's an odd movie in that the plot and much of the acting is more or less B-Movie, whereas much of the effects would work in a pretty decent decent hollywood production. As a comedy it sometimes seems a bit simple, but it transcends what should make it bad, and ends up being one of the better movies I've seen this year.

I highly recommend it, only don't take it too seriously.

After reading what you said about it yesterday, I immediately stole it off ben.
Sounds fab.

[Snee]

Goon (2011 or 2012, whatever)

It's a hockey movie about an enforcer. It's also the film adaptation of a book written by Doug Smith, who was himself an enforcer in the 80s.

First off, I loved the movie and I would recommend it. You don't even need to like hockey. If I were to force it into one genre, I'd be forced to call it a comedy. The main character, Doug Glatt, is a dumb, tough, and excessively polite and gentle man. A lot of this movie is driven by Sean William Scott's portrayal of this character, who couldn't think his way out of a thimble, but is just a genuinely talented and nice guy that you don't want to hate him for it. So basically, you have this sweet man mercilessly beating hockey players for pretty much the whole film. In addition, the whole cast is a collection of quirky comedic character that don't tend to fit a particular archetype.

There's a lot of punching in the face in this movie. The faces are usually unguarded while being repeatedly punched.

Finally, the movie shines because it doesn't carry a sense of taking itself seriously. There's a romantic tie in, but it doesn't draw any oxygen away from punching people in the face. You don't necessarily feel too invested in whether or not the romance goes alright, it even leads to more hilarious face punching and introspectively mumbled fucks.

I'll end it by quoting out a pump up speech from the movie:

Gord Ogilvey: Alright boys, listen up. We're sill in this thing. We just need a quick one.
John Stevenson: Listen up Cash!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta work harder than them, okay?
John Stevenson: Harder than them, guys.
Gord Ogilvey: You know what's hard work? Going through a divorce, she's trying to get all my money now. She can half of it, I don't give a shit. The other half, hard work, mine! Some guys on their team are fuckin' divorced. Three guys there, who's fuckin' marriages are in the fuckin' toilet.
John Stevenson: We're playing divorced guys.
Doug Glatt: Yeah!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta be fuckin' triceps, biceps, arceps hard!
Doug Glatt: Hard!
Gord Ogilvey: Greek fuckin' underground gay porn hard!
John Stevenson: We're all Adonis's
Gord Ogilvey: Highlanders, gay porn hard!
Doug Glatt: Gay porn hard!

Watched it purely based on this review.

I don't like hockey, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it.

[IdolEyes787]

Iron Sky

American two-man lunar expedition, one part stereotypical-sounding black man, stumbles upon nazi moon base. From there on we're launched into a fantastic plot involving a presidential election, a nazi invasion from the moon, and space-battles.

It is brilliant.

It's satirical in that it mocks several things american, and that the president is more than a little bit similar to Sarah Palin.

It also borrows influences from several directions and manages to both reference Charlie Chaplin's the Dictator, and sport certain scenery and plot elements that bring Dr Strangelove to mind.

It's an odd movie in that the plot and much of the acting is more or less B-Movie, whereas much of the effects would work in a pretty decent decent hollywood production. As a comedy it sometimes seems a bit simple, but it transcends what should make it bad, and ends up being one of the better movies I've seen this year.

I highly recommend it, only don't take it too seriously.

I watched and it's epic,whatever that means, in an updated 50's flying saucer movie meets political satire sort of way.Contains some of the best comedy that you are likely to get this year but it's also a bit uneven or maybe my North American sensibilities just didn't gel with it perfectly.

I could have done without the way they decided to end it as well although I suppose that sort of thing is almost de rigueur for this sort of thing.
Reminded me a bit of the type of comedies that they turned out regularly in the early '60's The Mouse That Roared/The Mouse on the Moon,The Russians are Coming etc.

Glad you got me to watch it.Different definitely but mostly in a good way.

[Snee]

I knew you'd like it.

Did you watch it all the way to the end of the credits? I'm thinking it might be a clue for the sequel they're discussing.

edit: Heck knows how a sequel will live up to it, but when it ended I definitely wanted more.

[mjmacky]

Watched it purely based on this review.

I don't like hockey, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it.

In turn I am acquiring Ferrous Firmament.

[IdolEyes787]

Did you watch it all the way to the end of the credits? I'm thinking it might be a clue for the sequel they're discussing.

I have the attention span of a squirrel on crack, so no.

I have now and colour me perplexed.

[Artemis]

Safe House

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1599348/

Let me introduce my treatise on this movie by telling you how deeply underwhelmed I was by it. If you wish to read on further I will explain but that about encapsulates the whole movie right there.
This movie is another spy/ counter spy plot driven drama, or at least it is supposed to be, the plot is very transparent and weak, leaving it looking like the poor retarded cousin of such offerings as Unknown or The Bourne Identity.
I was left half way through the movie with the urge to shake Denzel Washington for one one of his rare mis-steps, he is usually a much better judge of the screenplays that he signs up for. That is the weakness, the screenplay is vapid, all the rest is competent or better, although the character development is minimalist leading to two dimensional characters and somewhat childlike good guy /bad guy characterisations.
In conclusion, I can't recommend it, this is supposed to be a highbrow plot driven drama, but the plot is childlike, if you have half a brain you will be insulted.

[mjmacky]

Safe House

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1599348/

Let me introduce my treatise on this movie by telling you how deeply underwhelmed I was by it. If you wish to read on further I will explain but that about encapsulates the whole movie right there.

It was garbage, they make a couple of these movies every year that just use a different small hook. My mother-in-law eats these up which is the reason I grabbed it and watched it against my better prejudice. My in-laws also think Osama bin Laden is still running around the world and there's a huge cover-up.