What is the latest movie you watched and what did you think of it?

[silverxire]

Avatar :d

[mandown]

Brooklyns Finest , i will rate it 7/10

[jedinrikn]

Sherlock Holmes.

[smartkiller]

My latest one is avatar,I rate it 8/10

[IdolEyes787]

One Week (2008)
If anyone isn't from Canada and wants to get a true sense of the country this film wouldn't be the worst place to start. Not just the visuals but somehow the underlying tone are inexplicably Canadian.
Ostentatiously it's a movie that presents the question "what would you do /how would you react if you were told that you had a very short time to live?" but beyond that ( which frankly is all pretty cliche in the movie) it's more importantly about finding out about yourself, facing the truth and discovering just what is really important in your life.

Anyway the movie stars Joshua Jackson who probably pretty much everyone knows as Peter from Fringe ( and a few older types remember as Pacey on Dawson's Creek ) .So the character he plays in One Week is certainly no stretch - part bad-boy part man-child but with more than a few likable and redeeming qualities.
He is a failed writer unhappy in his job but seemingly ecstatic with his engagement to beautiful fiancée Sam. Into his rather sedative life drops the bombshell that he has cancer and the prognosis is decidedly not good.
So against the best advice of family and friends he refuses immediate treatment and on a whim hops on his trusty Norton motorcycle ( my Dad had a Norton) and heads West.
What follows is part travelogue part journey of(self) discovery.

An overall just OK movie- not great by any stretch of imagination ( I found the narration very annoying until the end when it's true purpose was revealed) but like I said a tiny perfect picture postcard of rural Canada -which in my mind at least is the only true Canada .

One last note I've actually traveled that long lonely stretch from Toronto to BC myself( literally days without a single other paved road but the one you're on) so I can attest to the accuracy in the beauty of the images.
I also think that no Canadian can stand at Terry Fox's monument in Thunder Bay or ride the waves off BC's coast and be unmoved so I'm also not totally objective about this picture.

[Skiz]

Holmes.

I actually had high hopes for this movie. I waited until a BluRay version was released and for a night that I knew I was in the mood for it. Unfortunately, it was a train wreck of a movie.

Story: Thin to non-existent. Plot holes abound.

Script: Complete failure. Just a succession of scenes without a coherent narrative.

Acting: Mediocre (although I usually like Downey).

Chemistry between characters: Completely non-existent.

Action: Too many boring fight scenes, just for the sake of it.

Humor: Got very thin very fast. Tried to be witty with the back and forth between Holmes and Watson but failed miserably in the long run.

Length: About two hours – felt like three. Boring. Painfully boring.

Visuals: Some good CGI shots of industrial London. CGI became quite dull soon, however.

[The_Martinator]

Ray (2004)

If Ray Charles himself says it is good, then it must be .

Seriously, though, I think it was pretty good, but then again I knew very little of Ray before hand except what his music was like. I guess there could have been a little more said of how he learned to play the piano and honed his skills. Other than that, pretty good imo.

[megabyteme]

Wonderful review, Idol! Certainly a nice contrast to the "reviewer" who felt the need to tell us he can't remember what he saw last. In terms of the plot, it sounds a bit like Breaking Bad without the move to sell meth.

Martin,

Did Ray give props to the DVD, or the Blu-Ray? With all of the talk about, "Which version of Avatar are you reviewing?", it seems like a relevant question these days...

[The_Martinator]

Martin,

Did Ray give props to the DVD, or the Blu-Ray? With all of the talk about, "Which version of Avatar are you reviewing?", it seems like a relevant question these days...

I don't know. I heard that they played the movie for him before he died, telling him what was being shown also and he kept saying it was exactly like that, but IDK which version he saw or if the two are any diferent besides the picture and sound quality.

Btw, Walk the Line has also recently been recommended to me.

[megabyteme]

Just a bit of a commentary about the effects of 3D, DVD,Blu-ray, etc. on people's perceptions. As you said, Ray probably wouldn't notice the dif between blu-ray and dvd. If the story fails, the movie should too. Kind of a failure in the industry mentality if you ask me. Glad you found a good one to watch!

Check out the new Dr. Who series if you get a chance.