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

[MagicNakor]

Let Him Have It (1991)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102288/

The poignant tale (based on a true case) of a "sub-normal" teenager in the justice system of 1950s Britian. Strong performances all-round; Christopher Eccleston portrays Derek with an innocent optimism that makes the way the events unfold all the more frustrating, Paul Reynolds as Chris Craig is simultaneously obnoxiously charismatic and pitiable, and Tom Courtenay does a fine job as an everyday father doing his best for his son. A notable classroom scene with revolvers and pistols makes for interesting era juxtaposition. The film starts off a bit slowly but forges ahead to a powerful finish.

[RasistRipper]

Gangs of New York : 10/10 very good one
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/

[sonah77]

inside man >>> great

[cinephilia]

Rosetta (1999)
directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

8/10

intense and powerful. kind of cinema verite.

[raufoss50]

Mutant (French zombie-type flick) - It was actually fairly well done. A little grittier than 28 Days (Weeks) later. 8/10

Still want to see Bronson (think I spelled it right).

[brightsid]

Rise of the Footsoldier

One of the most underrated movies I've seen the last few years. A film full of violence with the main hero moving from the hooliganism of the late 80s to become a powerful gangster after 3 decades. He was a young man fighting for fun and we follow his life through fighting. He got married, made friends, divorced, found love in a rave party, watched friends die. Finally even as a respected gangster he still fights for his life and for his family.

[Capricorn]

Wall Street 2 Money Never Sleeps is a good movie but I liked more the first one

[popin]

How to train your dragon

7/10

Very coll

[clocker]

Never Let Me Go

Don't see this movie.

I'm not sure what I might have thought had I gone in cold but I had just read the book.
I'd compare the book>movie to what I'm certain would happen if A Confederacy of Dunces was ever translated to film...a disaster.

Never Let Me Go was one of those books that after the first 50 pages or so, I nearly put down unfinished.
It seemed very slow and mannered- almost Jamesian in it's nuance and description of (seemingly) minor detail.
If it wasn't for a vaguely weird and creepy subtext, I'm sure I never would have finished reading but I'm very glad I did.
It's a very adultsci-fi/horror concept that is never explicitly described or shown, the impact all the more stunning as the reader begins to understand what is actually happening.

The movie must boldly and straightforwardly explain what the reader slowly teases out for himself and because of that, the shock and sadness is all lost.

The book is fabulous, the movie is not.
I don't see how it could be really.

[clocker]

The Town- Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner

Ben Affleck who co-wrote, directed and stars once again goes to the well in this story of bankrobbers in Boston.
I thought it was very well done, exciting and realistic without being artificially amped up.
The characters are fully developed and act logically, the plot serves them instead of the reverse.

I liked it.