Amph What was the last movie you saw?

Are you talking about Georgie? I haven't seen it yet but it's in the book, if it's what I think you're talking about(and can be pretty much explained as altitude sickness--Zachry is basically hallucinating seeing their "devil", or Georgie, as they call him).

 

The Expendables. Decent popcorn flick. 3 out of 5.

 

I'm one of those who loved the Crank movies as well.

 

Skyfall. AWESOME movie - brilliantly shot (even for someone who pays no attention to cinematography), wondefully acted, full of dry british wit, amazing soundtrack (including the main theme by Adele, which really grew on me), and with one of the best movie villains since Heath Ledger's Joker.

 

It was the theatrical version. I watched it on Netflix. Evidently they don't have the extended cut.

 

Error. Double post.

 

Thanks Quest, I'll give those a try. Bat**** crazy is ok every once in awhile.

 

Tomorrow Never Dies.

A very average Bond effort. GoldenEye was much better.

 

You're giving TND way too much credit.

 

I'm getting out of the Moore years, with Dalton being a stopgap. TND certainly wasn't good, but it wasn't Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Thunderball, Diamonds are Forever level bad.

 

Maybe. It's a shame about Pierce Brosnan. You could almost say that from the moment we first saw him a few centuries ago in his Remington Steel days, here's a guy that was born to play Bond. Yet - IMO - he was featured in some of the most ridiculous - if not poorly made - eyeball rolling,groan inducing 007 movies ever made (and GoldenEye isn't that squeaky clean either). I really can't recall any single Brosnan Bond movie that I truly, sincerely liked. Hell, I started missing Timothy Dalton after Tomorrow Never Dies, and that's saying something.

 

Brosnan's best Bonds were Goldeneye and The World is Not Enough. Tomorrow Never Dies is OK, it's certainly better then a lot of previous Bond films. Die Another Day was easily Brosnan's weakest movie, it went way too far and got silly. TND's main issue is the villain, as much as I like Pryce as an actor his media mogul character wasn't great.

But I would agree even Brosnan's worst stuff was better than pretty much everything Moore did.

 

The World is not Enough is utter garbage.

 

Last night we watched, at my wife's nostalgic urging, Stephen King's IT. Suffice to say it hasn't aged well. We've both read the novel and were both fans of the TV movie when it first appeared in 1990. But despite a rousing first half featuring an excellent cast of kids, the pay-off with the semi-famous adult cast leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe it's that the events are inherently scarier when it's children involved, because belief in Pennywise is required to be affected by it. Maybe it's the goofy-looking spider that makes risible what should have been a stirring climax. Whatever the explanation, I think the film is ripe for a remake.

 

I did say "some": you wouldn't be able to afford making me sit through any of Moore's Bond movies. Even as a kid I knew I was watching some pretty wretched stuff there.

 

Super 8. It was ok.

 

Seven Psychopaths. Not what I was expecting, but I did like it.

 

Equilibrium. In a post-WW3 dystopian future, it is decided that to eradicate wars forever, it is necessary to attack the root cause of that which wars are only a symptom of: feelings. In order to eliminate hate, envy, greed and all the other nasty emotions that lead to wars and aggression between men, all feelings must be erased from the human existence.

I'm torn between giving this a 3 or 4, so I'll give it 3.5 out of 5.

 

I've always thought Equilibrium was the movie that convinced someone at the W&B (if not Nolan himself) that they had a new Batman in the shape of Christian Bale. Funny Batvoice aside, I'm glad that person chose wisely. Yeah, Equilibrium has its flaws, but it is one entertaining kickass movie.