Amph What was the last movie you saw?

Safety Not Guaranteed

I got into it actually and I liked it. I didn't think I would.

 

aka Kevin James eats at Taco Bell.

 

The Grey

Awesome movie, Liam Neeson, fantastic as always

 

Agreed. The Grey made my personal top-5 of 2012 list.

Dredd - With a pinch of The Raid: Redemption, a dash of RoboCop and a tablespoon of Dirty Harry, this extremely well made (and violent) B-movie presents a very different type of "comic book movie" than we're used to - 7/10

 

Chronicle. It was better than I thought it would be. Good acting, mostly realistic consequences, though the "found footage" format had to find some pretty implausible excuses for cameras to be around and it sometimes fell victim to high school and bullied kid cliches.

 

Flying High/Airplane. That was a good bit of fun - better than the Naked Gun, I couldn't manage the first few minutes of that (too many sexist jokes)

 

Final Destination 2

Good movie, enjoy the FD series

 

Heathers

What a classic.

 

Little Man

Hilarious movie, a must see comedy.

 

I just finished House at the End of the Street.
It was better than expected, and the end! I mean, the last 30 seconds of it, made it worthwhile. I had a suspicion about things but that was the icing on the cake. 4/5 stars, for acting and plot movement.

 

ANH last night. What can I say? I like Star Wars.

 

I've just watched Wreck It Ralph for the second time. Great film, and robbed of the Oscar by Brave. While Brave was very good, it wasn't as great as Ralph or The Pirates.

 

i watched the 1990 vhs version of the empire strikes back about a week ago. it was the first star war i had watched since revenge of the sith came out and it was pretty awesome. those were really good movies once.

 

There were, like, three non-superficial changes to the SE of ESB and one was removed from the DVD and Blu-ray versions. Don't tell me you're whining about the shot of the wampa's whole body and the removal of granny monkey-eyes.

 

yes, it's true that esb was tinkered with the least for the special editions. but the added cgi shots, particularly in cloud city, really do take me out of the film. they look so fake and out of place that it's detrimental to the illusion of the rest of the film. suddenly i start seeing what is fake about the production instead of being immersed in the viewing experience. i wouldn't go so far as to say that these few changes "ruin" the movie but they do unnecessarily mar something that was nearly perfect.

 

Yes, the problem with the SEs is I find myself focusing on the changes, all of which were unnecessary.

 

I agree with tom in that seeing the changes, especially in Empire, robbed me of the ecstasy I was in as a kid seeing them for what they were...something I loved. Something that was somehow mine. Something other people didn't always get. The SE's were a blow to that part of me that loved Star Wars, and of course the PT was...well, we all know what that was.

Anyway...WDNDSWITJCC.

I'd like to take this opportunity to echo what Diggy said about Brave. It was great, but imho, The Pirates should have taken the Oscar. Wreck-It Ralph was awesome too.

I'm glad Paper took the best short.

 

I hadn't seen the original THX 1138, so I didn't notice the changes when I watched it a while ago, except that I remember I was pretty impressed with the high speed car chase at the end, and suspected that Lucas had tampered with it for the re-release.

 

The "updates" made to THX are really jarring. It's like playing an Atari 2600 game and then all of a sudden the graphics shift to PS3 quality for a few seconds before shifting back again .

License to Kill - I've been on a bit of a Bond kick of late, skipping around between eras. It's been really interesting because some films I once considered good I found to be less than (Dr. No), and others I once thought were subpar were much better than I remembered (Moonraker - No really). But LtK is exactly the movie I remember. Darker and more violent than any Bond before it, LtK had more in comon its action contemporaries like Die Hard than it did with any of its Bond predecessors. Like nearly all Bond films it's 20-30 minutes too long, but Robert Davi makes for dangerous and refreshingly grounded villain and the stunts are first rate. I love Dalton as Bond, and it's a shame he only got two outings. LtK is a fresh take on the Bond formula. Way ahead of its time. - 7/10

 

Watched Wreck-it Ralph for the first time yesterday.

 

"Road to Bali" with Hope & Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Very funny stuff.

And I'm in the middle of watching "The Girl Can't Help It", starring Jayne Mansfield and some other people I can't seem to remember right at this present moment funny can't imagine why...

 

Faster

Awesome movie with Dwayne Johnson

 

Last night was a double feature. We watched "Butter" starring Jennifer Garner. Great character humor and a decent enough story. It tried a bit too hard to tug at your heart strings, but made up for that in its character-driven comedy.

Then we watched "Goats" starring Agent Mulder. Great movie until it ended unexpectedly.