I am really geeked for "Inception." I am a reformed Leonardo DiCaprio hater (I hate on everybody in the "boys playing men" club: DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake...Patrick Dempsey before he became "McDreamy" - can't stand their big heads on little boy bodies). Absolutely LOVED "Shutter Island" and I thought DiCaprio was outstanding in "Revolutionary Road" (which I only watched because I am a big fan of Kate Winslet taking off her clothes).
~rave! --- In [email protected], Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Thanks for responding. I was afraid that was the deal. People like Worf, > Rave, BSmith and I usually load this forum up with movie reviews and such. > But I've noticed that Worf and Rave, for example, have done mostly reviews of > movies they've seen on cable stations like IFC, or rented. I've dropped a lot > of "must see" blurbs on TV shows like "The Good Guys", or smaller films like > "Mother and Child". I was honestly disappointed in Iron Man 2, which was a > little more flash and less substance than its predecessor, and I just > couldn't see dumping money on mediocre-but-loud films like A-Team and others. > I'm not turning into some kind of snobbish egghead, but I really hate the > concept of the "summer blockbuster", and after a while just get overloaded > with the audio visual equivalent of gorging on chips and fries or something. > Honestly, the best studio film I've seen to date was the simple but > delightful "How to Train Your Dragon", which was fun, funny, exciting, and > gorgeous in 3D. > > Of the films you listed below, I'm intrigued by Airbender and will probably > see it based on my love of the 'toon, and despite my anger at the way white > actors were cast in Asian roles--not to mention the odd thing of changing the > Japanese-inspired Zuko to an Indian. Never seen any of the Twilight movies, > and the trailers leave me cold with mediocre CGI and brooding teens. Any > good? > "Inception" is one I'm truly excited about because of the Nolan name. If the > movie with Cruise and Diaz is clever and fun, I'll take my wife so she can > get her rom-com fix, which she's been needing for a while now. > > Hey, with Resident Evil, I'd always heard the films sucked in terms of plot, > acting, and action. Are they at least good camp fun? And tell me Uwe Boll > isn't involved...?! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "angelababycat" <asrobin...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:54:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions > > > > > > > Saw your original post and felt sad I had nothing interesting to offer. But > the new Predators movie opens July 9th and I will be there for the 11:00 am > Friday showing of course. Also on my "see at the theater for the special > effects vs waiting for PPV" list: > June 30th - Twilight Saga: Eclipse > July 2nd - The Last Airbender > July 16th - Inception > August 27th - Resident Evil: Afterlife > > Other than Predators maybe, not a very exciting summer movie list for me I'm > affraid. > > Angela > > --- In [email protected] , Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> wrote: > > > > Not a suggestion? Anyone watching any movies at the theatre? Recently I've > > seen "Kings of the Evening", which was nice, and plan to see a > > little-known-but-well-praised foreign flick, "The Secret in Their Eyes". > > It's way off the summer-blockbuster path... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohnson@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:35:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Asking for Movie Suggestions > > > > > > > > > > Any recommendations on which of the big summer movies are worth seeing? > > > > Have any of you seen Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, A-Team, Karate Kid, > > Splice, Killers, Shrek, Get Him to the Greek > > > > > > > > With the summer "blockbuster" season here, we're inundated with all the > > next-big-things at the box office: all the CGI- and action-heavy movies. > > Typically I start to burn out after a while, as so many of them nowadays > > seem to be mediocre films based mostly on explosions, fights, and FX. "Iron > > Man 2" was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. I need to watch the money I > > spend at the cinema, so don't want to plop down my six bucks for something > > that I can wait for on DVD. And there are some indie films like "Mother and > > Child" and "Kings of the Evening" that I'd rather see, since they actually > > rely on plots and good acting. > > >
