What's the Last Movie You Watched?

[Bahku]

I took it back to my childhood tonight, about 8 or 9 years old, and watched Encino Man with Brendan Fraser, Paulie Shore and Sean Astin. 

Old school right there.

I personally think Brendan is underrated ... granted, he's not given the chance to play many serious roles and type-cast too much, but "Bedazzled" showed off his abilities pretty well, (loved him in that flick).

[pearljammer10]

Went and saw Jurassic park 3D. One of the best times I can remember having at a movie cinema.

[indeedproceed]

I took it back to my childhood tonight, about 8 or 9 years old, and watched Encino Man with Brendan Fraser, Paulie Shore and Sean Astin. 

Old school right there.

I personally think Brendan is underrated ... granted, he's not given the chance to play many serious roles and type-cast too much, but "Bedazzled" showed off his abilities pretty well, (loved him in that flick).

See for me Bedazzled was my 'jumped the shark moment' for Brendan Fraser. Anyone who grew up in the 90s has two images of Brendan Fraser, one, the lighthearted and goofy grunge jester from Airheads and Encino Man, and the serious actor from School Ties and With Honors. I was so young when I saw the serious movies that I can't remember enough about them to separate the nostalgia from the critical substance. I'm sure if I went back and watched them and tried to 'analyze' them now, but in my mind, they're movies that show important life lessons.

And then came the campy masterpiece called 'the mummy'. If you can pretend that there was never a sequel, if you can pretend that movie happened, and then was left alone, I'm sorry, I just love it.

And then he made Bedazzled, where he was a fluffy and terrible impersonation of a manic robin Williams. He's never really bounced back in my eyes.

[Bahku]

I took it back to my childhood tonight, about 8 or 9 years old, and watched Encino Man with Brendan Fraser, Paulie Shore and Sean Astin. 

Old school right there.

I personally think Brendan is underrated ... granted, he's not given the chance to play many serious roles and type-cast too much, but "Bedazzled" showed off his abilities pretty well, (loved him in that flick).

See for me Bedazzled was my 'jumped the shark moment' for Brendan Fraser. Anyone who grew up in the 90s has two images of Brendan Fraser, one, the lighthearted and goofy grunge jester from Airheads and Encino Man, and the serious actor from School Ties and With Honors. I was so young when I saw the serious movies that I can't remember enough about them to separate the nostalgia from the critical substance. I'm sure if I went back and watched them and tried to 'analyze' them now, but in my mind, they're movies that show important life lessons.

And then came the campy masterpiece called 'the mummy'. If you can pretend that there was never a sequel, if you can pretend that movie happened, and then was left alone, I'm sorry, I just love it.

And then he made Bedazzled, where he was a fluffy and terrible impersonation of a manic robin Williams. He's never really bounced back in my eyes.

To each his own ... guess that's what makes the world go 'round. I thought the way he switched gears from character-to-character was brilliant, and got no Robin Williams feel from any but maybe one. Sensitive guy was hilarious, as was the basketball star ... he also mastered his Russian and Spanish extremely well.

[CDawg834]

Finally saw Lincoln last night.  As a huge history buff, and someone who has no problem with slow or dialogue-driven movies, I am surprised to say that I found this to be one of the biggest disappointments of the year.  Quite frankly, I was bored out of my mind, and I read history books for fun!  I found myself repeatedly losing interest in a movie that is about something I find incredibly interesting.

There were also way too many big names in it, even for minor characters...I found that to be a major distraction.  For the first half hour, instead of noticing the character, I kept thinking "where have I seen that actor before?"  Only Day-Lewis truly disappeared into the role of Lincoln (he was a lone bright spot in an otherwise dull and meandering movie).

[hardlyyardley]

Saw "The Sapphires" over the weekend, a feel-good movie based on a true story out of Australia during the Vietnam war

[angryguy77]

Skyfall, wasn't bad, wasn't great. It was the first Bond movie I've seen that strayed from the formula.

[Kiorrik]

Iron Man 3.

Eh. It was alright I guess.

[Sievers81]

Iron Man 3.

Eh. It was alright I guess.

Saw it the other day as well, same reaction. If there was ever a movie that warranted the reaction of "been there, done that" this was it (still better than the absolutely abysmal IM2). Queue Downey Jr sarcastic one-liners, some action sequences and thats the whole movie.

[indeedproceed]

Recently re-watched A History Of Violence and Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.

A History of Violence: Mostly holds up from when I adored this movie as it first came out. The movie does a great job of setting expectations, but then taking its time getting to them to the point where you're almost surprised when what you expected to happen actually does. I'm making it sound like a bad thing, but its not. They're building suspense, by being patient and having a very precise and intuitive sense of timing. No payoff waits so long that it fails to meet expectations (LANGOLIERSSSSSS!!!!!).

There is however, this weird perverted sense to the movie. Peoples' touches linger too long, guys stare into each others eyes a beat more than feels comfortable. All the 'intimate' scenes in the movie between the protagonist and his wife are kind of..off-center. It is still a great movie with compelling characters, but it isn't all that it seems..or maybe I mean, it isn't JUST what it seems.

Life Aquatic: I simply loved this movie. The imagery, the characters, the dry humor, the 'preciousness' of it all. I just loved it. I am way more of a Wes Anderson fan than I realized.

[pearljammer10]

Watched Wreck it Ralph last night.

I loved it. Simple plot. Funny. Highly creative. Storyline was similar to a Toy Story only with video games. A sequel is in the works which would involve Mario. Great fun movie with not much thinking involved.

[Chief]

I watched two movies recently, and both were awesome.

Monsterhouse: a few years old now, a kids animated movie that wasn't a kids movie, and wasn't really animated, but motion-captured. This movie is kinda messed up, in a good way, really reminds you how being 12 years old, with the world against you feels. It sounds stupid, but I remember being 12, always confused, insecure, and with an odd feeling that everyone older than me was either out to get me, or didn't understand me. It's a I imaginative plot well acted and better written.

Killing Them Softly: this movie left me saying 'wow, that was a great movie!' It's a gangster movie, set as social commentary, headlined by phenomenal dialogue and perfect casting. Brad Pitt, James Gandlefini, Ray Liotta are the big names, but all the guys on screen more than pulled their own weight. Also, while it is a little slow for action, when the action comes...man do you feel it. So beautifully shot it made me a little mad users only gave it a 46% or something on rotten tomatoes.

I liked it but thought it was too safe. Could have been great.

[Eja117]

Perks of being a wallflower....excellent. Very excellent. A miracle has occurred. A good movie has been made that didn't involve a hobbit. Kinda reminded me of Garden State

[Kiorrik]

Good Will Hunting.

Great stuff. Really love it. Seen it for the third time now, and it had been ages, and I have a new appreciation for the movie.

[Redz]

The Croods

Pretty goofy.  Some very colorful critters and a few laughs.