Movies

[Cotigo]

Avatar:  My thoughts can be best summed up with this infographic.



Otherwise, very pretty movie and while its script was utterly generic and ham-handed its take on a functioning global hive mind was pretty damn neat. 

Also, lol chekovs rhino.

[AAA]

You forgot Dances With Wolves

[Cotigo]

I didn't forget it, I've just never seen it.

[NotMiki]

[Idun]

Ahahahaha, that's the funniest thing I've seen in years. Haha. Whoever did that is full of win.

[Grefter]

Sherlock Holmes - This is a movie made specifically for me.  I really appreciate it that people do this kind of thing for me.

Edit - Seriously I cannot go enough into detail about how perfectly this is put together for my tastes, it goes well beyond Robert Downey Jr. being himself and Jude Law the smooth pimp.  Everything from the action sequences, the violence (OH MY GOD THE DELICIOUS VIOLENCE), the smart cinematography (paying off brilliantly with the credits, very nice way to just flex), well done side characters (Why thank you Lestrade's actor, nicely done work) and to round it all out the soundtrack is sublime.  Beethoven being used quite tastefully all throughout and then BAM Rocky Road to Dublin because I love me some up tempo folk tunes.

If you want to watch good cinema then you should watch this.  It is raw, touching, incredibly slickly produced and honest to god Hollywood Cinema.  Sure it isn't ground breaking, but it reminds me why I ever even bother watching this kind of movie, because sometimes they are done RIGHT.

[metroid composite]

Yeah, those are always fun:

http://harrypotterwars.ytmnd.com/

[NotMiki]

Sherlock Holmes

Good stuff, for sure.  One thing that really made it work was the bustle of activity that pervaded every scene.  Chaotic streets, shipyards, a slaughterhouse!  Commerce!  Filth!  Progress!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Sherlock Holmes

Good stuff, for sure.  One thing that really made it work was the bustle of activity that pervaded every scene.  Chaotic streets, shipyards, a slaughterhouse!  Commerce!  Filth!  Progress!

Robert Downey Jr. being sexy doesn't count?

[Clear Tranquil]

Sexy mens always count =-)

Yeah want to see that one myself.

Angels and Demons- Didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as the first movie (yeah yeah it got to me, maybe it had something to do with Tom Hanks and muzac >.>) but it ended up ok.
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I called Patrick at the beginning of the movie, then got red herringed by Strauss and the Swiss Guard dude, kind of went huh at the scene where Patrick goes he's got the gun shoot him, got carried away by Patrick's apparent badassary with the helicoptor, then went oh right duh at the final revelation >.  So yeah enjoyed it *flees*

[Idun]

Inkheart. 3/5.

Paul Bettany was the only good actor in the entire movie. Average. Cool concept, but a bit too Jumanji-like.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Beethoven being used quite tastefully all throughout and then BAM Rocky Road to Dublin because I love me some up tempo folk tunes.

Please tell me they used the DKM version.

[Grefter]

They did not, the entire soundtrack is played classic folk style, but yes, I have been listening to the DKM version for a today just because of it.

[Captain K.]

Avatar:  Kind of meh for the first 2/3rds of the movie, but the last third was enjoyable.  Found myself rooting for the Colonel because he was just too badass to lose.  Actually enjoyed looking at all the human hardware more than the planet.  Rear-view mirror on an exosuit = win.

Gran Turino:  I want to have Clint Eastwood's babies.

Role Models:  KISS.  Nuff said.

[Meeplelard]

Kung Fu Panda: Sister and parents were gonna watch this in movie room, so I decided to join them cause I haven't seen it yet.

Pretty formula animated movie.  Guy wants to be something, but obviously doesn't fit, somehow ends up with the group he aspires to be like but they all hate him barring that one old master who believes in him, but after some time, most of the others accept him barring that one elitist, bad guy appears, main thinks they failed for whatever reason, dramatically returns when all is lost to save the day, everyone is happy! (...except the bad guy whose either dead or just totally screwed for life.)

Of course, I was expecting exactly that, so I can't say I was disappointed.  It was generally fun to watch, funnier than I expected, etc.

[Lady Door]

Kung Fu Panda: Sister and parents were gonna watch this in movie room, so I decided to join them cause I haven't seen it yet.

Pretty formula animated movie.  Guy wants to be something, but obviously doesn't fit, somehow ends up with the group he aspires to be like but they all hate him barring that one old master who believes in him, but after some time, most of the others accept him barring that one elitist, bad guy appears, main thinks they failed for whatever reason, dramatically returns when all is lost to save the day, everyone is happy! (...except the bad guy whose either dead or just totally screwed for life.)

Of course, I was expecting exactly that, so I can't say I was disappointed.  It was generally fun to watch, funnier than I expected, etc.

But was the opening animation (his dream) not completely awesome?

[Shale]

Kung Fu Panda was fun, just...unimpressive, in most ways. The fight scenes weren't great, the comedy wasn't too fresh, and so forth. Still worth a watch.

Coraline: Awesome. Captured the spirit of the book perfectly, had a great cast (including Keith David in something not for TV! Good.), and was generally spot-on in every way that matters - they changed nearly every fine detail of the story, but I don't care at all. Watch it.

[Sierra]

Keith David was...the cat? Forgot about that.

Coraline was fun, yeah.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Kung Fu Panda was fun, just...unimpressive, in most ways. The fight scenes weren't great, the comedy wasn't too fresh, and so forth. Still worth a watch.

Pretty much this. It was decent, but it should have been better/funnier considering what it was.

Only movie I can recall watching at all recently is Up (in the exact same way I watched Panda... while on a plane with nothing better to do). Excellent for what it is: touching, funny, and an enjoyable little adventure. Pixar knows their stuff. Also the beginning of Up is shockingly and disturbingly similar to the beginning of Grandia 3 (the similarities mercifully end there).

[DjinnAndTonic]

Re: Meeple vs. Cloverfield

Cloverfield is shit. I agree. The fact that you think Cloverfield is shit because it's not Kaijuu leaves me puzzled. Yes, there's a giant monster in Cloverfield... that doesn't mean it's supposed to be a kaijuu film... >.>;;

Re: Avatar is Pocahontas in Space

Yes. So yes. At least they cribbed a decent base story (for all that Disney's version has nothing to do with historical fact).

[Grefter]

Re: Meeple vs. Cloverfield

Cloverfield is shit. I agree. The fact that you think Cloverfield is shit because it's not Kaijuu leaves me puzzled. Yes, there's a giant monster in Cloverfield... that doesn't mean it's supposed to be a kaijuu film... >.>;;

It sucks because it was supposed to be a kaijuu film though.

[Cotigo]

Wait seriously?  And here I thought Meeple was just rambling about something for no other reason than he's Meeple and makes weird associations.

[NotMiki]

eh.  the movie is what it is.  no sense comparing it to what might have been, and no sense calling it a (bad) kaijuu movie when it doesn't seem like one.  a rose by any other name, and all that.

edit: doesn't mean it can't suck.  haven't seen it, so I couldn't say.

[Meeplelard]

You know, I had a whole big rant following Grefter's statement, but I won't get into it.  I'll just say that of all the Giant Monster movies I saw, they either:

A. Don't try at Horror, but either suspense  or something totally different (I get the feeling the original King Kong was less a horror movie and more an all out spectacle; remember, this movie was made in the 1930s; its why the movie may be one of the best movies of all time, instead just plain decent.)
B. Fail at horror miserably cause Giant Monsters, oddly, don't work very well for a horror format.

"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" was really the only Giant Monster Movie that really got the "Horror" thing down properly, cause it did things that no other movie really attempted.  I'm not just saying this cause I'm a Godzilla fan, but...well, if you see Godzilla: King of the Monsters and compare it to just about any other Giant Monster Movie, you'll understand (or alternatively, the Japanese counterpart "Gojira" works too; I specify that cause the movies are different enough to be considered two different movies, though they both illustrate my point.)

And even THAT movie doesn't really scare you, it more just leaves a disturbing feeling.  

To say "Cloverfield wasn't suppose to be Kaiju"...I dunno.  Shaky camera aside, it pretty much fits all the criteria of Kaiju other than "is Japanese."  So I guess that means its merely "Kaiju styled" <_<

[DjinnAndTonic]

But Cloverfield is clearly supposed to be a Horror film. It's primarily aimed at using 'mysterious monster' to give you that 'something's going to get you' feeling. It's far closer to Friday the 13th than Godzilla. Alternately, you could label it akin to some of the cheesy Disaster films which are quickly becoming their own genre. Cloverfield is a lot more like Final Destination or Day After Tomorrow than Godzilla.

Comparing it to Kaijuu just doesn't work.

Granted, still crap.