Movie Recomendations
 

I propose a thread where someone posts a movie they're thinking about buying or renting and everyone else gives there opinion.

I'll start, I'm a fan of Alan Moore's writing and am thinking about getting The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I saw it once a long time ago, but can't remember if it's any good.

I haven't read the graphic novel, but I understand the movie is nothing like it. In any case it's pretty terrible.

Seconded. The movie is pretty damn lame. And cause you're an Alan Moore fan, I don't know if you've seen it, but V for Vendetta sucked too, don't bother seeing that movie either. I don't think I've seen one good movie based off of Alan Moore's stuff. Here's hoping that Watchmen will be the exception.

I'd love to know why you think V for Vendetta sucked.

Horrible movie. Stay far, far away.

I thought it was pretty good overall, and there were certain parts that they nailed: like



But they kind of changed V to be more heroic, when in the comic he came off as being a lot more of a shady character. In the movie he's portrayed as a freedom fighter, as opposed to the book where he's an anarchist. The leaders of the government in the movie are flat out villainous, as opposed to the book where there are parts that explore the chancellor's character.

Moore's major complaint seems to have been that while his book was about anarchy vs. fascism, the movie seems to try to base itself on the kind of extreme fears about current U.S. politics, like

About V For Vendetta..

I think both the movie and the comics are great! Both are good in their own ways =)

Every one watch "Children of Men".

Now.

I did, but don't really understand one thing or another, it seems invole in politics... which's a headache to me always, =_-|||||||, I think I like Thank You For Smocking more, anyway.

Aw, you're just saying that cuz of how much you love Spitfire.

I'll second "Thank You for Smocking." It's a very funny satire concerning the art clean-up supply industry. Aaron Eckhart was brilliant as Pablo van Gogh, the creative yet misunderstood artist who wanted to make sure everyone wore an old shirt or apron while they painted.

You're the only person who could ever come up with a joke about wearing a smock. Seriously.

You know, as I was writing it I knew that it was in poor taste? I thought, "This isn't funny in the least. There isn't even a redeeming 'it's so unfunny that it's funny' factor about it." When those moments come along, I just remember that I like wasting everyone's time, chuckled, then hit "post."

Has anyone seen There Will Be Blood? Critics have been praising this thing left and right and it's up for all kinds of awards against my favorite movie of last year No Country for Old Men. But I have heard it's an awful slow moving movie and it's close to 3 hours long.

Anybody?

There will be Blood is awesome. Definitely go see it. I would say it's better than No Country.

I guess looking back on my post, I was a bit hasty to say "sucks", cause I don't think it was a bad film, but I also don't think it deserves a lot of the praise it gets. People make it out to be some kind of phenominal movie, and I definetly didn't think it was that. I dunno, I just didn't care for it too much, I guess I was just really kinda disapointed with it.

I, too, recommend everyone go and rent Children of Men. Awesome movie. Alfonso Cauron uses these great one shot scenes where he doesn't cut to another shot, and all this action is going on...it's quite impressive.

Other recent films I've seen that I recommend:

Rambo: ***1/2 ouf of ****

Shoot Em Up *** out of ****

3:10 to Yuma **** out of ****

Cloverfield *** out of ****

Dead Alive *** out of ****

Okay, I'll consider the LXG bullet dodged. My next one is Raiders of the Lost Ark. I've never seen an Indiana Jones film except bits and pieces I've seen on tv. I was told this is the best, but am considering getting the pack with all of them Saturday. Feedback?

GREAT movies. Raiders is definetly the best. It set a new standard for action/adventure movies when it came out in the early 80's, and it still holds up to today's standards as a great action movie. What's great about the Indiana Jones movies is how good all the stunt work and practical effects that were used back then look. Temple of Doom is good, but probably the weakest of the trilogy, but it's still enjoyable. Last Crusade is great. I can't believe you haven't seen them all yet. GO! Watch them!

Wow, it's really odd that V for Vendetta was mentioned in this thread already. As I was clicking this topic, I had V for Vendetta on my mind. Very odd indeed. As for the movie, I highly reccomend it. I found parts of it weird, but it's a great action movie. It even inspired me to buy an action figure of V (which I have accidently misplaced three of his daggers).:D

I have been thinking of renting Spider-Man 3.

I can't get over the fact that you've never seen an Indiana Jones film. Go and buy the box set right now, and enjoy watching them all for the first of many, many times.



I thought Spider-Man 3 was a waste of time.

I agree. Since the first time I saw this I've come to accept it a bit more, but it was still largely disappointing.

........Well maybe to you that word's very commonly used in your life but to me, to us I mean, that word is very serious sometimes solemn, and I would never use that word except when I really KNOW very well what it means, and I don't mean to affect on your culture, you know, but I suggest you'd better not say that word too often, it involves too many things than you can imagine.

And it's a pleasure to see this ava of yours once more. XDDDD

Spider-Man 3 is one of the funniest movies in years. It's awful in every way, but at least you can laugh at how bad it is. Don't bother with it if you're expecting to take it seriously, though.

V for Vendetta the movie blows in comparison to the original graphic novel. I don't really know why they had to update it so much. Plus the freedom fighter/anarchist thing - in the comic, V wasn't that positive as portrayed in the flick

Nevertheless, the movie's still pretty eye-candy to watch.

I think people really whine about the Spider-Man movies. Look at Spider-Man himself...he looks ridiculous. Let's all be honest here. The entire realm of Spider-Man is completely and utterly ridiculous, why does it even come into people's minds that the movies would end up being "serious" for lack of a better word?

Spider-Man comics are just plain fun. There's good action, cheesy jokes, and a decently coherent story. The movies are exactly the same thing, it's just another take on the same tired old Spider-Man formula. What's the big f*cking deal, folks?

Because hating Spider-Man movies is cool and Anti-Conformist!

Spider-Man? More like CONFORMIST-MAN. I AM NOT A ROBOT LIKE THE REST OF YOU!

I really liked the first one, thought the second one was ok, and never ended up seeing the third.

I love all three Spider-Man movies to be honest, but the third one was pretty bad....#2 was my favorite.

I loved "V for Vendetta", am looking forward to getting the graphic novel.

Is "The Eye" remake any good?

Oh my god, this is so true! Every word of it!

Call the national census board and tell them to write this down! I found another loser who reads books, then goes to see the movie so he can complain about how inaccurate it is to all the people who would rather see pretty moving pictures!

Right. Because that's exactly what Rob intended.

Thank you. I didn't like Spider-Man 3 as much as some other comic movies, but it was far from being a bad movie. I think some people need to watch Batman and Robin and Catwoman again to remember what an actual bad comic movie looks like.

Oh, and if people want to see a bad movie, go watch Troll II. By the end, you will be wishing that the DVD in your possession was Spider-Man 3.

Fight Club is an interesting movie. XDDDD

Everyone should go see the Bucket List.

No Country for Old Men is finally coming to the theater here on Friday. Is it as good as everyone says? Also, do you think maybe we could get a sticky for this thread to keep the recommendations going?

It's an awesome film, but that hits you about 10 minutes after you left the theater. The ending really works and really makes the movie memorable.

Hell yeah, No Country for Old Men is amazing.

Inland Empire is good if you're a Lynch fan. It's definitely one of his weirdest, right up there with Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway. I'd say it might even be his strangest film.

Anyone who likes Zombie movies, or just hilarious movies in general, should see Fido.

The story of a zombie plague that grips the world in the 1950's, but then, thanks to ZomCon, a collar is created to domesticate the undead. The story centers around a young boy and his family who get a zombie for themselves, and the relationship that grows between the young boy and "Fido". It's f*cking hilarious, and I recommend it highly to anyone, but especially fans of zombies.