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Last movies I watched were RE:Degeration, Tropic Thunder, and Death Race.

Tropic Thunder was basically hilarious. Gotta love Downey Jr. 4/5

Death Race wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, so it gets a 3/5.

RE: Degeration is a give or take, depending mostly on if you're a fan of the video games. If you like a movie that's basically a glossed up, X-box 360 cutscene, then it might be up your alley. It didn't do much for me, so it gets a 2/5.

Downey Jr. and Cruise made Tropic Thunder so memorable. Jack Black also had some funny moments like when he was tied to the tree.

Death Race had some cool crash scenes, which is all it really needed.

Watched RE: Denegration with my brother and I totally agree with you Motoko. Quite disappointing.

Robert Downey Jr is one of the best actors of his generation, in my opinion. I agree, his performance on Tropic Thunder made it worth watching.

The last movies I watched were Blindness and Madagascar 2.
Blindness is an amazing movie, it's my choice for the best film of 2008. It's quite shocking, not meant for the sensitive ones, nevertheless it made me think about it and discuss it for almost an hour with my friend. Julianne Moore was good as usual. I strongly recommend it.
Madagascar 2 gave me a few laughs, it was at the same level as the prequel. It's not better, but not disappointing either.

I recently watched Amélie(or, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain = The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain :P), it was actually my second watch (as someone got it for me for christmas), but it had a great lasting effect.
It's just such a breath of fresh air for me, so quirky and odd, a perfect interpretation of what many would call an alternate reality (I usually like to call it home^^). Although I can see how a lot of people would not be overly interested because it's lack of action and blockbuster effects, I'd still recommend it as a great example of quirky French comedy... um 5/5 from me?
And Audrey Tautou has perfected that smile to something beyond human :)

If you are interested in a good action, I do know of one that fuses action/French/Japanese comedy in a seamless mold of greatness. Wasabi; it's got the crazy French cop with a big gun(bull) thrown amongst downtown Tokyo (china-shop...lol it's just a saying), with some crazy stereotypically modern Japanese girl, and lets just say he eats wasabi like a real man... just a great action-comedy 4/5

Damn, I've already ranted about Tropic thunder, 2/5
(Downey Jr. is still the man)

Amélie's great, I always feel good after watching it ^^

I just got done watching The Spirit, which anyone who's a fan of Sin City/Frank Miller will enjoy. It's a funny little action flick right up the alley of Dick Tracy with the same 40s style and humor. Shot for shot, it looks good, pretty much exactly like one of Frank Miller's comics which is good and Samuel L. Jackson does an amazing job as the Octopus, and the guy who plays the Spirit also does a good job. All in all, a really terrific movie.

Also saw Hancock cause my dad rented it ... yeah, not so good.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! every one needs to watch this just because of the name alone.

The last films I watched were:

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed: 5/5, I love that film!
  
• Frost the Snowman: 5/5, another great Christmas Classic
  
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: 5/5!, I love the movie so much!! It has been one of my favorite films since I was a little kid.

Just finished Das Boot uncut version (4hrs 53mins). My Lord, the Germans know how to make great war movies. The quiet moments when submerged are so tense, and the anxiety on the mens faces is crazy. Even though their fighting on the wrong side you can't help but feel for them.

Shit, almost 5 hours on one movie. Did you watch it in segments, have breaks, or just marathon the whole thing?

Watched Hudsucker Proxy yesterday, great big-business satire set in the late 50's, and it had Bruce Campbell! That guy kicks ass, his character and Jennifer Jason Leigh's worked real smooth-like. Although Leigh's character was at times forced, it was still a pretty good impression of Katherine Hepburn...lol nah she moved it all along well. Tim Robbins played an excellent buffoon(starting with being born in small town america, what a douche-bag hahah!), with Paul Newman on constant burn-the-little-guy's-balls patrol, they all sort of merged into a great merry-go-round of 89% insanity.
Which reminds me of a great saying(from Tsuiokuhen) "Corruption makes honesty appear as insanity", Hudsucker Proxy really brought home the meaning of that statement for me. Also that whole merry-round thingy ties in to a big circle motif in the film, but we've all seen The Lion King so I don't think I have to go over that.

All in all, classic Cohen Bros... a little more of Buscemi would be great, but I can't deny their placing of him to be anything but perfect(Beatnik barman).

I watched half on Thursday and finished the rest on Saturday.

I rewatched The Green Mile on TV today. Not as emotionally powerful as Darabont's first film Shawshank Redemption but still very good.

when I watch long movies or series I always try to marathon them lol


watching Hot Fuzz right now it great starts a little slow but its still great.

Re-watched WallE, and no, it never does get old. If it doesn't get Best Animated Picture, I will be seriously surprised.

I'm a little mad because I just bought the standard DVD, without knowing there was a 3-disc set for the same amount of money.... I'll probably re-buy it and give my original away as a gift or something.

Yes! Hot Fuzz is great, such an epic ending...Old people are great lol, I kinda like Shaun of the Dead a little more. Probably just some stupid personal preference or something.


Yea I hate it when that happens, I started collecting a box set, got halfway through(and $45 down) then found the complete series for $35. I now have 1 and a half series of Texhnolyze. Sell it on the net or sumn

I watched:

Following: Good film, not as good as Nolan's other work Memento, but still a good watch. 4/5.
Freddy Vs Jason: Very Corny, 2/5.
Grandma's Boy: Had some funny parts. 3.2/5.

Thanks for telling me bout The Changeling batmanfreak, they don't make horror films like that anymore. Great atmosphere, mostly due to the cool cinematography and creepy score. Scott was solid like always and the supporting cast was very good too. I especially liked the guy who played the senator in those last 20 minutes.

Now that there is a classic that I thought no one besides me has ever seen. A wonderfully fun movie to watch no matter what. Plus the name just says it all.

Anyway, recently watched the movie Cecil B. Demented which is a must-see comedy for anyone who enjoys cult/indy flicks. A wonderfully disturbing comedy that sort of flew under the radar ... I wonder if they'll ever rerelease it on DVD? Also saw the movie Death Comes to Frog Town ... yeah, that was a very strange litte post-apocalyptic flick but still worth checking out if you're into that kind of stuff, though it's rather hard to find a hard copy of it. Perhaps it's somewhere out in cyberspace.

John Waters makes some gross movies. Have you seen his older stuff?

I haven't seen a ton of his stuff but yeah, I know what you're talking about. He has a very ... disturbing sense of humor but for the most part I like his stuff. As with anyone, there are a couple of his movies that I just can't stand but I really enjoyed Demented because it's just so ... out there, I guess.