Surprisingly The Last Movie You Saw Didn't Suck Pt. 2

[quote name='dastly75']The King's Speech - Surprisingly good, Colin Firth was excellent[/QUOTE]

Why "surprisingly" good? It's gotten rave reviews. 96% on Rotten Tomatoes currently.
 
[quote name='Halo05']Black Swan - WHAT THE fuck?! HOW AM I EVER SUPPOSED TO SLEEP AGAIN?![/QUOTE]
Just think of the "good" parts and forget the rest.
 
Tron Legacy - Awesome movie. I loved every minute of it. I know a lot of people say it got boring as hell in the middle, but I was so awestruck by the visuals I didn't care that no one was fighting, I was too busy still marveling at the graphics.
 
[quote name='tcrash247']Tron Legacy - Awesome movie. I loved every minute of it. I know a lot of people say it got boring as hell in the middle, but I was so awestruck by the visuals I didn't care that no one was fighting, I was too busy still marveling at the graphics.[/QUOTE]

I love when people say "graphics." Reminds me of 1993
 
Tangled. Pixar's name is nowhere to be found in the credits, but I thought it was a damn fine CG film. Good writing, good songs and good acting.
 
Over the last few days I've watched

Wristcutters: A Love Story (pretty bizarre but enjoyable)
The Fighter (AWESOME)
Date Night (Waited for it to get funny... it never did)
Cop Out (Surprisingly hilarious, I thought this one was gonna stink too)
Kick-Ass (2nd time watching it, still love this movie)
 
The Expendables - It was the over the top action film I expected, so I loved it!
Four Christmases - This was funnier than I thought it would be overall.
 
Black Swan - Chilling, suspenseful, entertaining, raw, and truly effecting. fuck does this movie still haunt me after seeing it. In the spoiler is the part that got me the worst and still makes me kind of almost puke.

Near the beginning of the movie, at the party where Nina is introduced as the Swan Queen, and she notices the weird hangnail cut, she goes into the bathroom, pulls at the skin, and pulls of a 2 inch long strip of skin on her finger. fuck ME is that shit disturbing.
 
Lost Boys - 10/10 - loved this movie as a child and seeing it again was great.
There was a robot chicken episode with Corey Feldman and Heim?(i forget) and I didn't know who they were until I saw this movie again.
 
Restrepo - 10/10

Probably not a movie but was long enough to be one. Really good. Pretty heavy. Reminds me of Generation Kill, but way more serious.
 
Blood Into Wine - Documentary about Maynard James Keenan creating wine in the Arizona desert. I've been wanting to see it for some time, and it was about as good as I expected. I was pleasantly surprised with the Tim & Eric bits, as I'm not a huge fan, but they were pretty good. Patton Oswalt was great too, but as for the meat of the film, it mainly talks about the hardships they've had to overcome to get everything running smooth. The first wine they created was "Judith" which was in memory of Maynard's mother, whose ashes were spread across the vineyard, so in a sense, she was going across the world with all the wine.
 
[quote name='evildeadjedi']Dinner for Schmucks - Pretty funny and Paul Rudd is awesome. [/QUOTE]

Pretty fucking hilarious! Lol

Didn't realize there where so many great actors.
 
Piranha - 3/5 - It delivered all the stupid jokes, death to all douchebag characters and the gorgeous Kelly Brook. I really can not complain. There are a few pretty cool deaths, Eli Roth's was noteworthy. The movie sorta just ended out of nowhere...really thought they would tack on an extra 30 minutes but nope...just ends. The ending is a lot like those fantastic SyFy monster movies I have come to love. No matter how bad Piranha's story was I was bound to find some enjoyment out of it because of Kelly Brook. I could watch her read a telephone book tbh.
 
Dinner for Shmucks - Way funnier than I expected considering I'm totally over Steve Carrell's shtick.

Touching Home - Fairly generic inspirational stuff with a dash of Ed Harris.

Easy A - Emma Stone is gorgeous, but what happened to Amanda Bynes, her face looks like a chipmunk. Decent movie...or at least it was until an hour in, when the stupid rental dvd crapped out.
 
[quote name='naiku']Piranha - 3/5 - It delivered all the stupid jokes, death to all douchebag characters and the gorgeous Kelly Brook. I really can not complain. There are a few pretty cool deaths, Eli Roth's was noteworthy. The movie sorta just ended out of nowhere...really thought they would tack on an extra 30 minutes but nope...just ends. The ending is a lot like those fantastic SyFy monster movies I have come to love. No matter how bad Piranha's story was I was bound to find some enjoyment out of it because of Kelly Brook. I could watch her read a telephone book tbh.[/QUOTE]


I'm glad to see another person who can appreciate the stuff Asylum puts out, along with SyFy. I did enjoy Piranha as well, but I'd love to see Aja go back and direct an original idea, since Haute Tension was pretty much flawless except for a lacking end.


CANDY - As much as I love Requiem for a Dream, it's just too hard to sympathize with drug users. I can understand getting out of an addiction can be a difficult, arduous process, but is it really impossible to stay away from heroin and the likes in the first place? Candy was pretty depressing, though. 3.5/5
 
Big - Great movie, I can't believe I waited this long to watch it.

The Social Network - It was good, but I don't think it was as good as everyone makes it out to be. No way should it be considered for Academy Awards nominations, besides the soundtrack. Timberlake's character was unbearably annoying, I hated his "I'M SO COOL" persona.

Dinner For Schmucks - Surprisingly funny. It looked terrible but decided to give it a shot and I'm definitely glad I did.
 
Inception, thought it was really good. I wished Hollywood would make more big budget movies with original ideas instead of sequels and comic book movies
 
True Grit - I actually really liked it. I was worried I wouldn't since I didn't like a certain other movie they made, but it was actually really good.
 
Hunt to Kill - 2/5 - Steve Austin hunts to kill. Needed more Gary Daniels doing martial arts and a lot less head villain guy talking. Obviously the highlight of the movie is where Austin fights Daniels which is awesome. Just takes way to long to get there...and there is too much movie afterwards. :(
 
Unthinkable - 4.5/5
Never heard a word about it until someone recommended it. Amazing movie! Disappointed that it didn't get much, if any coverage.
 
A Perfect Getaway - Good, the twist was surprising and welcome.

Black Swan - Fantastic movie. I really enjoyed this, much more than I thought I would. This movie had an incredible amount of creepiness, weirdness and psycho shit going on at all times. Natalie Portman did a great job, this movie deserves lots of Academy Award noms.
 
Pirate Radio aka The Boat That Rocked - Really enjoyable, especially if you like pop music from the 60s. Great cast of characters as well.
 
The Green Hornet - Really good. Refreshing to have a different take on the super hero genre. It had a ton of genuinely funny moments carried by Seth Rogen who does a great job in his role. Kato is decent I guess. The villain is the same guy from Inglorious Basterds(the german)with a much welcomed personality and motivation. I didn't expect much from the film and just barely got in(last seat in the theater) but it was great. The 3D is pretty meh so don't bother with it.
 
Burning Bright - 3/5 - My one friend asked me if I heard of this movie last week. I said no...then he explained the concept. A siberian tiger is wandering around a house with 2 people trapped inside. Pretty obvious why I had to see this movie. Sadly Burning Bright not as good as you want it to be. Its a very interesting concept with some humor, especially when the stepfather takes all the money out of this bank account to 'change the house into a safari ranch'. Yep...change their HOUSE into a SAFARI RANCH...ugh! The child actor in the movie was pretty dreadful but Briana Evigan was pretty good throughout. I guess I would have liked the film more if there was more explanation and story. Instead you are left with a barebones story and a tiger busting doors down to eat some kids. Burning Bright is definitely an original idea which is probably why it was made, sadly it lacked substance in the story to truly stand out.
 
[quote name='Kaelestis']Unthinkable - 4.5/5
Never heard a word about it until someone recommended it. Amazing movie! Disappointed that it didn't get much, if any coverage.[/QUOTE]

I concur. My roommate and I were at a Redbox looking for something to watch that evening and he saw that and I figured with Samuel Jackson and Carrie Anne Moss, it couldn't be too bad. Turns out it was pretty fantastic. I strongly recommend it.
 
Devil.

The thing is, it did suck. I stayed far away during its theatrical run because M. Night Shyamalan's name was attached. And the last good movie he made was Unbreakable ten years ago. I decided to give it a rent anyway and it wasn't even worth the $3 I spent. The twist wasn't even a shock because I wasn't invested in the characters or the story. I was just bored. I'm glad it was only a little over an hour long (hour and fifteen minutes to be exact).
 
[quote name='naiku']Burning Bright - 3/5 - My one friend asked me if I heard of this movie last week. I said no...then he explained the concept. A siberian tiger is wandering around a house with 2 people trapped inside. Pretty obvious why I had to see this movie. Sadly Burning Bright not as good as you want it to be. Its a very interesting concept with some humor, especially when the stepfather takes all the money out of this bank account to 'change the house into a safari ranch'. Yep...change their HOUSE into a SAFARI RANCH...ugh! The child actor in the movie was pretty dreadful but Briana Evigan was pretty good throughout. I guess I would have liked the film more if there was more explanation and story. Instead you are left with a barebones story and a tiger busting doors down to eat some kids. Burning Bright is definitely an original idea which is probably why it was made, sadly it lacked substance in the story to truly stand out.[/QUOTE]


I'm remember hearing about this on B-D a few months before it was released in theaters... And I've been intrigued by it ever since, just never got around to watching it.


Adaptation - 8.5/10


I just don't understand Nicolas Cage's career... He's done some insane roles, and then he does pure shit like The Wicker Man, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Season of the Witch...
 
Cop Out - It was pretty funny in parts, one of the best was Tracy Morgan doing all the movie lines to the guy they were questioning. The parts with Sean William Scott were funny also.
 
Salt - An outstanding action flick. I went in expecting a typical "Oh, let's watch a hot woman run around and try to clear her obviously innocent name". But what I got was an excellent action flick that kept you guessing until the very end. Once you think you have it figured out, she turns around and does something that will make you say "What the hell?"
 
[quote name='DrMunkee']Salt - An outstanding action flick. I went in expecting a typical "Oh, let's watch a hot woman run around and try to clear her obviously innocent name". But what I got was an excellent action flick that kept you guessing until the very end. Once you think you have it figured out, she turns around and does something that will make you say "What the hell?"[/QUOTE]

I loved this movie as well, but you will be amazed how many people hated it. My brother said it was garbage, so I went into it thinking it was going to be bad, but loved it.

Last good one I watched was Exit Through the Gift Shop. A great doc on street art.
 
I'm preemptively saying that I'm going to see the Green Hornet on Sat/Sun and that I don't think it will suck. It looks about a million times better than the upcoming Green Lantern pic.
 
Death Race 2 - 5/10

Only reason it was worth watching was I found out at some point it was a prequel to the first Death Race to get back story.
 
[quote name='VipFREAK']Death Race 2 - 5/10

Only reason it was worth watching was I found out at some point it was a prequel to the first Death Race to get back story.[/QUOTE]

Are we talking Death Race 2000 or the Death Race movie that came out a couple years ago?
 
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