What movies have you seen recently?

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I just got back from seeing Paul. I loved it, i t was awesome. It was really funny, and a great movie overall. Possibly one of my favorite movies. (My favorite movie is Shaun of the Dead, which has the same two actors as the main characters, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Hot Fuzz has those same two actors too.)

It had lots of movie references, like Jaws ("Smile you son of a b***h!") and Star Wars (some people play the cantina song in a bar they go into; those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

We just got finished watching The Good, The Bad, The Weird on DVD, which is a Korean remake (or perhaps re imagining) of The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. While the Spaghetti western was the better film, this was fun and entertaining.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I saw -Hanna- last night. Very exciting, very edgy. Not an easy movie to watch. The young star actress Saoirse Ronan is excellent and she is only 17. She is going to be doing some excellent work in the future.

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Dr No, Despicable Me, and am going to watch megamind today.

The Wings of the Dove. My first ever romantic drama. It was very, very good. I liked the setting (1910, late Edwardian era) and the fashion. I admit that I was confused in the beginning because of the characters' tendencies to not directly state their emotions or motives, relying instead on body language and "read between the lines" type of dialogue. But when they started talking about their true feelings and motives towards the end, everything made sense. All in all, it was a beautiful and bittersweet film. I hesitate recommending this to my autistic brethren on the grounds that the social interactions are confusing, so you may want to do some background info on it before you decide to watch. But when you do watch it, you will not be disappointed.

So far, this week I've been re-watching the classics. Phantom of the Opera (1929), Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Wolfman (1941), and The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954).

All great horror flicks, though I'm partial to the Wolfman, because he's the only old time monster that had scared me as a kid.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Saw RIO yesterday.

Hilarious movie. I loved it and it was an awesome movie overall.

Good thing it wasn't the 3D version, for obvious reasons.

That's probably my favorite out of these. I love House of Frankenstein and I didn't watch Dracula this week because I don't have it with me. Next on my list is Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu... and I'll probably throw Begotten into the mix as well.

Man oh man, those old German silent horror films are nothing short of macabre works of art!

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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I've just watched Inception, easy to follow at first but just gets super confusing at the very end.

We watched Scott Pilgrim, it was terrible. Then we watched Machete, it was great schlock fun. Then we watched Kick Ass, it was ok, but nothing special.

Mirrors 2.

Mostly just dull. A mixture of reasonable and poor acting. The story was predictable and lacked anything to draw me in. Some blood and guts (literally), but no real horror or chills. 4/10

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Try the Mirror Mirror franchise from the 90's!