What movies have you seen recently?

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My wife and I, and a friend just watched True Grit last Tuesday. All in all, it was a decent western, with enough action and humor to carry the movie along. I liked how the Coen brothers had made use of the formal written language of the time as dialogue, though I don't believe that was in fact everyday speech in that day.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood.

For a really tight budget film this one was actually really good. If they had more money and were able to make a logner film it would have been amazing. The actors were all surprisingly good.

I will have to watch the ruling class on netflix.

I really liked the language/dialogue too. Most of it came right out of Charles Portis’ novel.

It certainly isn’t the way common folk would have talked in 1870s Ft. Smith, but I think it rings true, especially for Mattie and LaBoeuf. It used to be pretty common for southerners to use language to show their quality and put inferiors in their place.

Clearly Mattie was an educated girl from a fairly well off family. Alone in the city, she would have used language to remind everyone of her superior social class. As a peacock and a dandy, LaBoeuf would have used language in much the same way… In the presence of their betters, everyone else would have tried to use their best language as well.

On a personal note, I grew up in the same general area where the story took place. As a young boy I was often scolded by my old aunties for using vulgar language like ain’t, can’t, and don’t…

We just saw Kung Fu Panda 2 and its very good. We're going to see Pirates in 3D today.

Also, Bridesmaids is very good. It's not a chick flick, either. It's a real, good comeday. Men in the theatre were laughing their balls off.

Netflix: Hereafter (it was ok) and I Am Number Four (i liked it...a lot)
Youtube: Children of the Damned, Village of the Damned (the black n white ones....very interesting to see how they acted back then)

Jurassic Park, in the theater.

My wife and I just got back from seeing X Men First Class. As it's out 10th wedding anniversary today, we thought we'd see a good movie. We weren't disappointed. I did notice that the story line didn't match up with the other X Men movies, such as Xavier and magneto being partners as late as Jean Grey's recruitment - this prequel has the falling out taking place as early as '62. But otherwise, it's a very decent movie.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

saw the Timetravellers wife on dvd last night. film like that make me want a movie romance

I just got back from seeing X-Men: First Class in theaters. 'Twas awesome! I loved how it was set in the early '60s, and how they incorporated the whole nuclear paranoia and Cuban Missile Crisis into the film, so I learned a little while enjoying the film.

I highly recommend it.

Unthinkable - okay movie I guess, problem is I had too many people amping me up on it, didn't meet expectations. It hit an important point, ending was a bit unrealistic though.

Harry Brown - Just finished it, slick movie. Definitely recommend for anyone who likes vigilante action or speculation on what common people are capable of.

The Lovely Bones - really good.
National Lampoon's European Vacation - really funny.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil - One of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Necessary Roughness - Just a really good movie...funny and touching.

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just go with it

Yesterday I saw The Hangover: Part II
at the movie theater in my neighborhood.

Laughed my ass off, but felt slight nausea afterwards.

Today I saw Super 8 at a different theater.

Awesome sci-fi movie. Well worth seeing, despite needing better editing.

Father of the Bride...never fails to get me laughing.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I was enjoying it a lot, wondering why everyone was so disgusted with this movie...and then I saw the last thirty minutes of it and I understood. Ugh! What they did to Wade Wilson (Deadpool) was unforgivable. What is Marvel thinking? And how does Stryker know that shooting Logan in the head with adamantium bullets will erase his memory??? Really frustrating. Liev Schrieber made an excellent Sabretooth, at least.

Predators. Nothing special, but good dumb fun. It had some well-placed references to the original movie that made me laugh. But Laurence Fishburne looked much too well-fed for a man who's been surviving in the wilderness for a long period of time.