Recently Seen Films

[Xander Ashford]

All 3 in one sitting? I can barely watch one of them these days unless I take a few breaks by pausing the movie now and then. Great movies, no doubt. But they're way too long.

Yeah, I have the same problem with the Lord of the Rings movies; it's mainly the Fellowship of the Ring that I have the most problem with because it is just too much set up and dragging on and on. I understand the need to get the ball rolling, but still. The Two Towers I can sometimes get all the way through...Same with Return of the King, but yes, agreed, they are indeed very long movies.

The Thing (2011)

Now, granted, I've never seen the original so I don't have much to compare this to, but oh, dear God, I found this movie boring as hell. We find a creepy life form. Creepy life form kills all the people. Small band of survivors "think" they have destroyed creepy life form. I think it just followed too much of a typical horror/sci fi movie for me. I did like the concept, and I can definitely see where Dead Space and Silent Hill get some of their inspiration (as I am guessing the monster is fairly similar in the original).

The Help

Yes, ultimately, a chick flick, but with Emma Stone in it, I was quite interested (though she looked more like Lindsay Lohan in this, so I wasn't too pleased about that. The whole Ginger look isn't attractive to me). Anyway, living in the Southern part of the United States, I definitely know African-American woman who are exactly like those maids. I even know one that I would not at all be shocked to hear she fed her boss a pie like the one in the movie...One made with feces!

Immortals

I didn't go into this expecting too much, so I really wasn't disappointed. It basically just reminded me of 300 with Greek Gods added into it.

[Wrathborne]

The Hunger Games are indeed a sanitized, tween friendly version of Battle Royale.

Battle Royale is hard core all the way. Pulls no punches. It's going for sale officially on the Western world.

Something that pre-dates both and that is similar, is The Running Man. That old Arnie film from the 80's. That film was warning people about reality TV, years before they became so popular.

And Battle Royale also has little Shaky cam...Battle Royale 2 on the other hand...ugh. Bad film best forgotten.

[ylj619]

Something that pre-dates both and that is similar, is The Running Man. That old Arnie film from the 80's. That film was warning people about reality TV, years before they became so popular.

yes quite true about The Running Man. it is very similar in a way. yet the predictions were true that people will stick thier nose on these reality TV shows while getting their brain sucked out as shown in Batman Forever with The Riddle and his brainwashing/sucking device.

[Pikminister]

The Hunger Games are indeed a sanitized, tween friendly version of Battle Royale.

Battle Royale is hard core all the way. Pulls no punches. It's going for sale officially on the Western world.

Something that pre-dates both and that is similar, is The Running Man. That old Arnie film from the 80's. That film was warning people about reality TV, years before they became so popular.

[ylj619]

Oh? How as 'Battle Royale light'?

Unfortunately, I've never seen or heard of 'Battle Royale'. I'm not the type of person that'll watch all of cult films in the world. :/ But I'll definitely watch that movie hopefully if there's still one streaming with available subtitles. Otherwise, it is pretty much a good for my pov. But I felt sick and dizzy after watching it since there are a lot of scenes where the character and the camera moves a lot. Still a better "love story" than Twilight. LOL :p

[ylj619]

All 3 in one sitting? I can barely watch one of them these days unless I take a few breaks by pausing the movie now and then. Great movies, no doubt. But they're way too long.

Well not in one sitting though xD if i watched during a vacation sure but not on a weekend got other things to do LOL Yes, i agree with you, also a long movie like that there's no doubt the presence of a long ass slow scene that might keep the viewer frustrated and tempted to hit the forward button. :p

[Wrathborne]

Ok. Now i've just watched Hunger Games (considering that i haven't read any of the books...yet). But i like it though. :p haha

Oh? How as 'Battle Royale light'?

[Pikminister]

Watched LOTR extended edition. All three of them. Right now, i'm reading The Hobbit. Can't wait for the release of the film. ^^

All 3 in one sitting? I can barely watch one of them these days unless I take a few breaks by pausing the movie now and then. Great movies, no doubt. But they're way too long.

The longest film that I watched recently was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the new one). And with that one... I remember enjoying every single minute of it. Even the slow parts. And feeling sorry when it ended. I was like "Oh no! Keep going!" LOL

[ylj619]

Ok. Now i've just watched Hunger Games (considering that i haven't read any of the books...yet). But i like it though. :p haha

[Darkmoon]

I watched The Horde, a french zombie flick I found on Netflix. Pretty decent.

It wasn't bad, but the ending was a bit of a downer.

[ylj619]

Watched LOTR extended edition. All three of them. Right now, i'm reading The Hobbit. Can't wait for the release of the film. ^^

[REmaster]

I watched The Horde, a french zombie flick I found on Netflix. Pretty decent.

[Darkmoon]

Watched The Tunnel - http://www.thetunnelmovie.net/ - which was pretty damned good. It's the Blair Witch 'carry the camera with us' style, but it actually makes sense for them to do it.

[Wrathborne]

Shes almost as disgusting as Alicia Silverstone...who feeds her kid like a bird...its just...the stuff that Survival horror used to be made of.

[Xander Ashford]

I did too..until I found out she's been eating her babies placenta...And no I'm not kidding about this :/.

Eww, I didn't know she did that. Vomitega. Though she still is quite the attractive woman. You know they found her as an Abercrombie & Fitch model...For some reason, I found that surprising.

Beastly was probably the last thing I remember watching. Overall, the movie wasn't bad, but clearly was not great either. I had an interest in it since seeing the trailer a few years back, but to actually watch the whole movie...Meh, not so great. The whole movie felt like a Twilight-esque type of thing, and going into it, I seriously was not thinking the movie was going to be like that. It was clearly written for that group of teenager girls that can see a boy's inner beauty, and doesn't just think nice hair and abs is what it's all about. But still, it got rather boring in parts.