Films you've seen so far this year.

[ajsco]

we've got a games thread so why not a film one includes downloaded (legal or illegal, not that anyone would do that ) cinema, DVD (or VHS if you're feeling retro, or any TV series you are addicted to. I'll start it - Taken **best film EVER**, Madagascar 2, Ice Age 2 (finally), Wanted, Flushed Away, The Love Guru, 50 First Dates, Lord of War **second best film ever**, Four Christmas', The Island & not forgeting 24 and CSI seasons 1 through 4 and 9.

 

[Charlie]

American Beauty.
The Fox And The Hound.
Nick Broomfield - Fetishes.
Naked Lunch.
Swimming With Sharks.
The Wrestler.
Funny Games.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score.
Star Wars Episode II: Empire Strikes Back
Shallow Grave.
Dude Where's my Car?

All great! :thumbsup:
(Ones in italics are ones I've seen before)

 

[Triforceformer]

Paul Blart: Mall Cop Classic case of genre gone wrong. The movie was good, but would have been twice as epic as a straight up action movie.

 

[Hello_Kitty]

American Beauty
The Other Boleyn Girl
Idiocracy
Maria Full of Grace
Mean Creek
Pretty in Pink
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Zack and Miri make a porno
Wall-E
Superbad
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Napoleon Dynamite
Brokeback Mountain
Sex and the City Movie
Strangers
Vacancy
Can't Buy Me Love
BarnYard
Rocket Science
Little Miss Sunshine


And more when I think of them.

 

[Dash]

Is it films we've seen for the first time in 2009? That's what I'm going by anyway.

Changeling.
Madagascar 2 - I laughed uncontrollably for the first 20 minutes (I don't know why!)
Bolt 3D (twice) - new all-time favourite movie.
Twilight.
The Business.
One Missed Call.

And I was made to watch Knocked Up to the very end the other day, so that's a half count.

That's the only ones I think I've seen this year so far.

 

[Figz]

American Beauty.
The Fox And The Hound.
Nick Broomfield - Fetishes.
Naked Lunch.
Swimming With Sharks.
The Wrestler.
Funny Games.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score.
Star Wars Episode II: Empire Strikes Back
Shallow Grave.
Dude Where's my Car?

All great! :thumbsup:
(Ones in italics are ones I've seen before)

Funny Games is amazing.
That movie screwed me up!

 

[ajsco]

Madagascar 2 - I laughed uncontrollably for the first 20 minutes (I don't know why!)

It is a brilliant film especially the plane part and when the penguins rob the tourists :laugh:

 

[Dream]

Twilight
Mummy 3
Superbad
The Crow
Nightmare Before Christmas
Disaster Movie
Meet The Spartans
Jumper
Golden Compass
and more...

 

[Mako]

Are we talking just about movies we've watched this year, of movies we've seen for the first time this year?

My list is surprisingly short anyways, considering what a movie buff I usually am.

First time:
Coraline- Fantastic movie, it's just awesome how they mix the sweet and creepy.
Friday the 13th- It's not the worst in the franchise, X, Manhattan, and Freddy vs. Jason, all suck more. But it certainly wasn't that great. The WHOLE film was essentially prologue killings with characters you had little attachment to.

They really misunderstood jasons style. A lot of the scares were based on loud sounds, instead of tension building. Slasher movies are supposed to make you want to yell at the screen obnoxiously trying to instruct the character how to survive, instead of a big bang then a "welp, they're fucked."
Then there are things they just blatantly messed up. Jason killing with a bow and arrow, is just wrong. It was funny, but was not right. Killing the main love interest, "innocent" girl broke the rules. They stuck so close to the cliche's that this ruined the movie for me. They had the dude who wanders off to pee in the woods killed, the couples having sex killed soon after, the guy who wanders off from the house alone killed, the screamy chicks, the silent find kills, the sacrificing black guy, and funny death to the douchebag. BUT they killed the one who commited no gluttonous sins on screen, in not one seen did she drink, do drugs, be a smart ass or a dramaticly screaming girl or have sex. She was a confident survivor, in horror movie cliche's this equals living. Not the throw away surprise kill she got.
Now at the VERY end, they again misunderstood the slasher movies style. You don't reveal the killer is still alive with a dramatic surprise kill of the only two survivors. You give some subtle, but obvious hint as they leave safely.

Movies I've simply watched again this year:
Robin Hood
Oliver & Company
Zak & Miri Make a Porno
Johnny Mnemonic
Tank Girl

 

[Pojo]

I'll just list the movies I've seen in theaters this year

The Unborn
Bloody Valentine 3D
Taken
Uninvited
Coraline
Push
The International
Friday the 13th

 

[Dawes]

I think you and I could have a lengthy discussion about horror movie ethics, Mako, but needless to say, I don't think it's too distant an idea to see Jason with a bow and arrow -- after all, he was at at Camp Crystal Lake, and we've seen Jason use a harpoon with deadly efficiency in Part III. Actually, I rather enjoyed the recreation. The Friday the 13th series is probably one of my favorite film sagas of all time, and I think they did it great honor with the new retelling. Would I choose it over the first three? Of course not, but as a horror movie that doesn't try to do anything new (because I don't want these things to try anything new, because when they try something new, they fail), and that tries to please old slasher fans, it was right on.

As for other movies that I've seen this year, Taken was pretty good. While its plot was considerably fluffy, there was plenty of Liam Neeson ass-kicking going on, and that was good enough for me. I don't necessarily see how they could stretch the film into a series, but it was great while it lasted!

My biased view:

The Uninvited was awful. A pretty butt-smelly remake of what was otherwise a good movie in its original form.

The Unborn was just laughable. I love terrible, terrible "horror" movies. This did not disappoint, but the dog in the first two minutes with the mask on had me laughing hysterically.

I finally saw American Gangster, and Denzel Washington, while he always seems to play the same character, is as solid and as charismatic as ever.

I also saw Gladiator for the first time. A good movie, but it has aged a bit. Joaquin Phoenix was as outstanding as always, and Russell Crowe was ... eh, Russell Crowe.

Pojo, how was Push?

 

[Pojo]

Push was all right. The acting could have been better. I liked the special power aspect, although I think they could have done a lot better. I wouldn't pay for it (which is why I see two movies per trip to the theater)

 

[Hans]

The original Gone In 60 Seconds
Big Trouble In Little China
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Blues Brothers*
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Blazing Saddles*

*repeats

I've been living under a cinematic rock lately.. too busy to pop in a movie, and definitely no time to go out and see one.

 

[Dawes]

Push was all right. The acting could have been better. I liked the special power aspect, although I think they could have done a lot better. I wouldn't pay for it (which is why I see two movies per trip to the theater)

I usually do the same thing myself. While it's usually a good fifty buck trip, I don't mind spending the cash for an activity like that. Always have to have the popcorn! We used to go to Midnight Movies around here a lot, too, which showed a lot of cult classics -- Rocky Horror Picture Show, Akira, so on and so forth. I miss that!

 

[Mitsukuni]

The Saw series
The Nightmare of Elm Street (All of 'em)
Scary Movie 1 and 3
Hellsing OVA 5 (that counts...right?)
Twilight (I regret it, though)
--Evan

 

[Pojo]

I usually do the same thing myself. While it's usually a good fifty buck trip, I don't mind spending the cash for an activity like that. Always have to have the popcorn! We used to go to Midnight Movies around here a lot, too, which showed a lot of cult classics -- Rocky Horror Picture Show, Akira, so on and so forth. I miss that!

I never get popcorn, or anything. The theater I go to doesn't care if you bring in outside things though (it's in a mall).

 

[Hello_Kitty]

Push was all right. The acting could have been better. I liked the special power aspect, although I think they could have done a lot better. I wouldn't pay for it (which is why I see two movies per trip to the theater)

I would have only saw Push for Dakota Fanning. She is freakin amazing.

I never get popcorn, or anything. The theater I go to doesn't care if you bring in outside things though (it's in a mall).

...And theatre popcorn, candy, and drinks are ridiculously priced. $4.00 for a drink. UHH HELL NO!!! I sneak in candy and stuff in my biga$$ purse.

 

[Lowie]

I've seen...

Marley & Me*
Death Race
Into The Wild
Brokeback Mountain
Step Brothers*
Scary Movie 1 & 4

* = Haven't seen before

 

[Martin]

A LOT:

Shark Tale
Hoodwinked
Meet the Robinsons
And about 6 more animations. Don't remember the names, this was at a film night with animations as theme.
Hancock (nearly twice second time in small bits)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (twice)
Die Hard 1,2 and 4 (4 twice, once by myself and once with my dad)
And some more I forgot the name of.

 

[Pojo]

I would have only saw Push for Dakota Fanning. She is freakin amazing.

She wasn't that great in it. I saw Coraline after it. Dakota Fanning overload.