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Film Last Movie You Watched?

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maccrash

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The Tree of Life.

my mind is absolutely positively boggled at the thought of this film. ever since I'd first heard of it -- a somber, slow-moving, beautifully shot drama set in the 1950s having to do with a family who is being slightly torn apart by the eldest son's loss of innocence and the parents' conflicting teachings: it also happens to tackle the creation of the world and the meaning of life and the afterlife so I mean yeah -- it's been high atop my list of films to get my hands on as soon as possible. from the very first shot in the film I was absolutely enthralled -- of the mother, presumably, as a young child, looking out a window at twilight and reaching her hands out. while this might seem to be a bit of a random scene for me to place such significance on, it's the first actual landscape that you see, and it's astonishingly beautiful. the colors pop, put they have a slightly dulled tone in keeping with the rustic setting (Texas) and the time period in which it's shot (presumably, at this point, the 1930s or so). we immediately then segue to the 1960s, after the majority of the events of the film take place, in which both of the parents receive a letter having to do with one of the middle sons passing away (we never learn which). it brings them apart, and the eldest son, Jack, now a jaded, middle-aged man working in a big city, has absolutely no clue what the fuck he's doing with his life and this scars him even further.

from there, we see the world formed, an explosion of lava and red, and we see dinosaurs on the earth, and we see the family grow up, and we see the father (Brad Pitt, who acts it excellently) emotionally (and sometimes, physically) abuse the entire family, and we learn that while everything might be total shit while we're going through it, it's all worth it in the end. this was an absolutely beautiful film and I think it may have overtaken my "favorite film of all time" spot. 10/10.
 
Jayce

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I finally saw Mockingjay a few days ago. I keep thinking that I'm over the Hunger Games series, then a movie comes out and drags me back in... Anyway, it was really good, Mockingjay was my least favorite book (seems like that's true for just about everyone), but I thought this was the best film so far. Good acting throughout and the plot moved along nicely. It was definitely a good idea to split it into two parts.
 
antemortem

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I just watched 21 Jump Street again last night because I saw the sequel a few weeks ago and they alluded to it being "basically the same case" and after rewatching the first one... yep, that's about right lol
 

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Well, I just watched Frozen for the first time a little while ago, which I was long overdue for.

While it wasn't outright spectacular, there were quite a few parts that got sad, and others where it got insanely scary. While the end of the movie was slightly predictable, I thought it was still very heartwarming. So, definitely worth my time and something I could see myself watching again.
 
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Casino Royale (2006)

One of my favorite movies ever and the movie that got me into the James Bond franchise as a whole a few years ago as a kid. Although now I do consider Skyfall a better Bond movie. Quantum of Solace is kinda meh, and is too formulaic.
 

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Enter The Void. Trippy stuff man.
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Indeederino.

In the Loop (2009), Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Gone Girl (2014) yesterday. I know, weird combination of films to watch back-to-back.

In the Loop had me in stitches. Total stitches. Mimi Kennedy and James Gandolfini (R.I.P.) are MVPs and just play off of each other so effortlessly. And the lines, dear God. "You sounded like a f'ing Nazi Julie Andrews!" had me rolling on the floor laughing.

Lilo & Stitch is still incredibly charming and affecting to me after years of not having watched it. I really enjoyed this new perspective of watching the film through Nani as the big sister who's thrown into this role of an adult and caretaker for Lilo, struggling to find a job and appeasing her social worker and keeping everything in control.

Gone Girl was madness. I thought I was watching a conventional whodunnit but then it just morphed into something that was totally no-holds-barred and insane. By the time blood was heavily spilled, it was already miles past the realism that it adhered to in the first half. Definitely one of Fincher's stranger films IMO.
 
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maccrash said:
dude that fucking movie. I only got 35 minutes in the first time I tried to watch it after deciding I was definitely not in the mood for something like that, but I've still gotta try it out again.
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It helps if you've done all the drugs in that movie. <3
 

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Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy with my dad, it was my first time seeing it (got it for Christmas). While it's not The Avengers, it was definitely worth my time. There was a mix of some intensity and humor to be dealt here.
 
antemortem

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I finally watched Identity Thief earlier. It was miles cuter than I thought it would be, and marginally not as funny. But the former made up for the latter, and I really enjoyed Melissa McCarthy having a role characteristic other than cunning, narcissistic, asshole. It was refreshing. After, I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. I'd never heard of it before but I immensely love young Carrey in serious roles (he's adorable and also really good at doing non-comedy, surprisingly) and it was a pretty good movie. Confusing as hell at some points, but a creative idea for its time. I'm rewatching The Amazing Spider-Man 2 now and I'm wondering if there's a hidden alternate ending in which they actually live a happy life together instead of Peter Parker having to get his ass kicked by every bad thing that could happen in his life. :') there's not
 
Jayce

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I just got done watching St. Vincent. I'd give it a B-, it was a nice movie and had some really good moments but I found it to be a little predictable. Overall it was good, but it just didn't live up to my expectations.

Gotta love Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy, though.
 
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