list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Saw a German film called The Edukators (in translation... no idea about the original title) last night/this morning... extremely moving, sincere and gripping. Interesting analysis of personal change and the state of the world today. Perhaps a little excessive at one point, but with one of the most effectively ambiguous characters I've seen in a long time, this one was really entirely worth watching. 9/10

Ghost Town     Reasonably funny if much too cute feel-gooder with Ricky Gervais as an obnoxious dentist recruited by dead people to settle their unfinished business.  Ghost meets As Good as it Gets but not quite as good as either. 

Atavachron wrote: caught a wonderful low-key flick about a brother&sister trying to deal with their father's dementia called The Savages,  Laura Linney and P.S. Hoffman are excellent

Yes, excellent film!

Here are the movies I've seen this week:

Superhero Movie 4/10
A couple of funny scenes, somewhat more entertaining than the average parody/spoof film, but obviously not all that great.

Entre les murs 8/10
A highly realistic depiction of school life in multicultural France. Thought-provoking, smart and entertaining as well.

Hannibal Rising 4/10
Well, Hannibal was already lousy, but this one takes the cake. Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter is like a pathetic little snake and possesses none of the charm and wit that made Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal such a memorable character. The plot is sub-standard and the acting is below average as well. Avoid.

Atavachron wrote: Freddy Got Fingered     I was a huge fan of the old Tom Green Show on MTV and though his movie has flashes of hilarity, it is largely vapid, toilet-humored and aimless.  Those qualities were of coursed prized on his show which at the time was refreshingly childish and irreverent.  But two straight hours of it doesn't quite work.  Rip Torn is typically brilliant as the dad and there's a great opening skateboard scene.  Fun but a slight letdown for his fans.

I don't come on PA to discuss movies really

But I will just say that I saw 'District 9' this evening.

It was amazing. Totally surprised me. One of the best sci-fi movies in recent years

Freddy Got Fingered     I was a huge fan of the old Tom Green Show on MTV and though his movie has flashes of hilarity, it is largely vapid, toilet-humored and aimless.  Those qualities were of coursed prized on his show which at the time was refreshingly childish and irreverent.  But two straight hours of it doesn't quite work.  Rip Torn is typically brilliant as the dad and there's a great opening skateboard scene.  Fun but a slight letdown for his fans.

 

I'm watching Evil Brain from Outer Space. Amazing so far. 

Porco Rosso - was a good movie, consistently fun, but not quite at the level of, say, Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle or Castle in the Sky or Princess Mononoke.  I'd say Porco would get somewhere around a 7 or 8 of 10 whereas most of the others would probably get 9s and 10s.

The T wrote: Has anybody seen the new Tarantino film yet? I'm really looking forward to it.. Some comments?

I thought it was his best since Pulp Fiction, probably. Great performances and really god dialog naturally, and I loved how it all unfolded. It's hilariously revisionist and amoral, with the biggest don't-give-a-f**k attitude I've seen in awhile. My friend said it's basically the American counterpart to a Nazi propaganda movie the film centers around. Most laughs in it are macabre, coming more from "he's not going to really show that is he--OH GOD HE DID!" moments than anything else. I liked it a lot. Europeans, as Cannes, showed, might not.

Has anybody seen the new Tarantino film yet? I'm really looking forward to it.. Some comments?