list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Dead Alive (aka Braindead, the original NZ title):  WOW!  Never in my life have I seen such a hilarious gorefest.  Watching the movie had me laughing my head off, seeing all the crap Lionel had to deal with and just how GORY it all was.  If I haven't made it clear...this movie has LOTS OF BLOOD AND GORE.  Definitely stay away if you're even slightly squeamish...otherwise, watch, laugh, and be amazed at Peter Jackson's (yes, the Lord of the Rings guy) earlier work.

Tonight, I watched two:
1. Drag Me to Hell - a fun, if not absolutely stunning movie from Sam Raimi...I guess I was trying to compare it too much with the Evil Dead trilogy, because it didn't quite meet my expectations, but it was still a good movie which made me jump a bit here and there.

2.  An American Werewolf in London - Wow!  I'd only heard bits and pieces of the movie's reputation...mostly how the werewolf transformation was still considered one of the best in film...based on that, I bought it, and watched it for the first time tonight.  I loved it!  Good mix of horror and humor, stunning effects...good acting, at least to my untrained eye.  Definitely impressed by this one.

The Warriors: The Director's Cut

As a big fan who saw this now classic film when released in '79, I was horrified to see this 'revamped' version that director Walter Hill says is closer to his original idea.  Consequently this raw, quirky, made-for-a-Saturday-matinee flick has been altered by a series of bad-looking comic book motifs between each scene and annoying "Meanwhile on the other side of town" pop ups.  Adding insult to injury, a voiced-over intro explains how the story parallels a Greek myth, all completely unnecessary and ruining what was a perfectly great little action movie.  And as if that weren't enough, much of the wonderful and campy synth score is toned down, cut out, or replaced by popular songs. 

Hill has desecrated his masterpiece and assassinated one of the best cult classics of the '70s.  If you like this film and know what's good for you, steer clear of either the "Director's" or "Ultimate Director's" cuts and get the original disc ;

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Michael-Beck/dp/B0000541AM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1317508231&sr=8-4

 ^ liked Being John Malkovich a lot, for the puppetry alone

Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher's one-woman show about her ridiculous life as a child of celebrities, Hollywood secrets, her marriage to Paul Simon, how George Lucas ruined her life, and being diagnosed with mental illness.  As she puts it about this performance, "I'm talking about myself behind my back".  "I can't forget that f*cking hologram speech," she says sarcastically of Star Wars, "that's why I started doing dope".   Surprisingly funny and unusually honest, worth watching.

I just watched Win Win. It was easily one of the best movies I've seen in a while; really powerful and creative story with some great character development to boot. I'd highly recommend it.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Cluttered and shiny third one in the series about how the Autobots lost the war and secret the Decepticons have on the moon.  Shia LaBeouf is very good in the lead and Ken Jeong, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand are hilarious in supporting roles but the plot is so torn between fairly serious sci-fi and absurd pulp that in the end it is a flick best suited to 13-year olds.  I guess that's no surprise.  This movie goes on and on and on and on and on--  considering these films are centered around a line of para-Japanese toys, the amount they've squeezed out of this franchise is remarkable.
 

SaltyJon wrote: Dead Alive (aka Braindead, the original NZ title):  WOW!  Never in my life have I seen such a hilarious gorefest.  Watching the movie had me laughing my head off, seeing all the crap Lionel had to deal with and just how GORY it all was.  If I haven't made it clear...this movie has LOTS OF BLOOD AND GORE.  Definitely stay away if you're even slightly squeamish...otherwise, watch, laugh, and be amazed at Peter Jackson's (yes, the Lord of the Rings guy) earlier work.

 ^ would like to see that, also the Nazi-hunter flick with Helen Mirren

^ I would say it is the other way around (but i see what you mean), since the myth of Odin and Thor is millennias older then Tolkien, and Tolkien is obviously influenced by old Nordic paganisme/mythology,

but i still see you point and i want to see that movie very much.