list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

All praise Lord Seamus. Bringer of Time and Money. His power (three different ones) echoes calm upon us and them. So we may eclipse our enemies in an interstellar overdrive. 

I just saw Tootsie. A 7 or 8 out of 10. It would have been rated higher because of the entire plot and social commentary and whatnot, but it was far too 80s for me.

Babylon A.D. (2008) - uh, horrible near-future Scifi movie staring Vin Diesel, I wouldn't sully genre by calling this SciFi, it was an action movie plain and simple and not even a good one at that, I don't even know if there was ever any potential in this movie no matter how you slice it, they were playing to audience that would probably watch this due to Vin Diesel, fully equipped with a crappy rap soundtrack poor CGI effects and unrealistic fighting sequences set to dance music, 2/10

La Jetée (1962) - now this is what I call a true Science Fiction movie, its actually a short film and hard pressed to even call it a film as its a series of pictures with narration and super minimal sound effects, basically a post WW3 scenario with the survivors living underground conducting cerebral experiments in order to find a solution to their current dilemma, unique little piece of work I tell ya, I loved it 8/10

Sans soleil (1983) - movie done by the same fellow above (they were on the same disc mind you) this time its a montage of field recordings involving Asian and African cultures and their rituals and lifestyles (also San Fran and Iceland), once again narrated under the guise of a woman reading the letters/memoirs of a male traveler, pretty intriguing and poetic musings on the visuals presented on the screen, very meditative movie...and just for the record its not a documentary in the least, wouldn't recommend unless you're relaxed and focused state of mind 8/10

The Third Man (1949) - this continues to solidify the notion that I'm just not a fan of the Noir film unless there's something hugely unique about it, the whole idea of a mundane murder mystery, finding clues, one thing leads to another, an unforeseen twist in the plot, encountering a woman with a cloudy past, etc, it just bores me man, nothing of real interest for me to digest...my mind start to wander after a while thinking of other things, so damned me for my taste but this just wasn't for me 3/10

The Descent (2005) - This wasn't too bad for a modern horror movie. I thought the filming in the caverns was expertly done. In this case the dark and shadow is the friend of the camera. I almost thought if it were just a movie about these 6 woman being trapped in a cave and showing their harrowing attempts to find a way out would have been a more successful movie without adding the monsters. That actually dragged the movie down for me in a way. But...at least they used honest old fashioned blood n gore instead of fouling it up with CGI copouts. I also read an alternate take on the movie which I didn't think about on a first viewing. I wont say what that is - see for your self and look it up later - but it definitely puts the movie in a whole new perspective. I'd have to see it again though with that in mind, but for now I'll say, 6.5/10

Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932) - wow, what a beautifully haunting piece of work this is, and I don't even know what the hell this movie was supposed to be about!? The use of shadow and reflection in this movie was mind blowing. There's a gray-acid quality to the old film itself and if I were to hire a band to do the soundtrack for the movie it would undoubtedly have to be Strid! The interesting thing about the silent film is it has a tendency to get in your head more so than a regular full color and sound movie. All you see in the silent film is the visual, and what you do see is usually pretty stark and raw to begin with, thus your imagination seems to compensate for the lack of sound, color and clarity. This requires a fluid style of concentration that allows your mind to create an elastic 3th dimension in order to partially shape the story into a cohesive whole. I'd love to see more silent movies of this caliber, This probably deserves an even higher rating but for now I'll go with, 8/10

Cutter's Way (1981) - they let this turkey stay in the oven a little too long if you ask me, but it wasn't a complete disaster...it was still edible, needed to tighten up the plot a bit and cut out some unnecessary scenes...the finished work was about 20 mins too long, there's a few tense moments that you assume are going to lead into some full blown excitement, but it never really happens...even though the potential was there. I also thought the ending with John Heard riding around on the horse was pretty silly too...as if this movie wasn't trying my patience enough, ugh, 4/10

avalanchemaster wrote: Damn Mithrandir, you watch a sh*teload of movies!

that was actually about 3 weeks worth, I just haven't been here in a while (this isn't the only board I post these at)

I watched "Serenity" yesterday after watching the entire Firefly series the day before. I became a fanboy after the first few episodes so my rating may be a bit biased. I'd give it an 8/10 as a fanboy and I watched it a while ago without having seen the series and I gave it a 6 or a 7 back then.
Anyway, this was pretty much just a chance for me to shamelessly plug "Firefly." If you ever have 11 hours to kill (not necessarily in a row of course) I highly recommend checking it out on hulu.com. It's a highly entertaining show and I have never been so attached to a show.  Anyway, "Serenity" is a good action-adventure with plenty of good comedic bits.

The Spirit-
another one of those Frank Miller comic-book-come-to-life yarns.  This one I am afraid did not fare so well for me.  It moved slowly and the dialogue was rather painful at times.  What was up with the Octopus' obsession with the word eggs?  It had some redeeming scenes like the scene with the nazi memorabilia vis a vis large fluted columns, a huge iron eagle statue over swastika, with a black man wearing nazi uniform and monicle, expounding about death.... sort of a beat (poetry) monologue that may have been the only thing that stirred me from my apparent boredom; which was only strung along and defied by my fascination with this style... unfortunately I am beginning to think these Frank Miller movies are sort of Flash-in-the-pan and if he tries another one, it will fall even further behind 300 and Sin City.  I liked both of those....but they had better flow and more gore and grimness (so black metal ).... whereas The Spirit was just sort of there cavorting on the screen for me.... did not elicit much of a response from me.  I found the bonus material, that had Frank Miller dialoguing about his life with comics far more interesting than the actual movie... too bad.   5/10

well ST was definitely fun, and they got most of the continuity right, however I would've preferred a more intelligent and less time/space-related plot.. 3 of 5 stars

avalanchemaster wrote: The Spirit- another one of those Frank Miller comic-book-come-to-life yarns.  This one I am afraid did not fare so well for me.  It moved slowly and the dialogue was rather painful at times.  What was up with the Octopus' obsession with the word eggs?  It had some redeeming scenes like the scene with the nazi memorabilia vis a vis large fluted columns, a huge iron eagle statue over swastika, with a black man wearing nazi uniform and monicle, expounding about death.... sort of a beat (poetry) monologue that may have been the only thing that stirred me from my apparent boredom; which was only strung along and defied by my fascination with this style... unfortunately I am beginning to think these Frank Miller movies are sort of Flash-in-the-pan and if he tries another one, it will fall even further behind 300 and Sin City.  I liked both of those....but they had better flow and more gore and grimness (so black metal ).... whereas The Spirit was just sort of there cavorting on the screen for me.... did not elicit much of a response from me.  I found the bonus material, that had Frank Miller dialoguing about his life with comics far more interesting than the actual movie... too bad.   5/10

Miller's finest realm is clearly the graphic one, Elektra Lives Again, Sin City, 300, all superb, and Lynn Varley for those colors