Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Planning to see Skyfall tomorrow. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Planning to see Skyfall tomorrow. :victory:

I saw it. It was awesome! Loved it.

Tu_triky wrote:I saw it. It was awesome! Loved it.

I thought it was okay, but it didn't wow me... The closing scene was a surprise, though.

I think the Bourne movies have jaded me: They've set a new standard in the spy genre.


Re: Trailers:

Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) and Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, Director) looks like must-see films.

Iron Man 3 is a must-see as well, but I'm rather disappointed to see Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin... The couldn't find an Asian actor to play a Chinese? Or were they worried about having an Asian playing a stereotypical villain? :headscratch:

No interest: Les Miserables (Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway) and The Last Stand (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Tu_triky wrote:

I saw it. It was awesome! Loved it.

I'm planning to see it (possibly this weekend). I haven't seen any of the Bond movies, though. Will this effect my comprehension/viewing experience?

Wynter wrote:

I'm planning to see it (possibly this weekend). I haven't seen any of the Bond movies, though. Will this effect my comprehension/viewing experience?

Only a little perhaps. There are certain characters that are longstanding members of Bond film casts so if you haven't seen any Bond films previously you might not appreciate the significance of such characters as they relate to the film franchise.

This year happens to be the 50th anniversary of the Bond films so they included a couple of acknowledgements to previous films that might go over your head, so to speak.

Wynter wrote:I haven't seen any of the Bond movies, though.

Yow. :shocked:

None of the Bond films? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yow. :shocked:

None of the Bond films? :sweat:

I've never seen a Bourne film or a Spiderman film. :hehe:

Saw Jack Reacher today... Pretty good and intense movie... I'd give it a 8.5/10.

bmwracer wrote:Saw Jack Reacher today... Pretty good and intense movie... I'd give it a 8.5/10.

Thought you would have seen Wreck it Ralph.

Tu_triky wrote:Thought you would have seen Wreck it Ralph.

Not if you paid me. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Yow. :shocked:

None of the Bond films? :sweat:

Well, I've seen one or two when it was Brosnan, but that was so long ago and I don't have much of a memory of/for them.

Mind you, I know I would enjoy them because they're my "type". Maybe I'll rent them or buy them and do a Bond marathon.

Wynter wrote:Mind you, I know I would enjoy them because they're my "type". Maybe I'll rent them or buy them and do a Bond marathon.

You should proceed in chronological order, starting with Dr. No. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Not if you paid me. :bleh:

HAHAHA

Wynter wrote:

I'm planning to see it (possibly this weekend). I haven't seen any of the Bond movies, though. Will this effect my comprehension/viewing experience?

:omg: For real? How did you manage that?

Wynter wrote:
Mind you, I know I would enjoy them because they're my "type". Maybe I'll rent them or buy them and do a Bond marathon.

Go early Bond, From Russia With Love or Dr. No really rock!! :victory:
Brosnan was fine but he is still not Connery.

shin2 wrote:

I've never seen a Bourne film or a Spiderman film. :hehe:

Im Bourne Free too! :woot:

Though Ive seen Spidey before.

I saw a lot of movies this winter break. When the house was too full of mourners and there wasn't enough space, us cousins were shooed out of the house. So we spent these times at the movies.

I've seen The Hobbit (AWESOME, as was expected), DJango (brilliant), Les Mes (stunning), Ted (wasn't as great as I thought it would be)... and there was another one I saw... but I don't remember what it is. :beaten:

I think my fav is DJango. It was nearly perfect.

Wynter wrote:I saw a lot of movies this winter break. When the house was too full of mourners and there wasn't enough space, us cousins were shooed out of the house. So we spent these times at the movies.

I've seen The Hobbit (AWESOME, as was expected), DJango (brilliant), Les Mes (stunning), Ted (wasn't as great as I thought it would be)... and there was another one I saw... but I don't remember what it is. :beaten:

I think my fav is DJango. It was nearly perfect.

I saw The Hobbit and Django. Fun movies! I also saw Zero Dark Thirty which is movie that is based upon the intelligence gathering effort to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Pretty intense film, from the director of The Hurt Locker.

Tu_triky wrote:


I saw The Hobbit and Django. Fun movies! I also saw Zero Dark Thirty which is movie that is based upon the intelligence gathering effort to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Pretty intense film, from the director of The Hurt Locker.

O! I was supposed to see that, but the plans fell through. Tomorrow is back to work, so movie watching will have to be put on hold. :shakehead:

Wynter wrote:

O! I was supposed to see that, but the plans fell through. Tomorrow is back to work, so movie watching will have to be put on hold. :shakehead:

Definitely more cerebral than action packed but there are so intense action scenes in the film. Worth seeing...many are calling it the best film of the year for what it's worth.

The 85th Academy Awards

The 85th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24th, 2013 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and broadcast live on ABC.

BEST PICTURE

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper, gSilver Linings Playbookh
Daniel Day-Lewis, gLincolnh
Denzel Washington, gFlighth
Hugh Jackman, gLes Miserablesh
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

BEST ACTRESS

Emmanuelle Riva, gAmourh
Jennifer Lawrence, gSilver Linings Playbookh
Jessica Chastain, gZero Dark Thirtyh
Naomi Watts, gThe Impossibleh
Quvenzhane Wallis, gBeasts of the Southern Wildh

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, gArgoh
Christoph Waltz, gDjango Unchainedh
Philip Seymour Hoffman, gThe Masterh
Robert De Niro, gSilver Linings Playbookh
Tommy Lee Jones, gLincolnh

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, gThe Masterh
Anne Hathaway, gLes Miserablesh
Sally Field, gLincolnh
Helen Hunt, gThe Sessionsh
Jacki Weaver, gSilver Linings Playbookh

BEST DIRECTOR

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
David O. Russell, gSilver Linings Playbookh
Behn Zeitlin, "Beast of the Southern Wild"
Michael Haneke, gAmourh
Steven Spielberg, gLincolnh

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

gAmourh
gDjango Unchainedh
gFlighth
gMoonrise Kingdomh
gZero Dark Thirtyh

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

gArgoh
gBeasts of the Southern Wildh
gLife of Pih
gLincolnh
gSilver Linings Playbookh

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

gBraveh
gFrankenweenieh
gParaNormanh
gThe Pirates! Band of Misfitsh
gWreck-It Ralphh

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

gAmourh
gA Royal Affairh
gNoh
gKon-Tikih
gWar Witchh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

gAnna Karenina"
gDjango Unchainedh
gLife of Pih
gLincolnh
gSkyfallh

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

gAnna Kareninah
gLes Miserablesh
gLincolnh
gMirror Mirrorh
gSnow White and the Huntsmanh

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

g5 Broken Camerash
gThe Gatekeepersh
gHow to Survive a Plagueh
gThe Invisible Warh
gSearching for Sugar Manh

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

gInocenteh
gKings Pointh
gMondays at Racineh
gOpen Hearth
gRedemptionh

BEST FILM EDITING

gArgoh
gLife of Pi
gLincolnh
gSilver Linings Playbookh
gZero Dark Thirtyh

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

gHitchcockh
gThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyh
gLes Miserablesh

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

gAnna Kareninah
gArgoh
gLife of Pih
gLincolnh
gSkyfallh

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

gBefore My Timeh from "Chasing Ice"
gEverybody Needs a Best Friendh from "Ted"
gPi's Lullabyh from "Life of Pi"
gSkyfallh from "Skyfall"
gSuddenlyh from "Les Miserables"

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

gAnna Kareninah
gThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyh
gLes Miserablesh
gLife of Pih
gLincolnh

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

gAdam and Dogh
gFresh Guacamoleh
gHead Over Heelsh
gMaggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'h
gPapermanh

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

gAsadh
gBuzkashi Boys"
gCurfewh
gDeath of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)h
gHenryh

BEST SOUND EDITING

gArgoh
gDjango Unchainedh
gLife of Pih
gSkyfallh
gZero Dark Thirtyh

BEST SOUND MIXING

gArgoh
gLes Miserables"
gLife of Pih
gLincolnh
gSkyfall"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

gThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyh
gLife of Pih
gMarvel's The Avengersh
gPrometheush
gSnow White and the Huntsmanh

Back from the watching Iron Man 3... It was only okay... A 7/10.

Several unexplained plot points... And I'm still not totally sold on Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark.

Of the trailers I saw, Star Trek: Into Darkness was clearly a must see... Hunger Games, After Earth, Fast & Idiotically Stupid 6, and The Wolverine, were all meh.