What Did You Watch Today?

[Josh]

Ah, so that's why -1 for Baddar.

[hot rod]

I watched Reservoir Dogs for the first time in maybe 2 or 3 years, and I forgot just how awesome of a movie it was. Still my favorite Tarantino flick to date.

[zero]

Hugo

By far, my favorite movie I've seen this year.

[Baddar]

The Ward - it's a bit boring, but Amber Heard is lovely.

[hot rod]

Just got back from seeing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and holy shit was it great. Could have trimmed maybe 15 minutes from it, but it was never boring.

[SRN]

Rented Captain America and Thor on blu-ray, expecting to like the first and hate the second. Completely opposite. Not that I hate Captain America, it just felt... a bit boring to me, although the ending caught my eye. Thor, despite its complete molestation of old Norse belief, was a lot more entertaining and a lot more interesting. Also god damn, Asgard was so fucking over the top. And Heimdall was black. It was all great fun.

[Skummy]

I love that Heimdall was black. I swear they're just trolling people with that.

[KONGO]

I love that Heimdall was Idris Elba. There was a rumor that he was going to be James Bond which would have just been ill. Of course, they got Daniel Craig to be in five more. Wasted opportunity.

[SRN]

I love that Heimdall was black. I swear they're just trolling people with that.

Heimdall was known as "the whitest of the gods", according to mythology. Having Idris Elba play him was a magnificent casting choice.

[TKz]

Rented Captain America and Thor on blu-ray, expecting to like the first and hate the second. Completely opposite. Not that I hate Captain America, it just felt... a bit boring to me, although the ending caught my eye. Thor, despite its complete molestation of old Norse belief, was a lot more entertaining and a lot more interesting. Also god damn, Asgard was so fucking over the top. And Heimdall was black. It was all great fun.

I just got done rewatching Captain America, fuck, I love this film. It's like if Marvel did an Indiana Jones. Wonderful stuff.

Also I watched the prequel to The Thing today, much more enjoyable than I expected it to be. A lot more action packed rather than suspenseful, which I didn't mind too much. Better to go a different direction rather than fail at recreating the original. Would have liked a little explanation as to what it was though...

[SRN]

Isn't the point of The Thing that is it is "a thing" and that is the best explanation for it and nobody really knows what the hell is going on? Sometimes I'd much rather be kept in the dark then some sort of hokey explanation; it is part of the suspense.

[TKz]

Isn't the point of The Thing that is it is "a thing" and that is the best explanation for it and nobody really knows what the hell is going on? Sometimes I'd much rather be kept in the dark then some sort of hokey explanation; it is part of the suspense.

Maybe not what it is then, but what it wants or... something. I dunno. I still liked it either way. The ending was great, setting up for the entrance to the first film.

[hot rod]

Only problem i had with Captain America was that going in I was like, hell yeah Captain America beating the hell out of some Nazi's, I'm totally down. Instead of getting that, it was one montage of him killing Nazi's to some terrible music in which he was singing. I personally didn't like the movie as well, found it really boring. But Thor is awesome.

Edited January 1, 2012 by hot rod

[SRN]

Honestly, I wouldn't quite say Thor is awesome as it was hilariously over the top. At points it felt like a comedy to me. It was just so... intentionally and miraculously overproduced.

[TKz]

Thor was awesome and so was Captain America, FUCK SRN. >_>

[SRN]

But I liked Thor. And I didn't hate Captain America, it just wasn't to my liking. I JUST WANT YOU TO LOVE ME, TKZ!

[TKz]

Without a mindless love for all the things I enjoy, you'll never completely own my heart, SRN.

[Josh]

Captain America was good, but Thor was fucking TOPS. And it was largely due to its over-the-top stuff.

[zero]

I Love You Phillip Morris

Jim Carrey is just fantastic when he has something like this to work with. Great movie.

The Last Circus

What... the fuck... was that?

Black Death

Dug it. A bit distracting now to see Sean Bean as a medieval knight outside of Game of Thrones, but I thought it was a really smart movie that took a good look at herd mentality.

[LL!]

The Last Circus

What... the fuck... was that?

Pure insane brilliance!