Recently Watched Films

I just finished watching another horror classic:


Halloween (1978)

I was actually very disappointed with this one. It was still okay, but I didn't think it was scary at all, the acting was mediocre, and the character development was so lousy that I genuinely didn't give a damn what happened to any of the people. Maybe I had to be there back in 1978 to really understand what's so awesome about this film, but I found it to be a dated and sub-par horror movie.

I watched this cornball of a movie last night, Hot Potato.

Stooge wrote: IMPF2112 wrote: There was no school yesterday due to snow day, so needless to say, I decided to stay home and have a LOTR marathon.  A snow day already?  We haven't got it that bad where I am yet (Whitby).  How much snow did you get?

I saw this tonight in the theaters:


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

I thought it was a very good movie that definitely lives up the LOTR franchise, but I think it's mildly disappointing when compared to the original trilogy. It seemed a bit too drawn out IMO - I think The Hobbit novel could've easily fit into one movie (like all of the other LOTR books) rather than being spread out throughout multiple films.

UMUR wrote: J-Man wrote: I finally saw this one today: Zombieland (2009) This movie is awesome. It's one of those movies that, while it might not be particularly stunning from an artistic perspective, is one of the most entertaining I've ever seen. This is a tremendously fun film that I highly recommend.   Yeah I agree. It�s so damn funny and entertaining. And...then there�s Emma Stone

...and Amber Heard is also in it (even if only for one or two scenes).

^ Yep!  And that's great! There are quite a few girls I've talked to who are usually repulsed by gory movies and "guy humor", but really enjoyed that one - definitely a testament to how great it is!

^Never had the stomach to watch that one...is it as vile and sadistic as the rumours say?

It's that time of year, folks.

Stooge wrote: Just came back from The Hobbit. After reading the book, the movie pretty much turned out like I expected.  I enjoyed it.  I was hesitant upon learning that this would be made into a trilogy despite the book being not very long, but not much in the movie seemed too drawn out.

I loved this movie so much.  With all of the bad reviews, I was expecting it to be worse than the original trilogy, but this may be my favorite one.  The amount of detail Peter Jackson puts into everything is great.  The camera work was great, the scenery was beautifully done.  If there had to be one flaw, I still don't like how it's trying to appeal so much to kids.  Make it a bit darker and rated R and that will be awesome.  But the other movies fell victim to this too, so it's not like this is just the Hobbit's fault.  Also, the last 1 minute of the movie could have ended better.  Overall, the ending was kinda cheesy.  But it's LotR, you expect there to be some cheese.  The fight scenes were pretty cool too.  All the scenes were so well done, honestly.  Peter Jackson and the actors were so good.