Last movie I went to? The Iron lady. Meryl Streep deserved that award she got. It was an incredible performance.

Last movie I watched at the house? Was kind of in a surly mood last night so I popped in Unforgiven. Best line in the movie? Two are tied for first.

"We all got it coming kid."

"Or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons o' bitches!"

I have tried to watch Miller's Crossing a couple of times and just can't get into it for some reason.

I utterly respect the Coen Brothers for making quirky and off mainstream films generally but I barely like any of their movies TBH. Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Fargo is about it for me.

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Absolutely nothing wrong with it in principal. Some genuine funny moments and the leads worked off each other well but I just couldn't help thinking Planes, Trains and Automobiles all the damn time (which is far better and more touching).

That book that this is based on was a favourite of my childhood, I'm loathe to see the adaptation because I know it is raaaather different. I would give it some leeway - though. The main character isn't meant to be able to speak English, English as a language didn't exist back then :P The line is possibly taken from the book, possibly adapted into a setting from the book, which isn't exactly written in Latin in the first place :P

It is a bugbear of mine regarding spoken language in pre English Language times which I alluded too. The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto both used language close to what was being spoken at the time so why can't these sort of films :(

That's never really bothered me honestly. A director can probably get a better performance out of an actor who doesn't have to recite lines in some dead language that they're not familiar with.

The performances in both aforementioned films were damn good and they were using dead languages. An actor is generally not familiar with many subjects, cadence of speech or use of language initially but that's their job and I would think that many actors would relish the chance to step outside of their comfort zone and also try to be more historically accurate.

Definitely under-rated. I haven't seen a Coen Bros film I haven't liked, though.
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I've seen some trash lately. The one I remember most is some C-rate military movie called Hunt For Eagle One or some such. I had no idea it was going to be so laughable. The acting, the script, the direction were all eye-roll worthy. I spent the majority of the film panning it. 2/10

I saw Hunted with ... Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro and thought
it was fairly decent. Like 6/10 decent. It kept my attention. I enjoyed the wilderness traps and the 'hunting' aspect, but there were a couple places where the idea fell flat. Generally it was enjoyable though. Good combat, good suspense at times.

and 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis and Mos Def. I got a kick out of Mos Def's accent the whole time. He either really embellished himself or just let loose. But it was a decent story. 6/10 in my books. Bruce was kind of ... so-so but Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey by the way... why'd he have to 'grow out of' such a memorable name?) really stole the show, for what it was worth. Mos Def... best rapper -> actor to date in my opinion. That's not saying much, but I'm still saying it.

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Had not watched this movie since probably sometime in the 90's... and I do not remember thinking it was great at the time.

But watching it now, wow, it is a horror classic. Loved it this time around.

The 70's were a great time in horror, so many classics came out. Black Christmas, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Omen, The Exorcist, Dawn of the Dead.. and I would say Phantasm deserves a mention with them.

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Wow. I know a lot of people hated the linear storyline and I'd be a liar if I said I knew what was going on all the time but I enjoyed this film. Malick is a genius with his camerawork. The way he portrays emotion with his shots just can not be duplicated by anybody else. Every time they were outside in the grass or inside the light filled house I could feel what it would be like to be there. It was very nostalgic. One of the most beautifully shot films I've ever seen.

9/10

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Heavy movie. I loved how Von Trier shot the film like a play on a sound stage. The ending was pretty ****ing heavy though. Great acting and any movie that uses John Hurt as a narrator should be seen.

8/10

VALHALLA RISING

Very beautifully shot but slow and mostly uneventful. I enjoyed it more for it's look rather than story. Bronson and Drive are so much better.

6/10

HARRY BROWN

Very gritty and brutal crime drama. Michael Caine is always a favorite and I enjoyed this one.

7/10

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This is why I hate most action movies. Creative writing takes a backseat for stunts and explosions. Whoever wrote this should not be proud. Not enjoyable at all.

3/10

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

We watched this in my film class today. I have seen it about 6 times now and it's one of my absolute favorite films ever. Not much that hasn't been said over again. DDL gave a top five acting performance of all time. Paul Dano got robbed of an Oscar nomination because of wonderful year for supporting actors. Dano should have had Phillip Seymour Hoffman's spot in the ballot. Perfect film and future American classic.

10/10

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I'll try to be as brief as possible with my memories of that day and try to focus on the film. I put this one off for a long time, a LONG time. I live in New Jersey and can get to the Hudson River in about 20 minutes by car. I saw the smoke. I experienced the panic of trying to find out if loved ones were okay. I'll never forget that. That being said I thought this was a thousand times better than World Trade Center which I was tricked into watching far to early, basically when it came out. Greengrass, unlike this year with Extremely Loud...deserved his Oscar nomination for direction. He treated this the best way he could by delivering it basically in real time and without bias. There was no hollywood cuts, or extremely dramatic shots accompanied by powerful music like there was in WTC. The film was intense as it was inspiring and I honestly didn't think I was going to shed a tear at the end, but I did. This is going to be the only time I watch this but I wanted to get it over with. Very well done.

9/10

rewatched Edward Scissorhands on cable TV in my hotel room in Taiwan - still awesome

saw something called Black Ninja with Sho Kosugi - utterly inept and hilarious ninja flick and maybe purposefully so - 7/10